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I "think" the doctor is just a GP. I am unsure about a few things in there, mainly the neuro-psych's and stuff, we're in Australia, not sure if that matters at all? Anyway, its really late here, and my brain has shut down, so will read through this again in the morning, and google some things.
I may need a "turning everyday language into medical jargon" book in order to make small precise bullet points.
What about if I just wrote down the things I remember, than added "symptoms" applicable from the above choices I wrote in my original post? Or would that seem too like I had googled? :lol:
I mean stating something like the following:
Me writing: ~ "He displays curiosity towards the animals, and towards his siblings, understands the basics of emotions, and the concept, but doesn't "thoroughly" understand the whole concept of emotions and how it applies to animals & humans e.g. that the noise the cat makes is a warning that it doesn't like it, he understands this and will continue, but won't understand why the cat scratched him. That whilst he understands he is hurting his sisters, the action=reaction and the concept of its not good to hurt your sisters is not a concept he thoroughly understands"
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Google: ~ Lack of Empathy
:lol: So its my blurting vs looking like I have just downloaded a checklist from google. I suppose I can just write "I can provide examples upon request, Thank you for your consideration" :tongue_smilie:
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Hi *waves* first time poster in this area.
DH advised me tonight that the Doctor, Atlas is seeing, might be a good doctor to finally listen and get a referral from.
Is for Chaos (4 1/2 nearly 5). He has a multitude of little problems from when he was a baby up till now that keep raising red flags with me, but I either get the brush-off "next patient" or them turning the tables. :glare:
I just want one doctor to freely and ACTUALLY listen, assess, do whatever you want, and at the end provide a professional opinion, not a personal one.
This could be my final shot of finally getting a referral and finding out once and for all. And I really, really don't want to mess it up, so basically, I'm freaking out big-time. :(
In order to get the referral (1st step) what did you provide? Did you just walk in and ask for a referral? Something more?
The trouble is, when in the hot seat (person actually paying attention to me) I freeze, forget, stutter, am basically useless. I forget "symptoms", and if I bring a sheet of symptoms they look at me like I'm completely crazy.
Added to the fact I only have one boy. If I had 3 boys, I would probably be able to "separate" out what may just be a "boyish" tendency (yes, a bit genderist, but I got the sort of "boys will be boys" from one of the previous doctors) other times I have over-reacted, over stated on certain areas (when speaking on a forum, so obviously somehow my words made it sound worse than what it actually was, maybe because I, myself was freaked out at the time of writing it :tongue_smilie: ) that have made members (another forum, not this) suggest I was harbouring a child psychopath, when obviously it wasn't that bad.
Basically I want to go in there with a clear head, provide the minimum information possible to get a referral.....then possibly come here, and freak out some more about what to do next.
I simply really have no idea what he has, he has "symptoms" ranging from Stuff listed on various areas of the spectrum, SPD, a few ADHD items (not many though), and shows possible giftedness with logic/puzzles and possibly something else (had quite bad speech delays, i worked with him over the past year, hes improved dramatically, is basically understandable, but still not "clear") like literally a list a mile long.
I know its too much to ask for, for someone to say "here download this, fill in the answers honestly to this form, and give it to the doctor, she'll read it and decide...just sit there and wait for her to finish reading." but I can daydream.
So can anyone tell me the best thing to do? Should I write out a list of events/symptoms (remembering it could be quite long) if I ask for a referral, and she say explain, then what?
I am hoping to somehow be able to get an assessment from the place near me, and visit the OT (Atlas is due for a visit anyway) to get him checked for SPD, and any other problems as well.
Does anyone have any advice? (I may have to come in, back in the morning with a pencil and paper. I'm really a list girl) Thank you ever so much! :grouphug:
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I know you can't hear my "etone." I'm not meaning to come across as rude at all, but getting rid of the TV will do everything you're wanting. Not overnight, but in the long run an audio book will seem like a treat.
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Thanks. Your not coming across rude at all :001_smile: And I can understand where you are coming from.
We were TV free for about 1 1/2 years. The "TV" came back into the picture after I got Dx with CFS (ontop of my other medical problems) and DD was also Dx with Diabetes T1 and something else that also required the OT.
I use the TV as a teaching tool for school as DS relates more with the video, and for enunciation & vocabulary for him, which also gives me a bit of down time. Without the TV he is a very very very very active little boy, and without that break, I couldn't simply handle it. Whilst it was full on before I started getting sick, I was able to handle it, we did lots of crafts, had a separate area of the garden where he could safely play, climb and run about like a looney-tunes. But at the very least, until we finally finish securing the front yard, removing the TV is not an option. And since we use it for educational stuff anyway, plus what needs to happen in order for me to be able to sanely deal with my day, I don't think I could remove it again.
