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    She is just not getting it.

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I needed to read this. Thank you for posting! :)

     

    My ds is the same way and he just turned 7. It will come. My 5 year old is at the level of my 7 year old and about to pass him up. Some kids just need more time. Thats ok! This is one of the wonderful things about being a homeschooler! Last school year I had so many panic posts about him.

     

     

    One thing that my ds needs is a varied approach. Phonics Pathways got him started REALLY good. We tried OPGTTR before that. Tears every time that book came out. When we got a small way into PP he did not want that book anymore. He was done. I checked out OPGTTR from the library and he took off. He loved it. We also play with starfall.com, he does ETC and AAS. I honestly think some kids need a varied approach. We just keep cycling through what we have. When he is tired of 1 thing, we move to the next and so on. He is making VERY slow strides but he is getting there, painfully slow but getting there. Keep doing what you are doing and she WILL get there!!

     

    You have not failed your daughter. She is only 6. I know its hard reading about 3-4year olds reading but she is only 6!! She will get there :grouphug:

    Learning Styles

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    This is our daughter's kindergarten year. This is actually our second year of it. Her birthday is late, she obviously wasn't ready, so we decided to wait.

     

    My dilemma: reading instruction has been so very difficult for us. I taught school, even worked on multisensory reading instruction for my graduate degree. I should know how to do this!!! But I feel I failed her. We worked on phonemic awareness activities early on, she learned letter sounds from Leap Frog, then I tried sitting her down for direct instruction. Progress stopped. During this period, I tried 100 Lessons, OPGTR, AAS, Starfall, ETC, ETC online, Orton-Gillingham instruction, etc. She hated all of it. Then we tried Reading Eggs - success! She's reading several words, books, and asking for more!

     

    What is her learning style? Is it visual? What am I missing? What other programs are out there that I can utilize for her style/benefit? We did MUS Primer last year and she loved it. I wanted to try RS (thinking she was kinesthetic) but it hasn't kept her attention like MUS. We were going to start BFSU for science but I'm second guessing everything now. (We tried MFW K and it was not for her, either. She hated the craft projects.)

     

    Any advice?

    MUS blocks?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    I bought a used set locally and thought it was complete. Didn't work out for us and now that I'm trying to sell it, it has been brought to my attention that it's not a complete set. Everything is there except for the 10s - my set only has eleven 10s. The new sets come with twenty-one 10s. Did I just buy an incomplete set or did they originally come with 11?

    Dyxlexia testing questions

    in The Learning Challenges Board

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    I'm going on the assumption you're looking for someone in Memphis, TN. I referred potential clients to Dr. Zinkus (sp?) in Le Bonheur's Clinical Psychology department between 2001-2003. It's a long shot that he's still there, but their write-ups, diagnostic information, and recommendations were right on spot for parents and teachers. (FWIW, I received OG training in graduate school.) Keep us updated as to where you end up.

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