But I do see and understand where your coming from, its just not a viable solution right now :001_smile: But thank you :grouphug:
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I'll see how we go. Its close to his birthday, so I went out tonight and got half his birthday presents
- Replacement Alphie Robot (his old one was broken, not recognizing the cards anymore, I thought since Alphie by himself is noisy, I could plonk him in the bedroom when the girls have their audiobook readings, so will give this a shot.
- Cheap "boombox" for him to control (smurfs lol). And 2 Disney Cars Books with CDs! One fat board book with "Sing a long" songs, so has Cars Music and McQueen? singing. Lyrics are on the page along with cars background/illustrations. And a 24page booklet type book with CD.
- DIY paper planes (he loves paper planes) I am thinking this could suitably be another "distraction" and since he would be running all over the place with them, less chance of hearing low-audio
- Lego. He was trying to put together the solar plane kit (more a mummy thing lol) but was happily sitting there whilst the "talk" radio was playing in the background, so I broke down and purchased a big starter set for him (I made sure it includes wheels and bits too, so not just blocks) he's really into construction right now, especially following directions/creating, so he may focus on this, and be able to handle the "ghost" voices.
Not sure whether I mentioned this, but in regards to the audio, I think its more the fact that he assumes there is supposed to be video with it (i.e. sounds like a movie) so when he sees the ipad blank, he thinks its "broken" thus starting one of his meltdowns.
Re: his issues - we are still trying to find a doctor to refer us to a ped (its a bit hard to get this where we are, and have been having problems w/docs ignoring or "pshawing" the comments/descriptions) so we are currently counting him as the possibility of SPD or being on the spectrum, therefore I have been doing exercises etc with him and trying to teach DH how to handle his "emotions", I also read hints/tips etc from some other forums that seem to help as well. His "symptoms" range all over the place, and could be a variety of things, plus added to the fact I only have 1 boy, am unsure, esp after doctors saying "boys will be boys" what is and what isn't, and what I'm supposed to tell, so we are pretty much (combined with other family medical problems and history) in a place where we are tired of all of us (including him) being poked, prodded, ignored etc by hospitals & doctors. We'll be trying with my one of my Daughters specialists, as according to DH, that doctor seems reasonable, and willing to listen. Wish us luck!
I'll give the above a try and if those don't work, I'll have another read over this read and decide whether or not its worth it (I don't even mind him being in another room, but he "races" from one side of the house to the other, obviously thinking a movie is on, and if I put a movie or something on for him, then no-one would pay attention to the audiobook, they would all go off zoning into the TV :tongue_smilie:
If the boombox doesn't work, he'll probably keep it around as his new stop (play....stop....play...stop, eject, bash lid, rip open, bash lid....find screwdriver....take to pieces....then cry that its broken...Daddy will put it back together ....rinse and repeat ;) )
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Oh and I forgot, not exactly literature, but I collect Homemaking/Homekeeping books. So I have lots of Self-Sufficiency, that big book of "Home Comfort" thats more like a phone book, Mrs Beetons (I think it is) book of housekeeping, 60's housekeeping magazines etc. Every time I go off to the farmers/flea market or to a charity shop, another "Home" book makes its way back to my house....I don't think I have actually ever read a "whole" one of these books/mags, I rather just collect them because 1. I love vintage housekeeping books, and 2. Cause they are pretty :tongue_smilie: I do love the vintage magazines, the drawings on them are gourgeous. The little ladies in their pinnies, the geometric looking vaccuums, the FANTASTIC furniture, that for some reason they don't make anymore (Samantha Stephens oven for example, or in one of my vintage books, it was explaining about various "good" furniture, and I was practically salivating over this armchair, it had a pull out drawer at the bottom of it, and a few other little nook storage spaces, and it folded out to the gourgeous "one man bed". Furniture today is so blah :lol: I love the innovative stuff from back then! There was another one (significantly older) that was someones patent, obviously meant for something like a NYC shoebox. the bed pulled up to reveal a couch, the couch slide aside to become a table (with floor chairs) another one was a combined water heater/shower/toilet. The best bit of those time (actually round the 70's I think) is the sunken living rooms, I so want one of those. I so so many things on "leveling" a sunken floor and nearly cry. :(
Going now, yep, you found out my secret. :tongue_smilie: Its my little itty bitty addiction :D
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Have you researched Miquon?
This. Or the possibility of Rightstart (games, manipulatives etc) Miquon is based on Math "Labs" / exploration and Cusenaire Rods.
Theres the possibility of adding Life Of Fred as a miquon supplement? Getting him to work it out the "Miquon" way, that would be quite interesting :001_smile:
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Get the Well Trained Mind .... in Paperback. Read it, then read through these forums. Give yourself a month of reading through these forums, read something completely different (The Unschooling UnManual or something :tongue_smilie: ) then decide what you want to do, and only purchase 1 term, not a whole years worth, as guaranteed, you'll probably change it.
Does that count as one piece? It was all in one paragraph? :lol:
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Oh no.....
:lol: I don't do BFSU, but some of those experiments are looking very cool. And your other boards are great, I am now one of your followers *bows* :D
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Awesome! Thank you for sharing! :D
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When looking for planning, scheduling, and organizing threads, they are intermingled throughout the boards (gen, K-8, SN, A/S etc) and I am constantly having to type in searches (through google or here) searching for any related keywords.
Even with people using the WTM method exclusively, they all are different in their filing/planning etc. Some use workboxes, go with the flow, loop or block scheduling, excel sheets, donna young, some create their own fabulous planners etc.
I really think with the amount of planning threads (or you could just look at the Filing thread by itself) and the number of individual threads popping up lately (whether it be from Non-Planners Unite, to more specifics like how to organize and implement TOG) that it would be worthwhile to add a new Section:
"Keeping it All Together" (Yes, this amuses me on many, many levels, I'll admit it)
Where people can put all their planning links, ideas, organizing, scheduling, storage, and the day to day trivialities of keeping up a homeschool, as well as for Curriculum specific items like organizing WTM notebooks or TOG Levels.
I added a Poll, as well (at least I think I did :D ) So what do you think?
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Thanks :D
I'm probably heading down to the bigger shopping town this weekend, so will have a look in BIG W (which tends to have lots of books, and kids books, as well as cars stuff, I would therefore assume they would hopefully have something like that. Will also look in the electronics aisles for a portable CD player that kids friendly. Nice to know there is Cars ones out there! At least then he would come home with another cars present too (I keep having to distract him away from the lightning mcqueen cars, he already has two of the bigger diecast and one of the more solid metal little one. Last weekend he found Cars softies (set of 4 hand sized soft plush pillow cars) in the $2 shop, he's been sleeping with them since then and hasn't let his "Queen piwwow" out of his sight. He also has the Cars big pillow book. I told DH sometime soon we're going to have to create a "trophy" room for Chaos & his collection. :tongue_smilie:
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Thanks I will give the above a try.
He has noise issues too. He could have the TV turned up loud, or Atlas singing, and it would be fine, but the radio in the car (even on low) has a 50/50 of making him scream "too loud/noisy" and starting a meltdown. And we have an 80's car, so tis broken :tongue_smilie: has no cd/cassette, only the radio. DH sometimes hoods up his mp3 player to it somehow though (he's the electronics/car/mechanical expert) I'll have to ask him if the speakers work for the back of the van, and maybe hook up some silly nursery rhymes and songs he knows, to see if that has any effect.
I never thought about having a book & cd :001_huh: silly me. He loves chuggington & Disney Cars, as well as Peppa Pig, pretty much anything that comes on ABC for Kids. He's basically very "sensitive" towards any input (be it Audio, Visual, or Tactile) so one day he may be fine with shaving cream, the next day something like playdough could set him off, one sec he could be playing with mummy making silly faces, the next one face mummy does completely freaks him out and he starts screaming. He loves his Disney Cars though, everytime we go to the bigger town, he always ends up coming back with something related to that.
I wonder if I get him something like a cd player for kids? (if its cars he'll love it) then put some audio cd's in there, so he can press play/stop a couple of times, so "He" can be in control of it? and that way it wouldn't have a "screen" either, perhaps clearing up some of the confusion.
I'm planning on getting them all Innotabs (for the car and whatnot) so I could put some audiobooks on that possibly?
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll note down to do a search for Chuggington/Cars books/cds. You've given me a little bit of hope that it still might be possible, which is fantastic, I was ready to give up and call it quits (reading just one chapter of SOTW is enough to make my throat hoarse for the rest of the day, which is why I am currently having problems)
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Do you have large grounds or areas where you can go nature walking within foot? I have 2 acres of assorted land in a rural area, so theres lot and lots to investigate for littlies.
If you mostly have to go in the car, or on trips a lot, I would suggest starting with supplying the car with resources. Anything from roadkill (ewww lol) to stopping at the side of the road, slowing down at the park, can have interesting nature, and also keep the kids quiet whilst in the car. If you are mostly a car/going out person, then I would keep the Field Guides, and backpacks with supplies & notebooks/journals in the car.
At home, if you have a large parcel of land, or are within close walking distance to such, I would suggest having a "nature shelf/table/area" in your house, where you can put all the "nature" collected during your walks. I have a small bookshelf (large dollhouse size) with assorted wicker baskets etc on it for collections.
I also have 4 backpacks with supplies all at the read (1 for each child, and 1 for mum) I got the 4 backpacks for $1 each (clearance section in toy store) they are made of see-through PVC, thus pretty waterproof, and the children can see their stuff inside their bags, rather than "rooting" through.
Supplies in kids bags:
- Lanterns & Torches
- Magnifying Glass (these are cool ones, the bottom opens to become a stand, so it can be a hands-free one as well, it also has a little compartment with a pair of plastic tweezers)
- One critter keeper (those cheap mini plastic rectanle "aquariums" or what you keep crabs etc in)
- A few little baby jars with lids
- A pair of binoculars
- Walkie Talkies
- Nature Journal & Pencil
- Roll up cheap raincoat (the ones that fold up really really small)
Supplies in my bag:
- Gloves
- Dynamo Torch
- Strong, small magnifying glass (I think its about 10-15x)
- Field Guides (Insects, Amphibians, fish booklet, Mammals, Trees & Plants, and a Tracks/leavings one)
- Nature Journal & Pencil
- Cheap Dispoable Camera (I usually take my phone/digital camera, thats there in case I forget)
- Plastic Bags
And probably a few other little bits and pieces.
Heres some ideas to help with yoru Nature Studies
Handbook of Study Study/Outdoor hour challenge Blog & Products
And I have a few things in one of my Pinterest folders: NAture Shadow Boxes, DIY Flower Press, different ways to make Nature Studies Journals and some Life Science stuff
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Gosh that makes it sound like I am forcing them :lol:
DH & I both read a lot to the kids, and they love it. However, due to medical reasons, I get sick a lot and it puts strain onto my voice, I would love to get them (especially Chaos, if that is somehow possible - he's the most important link) listening to audiobooks to save my throat (and possibly help hubby out a bit with bedtime reading).
I would say I could get the others use to it, but Chaos is a whole, different story. He's got certain delays (not anything major), and is a very very very very (x1000) visual person. TV is his number one attention getter, therefore anything with a "screen" that has "volume" coming out of it, must therefore be a video, and must be broken, since it isn't "moving". I have my ipad that I use for music & audio stuff (mainly music appreciate, sotw & FLL etc), as soon as its playing (even if on top of my teacher desk) he must get up, investigate/shake it, then proceeded to revert back to his previously speech patterns (mostly consisting of shrieks/screams) saying the screen is broken, why won't movie work, and I have to gently ungrip his fingers put it back where it was, and then proceed to try and tell him "Why" when hes having his fits. The screaming, and "iz broken!" cries will continue until the audio/music has ended. Lately, he's pretty much ignored the classical music (since it has no "voices") but the fact on any voice ones haven't stopped. I fixed Story of the World (a little bit anyway) by having the book open at the same time, and skimming my finger across the words.
Does anyone have any creative ideas/gentle options to somehow fix this?
Chaos has multiple little issues, and his screams/tantrums have to be handled a certain way, so we can't change that. Theres probably no hope, but I thought I would give one last shot by asking here, and hope for a miracle. The other two kids would be pretty happy playing and listening to lots of stories, but DS (even if busy with a game) will go straight to the voice source, see its not "video" and proceed to start the brain meltdown. I think he just doesn't understand where the audio is coming from if theres no face?
Thanks so much for reading :grouphug:
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Do you mind sharing the SM/Miquon chart?
Sure, it took me a while to find it, as all the links related to the web.archive, which that website has now been excluded from.
But I finally found it at Yahoo Groups. Join a Group called "Miquon-Key" and its in the files section (either in the main folder or a folder called helps or singapore or something)
Its a pity someone went to the trouble of doing that, when for SM & MEP whenever somebody asks about it they say (oh you don't need a correlation, or plan, you just plonk it in :tongue_smilie: ) it would be nice to know how they link up with topics, especially when I just want to add a few sheets of MEP to SM. I may have to just find the topic/lessons overview of MEP (MEP confuses me so much with trying to find certain things)
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I was about to say (re: your title) those two words should NOT be in the same sentence :lol:
My school supplies are in 4 places. Only 1 is out in the open, all others have locks up realllllly high (top of door)
1- My Teachers Desk - This is a desk with movable height, so is on the highest setting, thus I use a bar stool to sit there :tongue_smilie: I keep the current weeks workbooks, my teachers guide and that sort of stuff up there.
2- Dining Room Closet (with lock) has current weeks supplies, pencils, markers etc, teachers tools (hot glue gun, hole punchers) geography stuff, and at the bottom is some storage tubs with our current library books, math manipulatives etc
3- Study - We have a tiny "room" at the end of the lounge, I call it the library (also locked) this has 4 bookshelves (3 school ones and 1 kids one) 4 drawer filing cabinet and an art cupboard. This has all stuff/supplies needed for the year, moved to teachers closet each weekend for supplies needed for the current week
4- My private den (locked) I overhauled this room a bit, so its also become their special toy and school room. Its where the desktop computer is, piano & program, dressup toys, barbies, educational toys, dvds etc is kept.
Letting the child near something unlocked is akin to wanting it destroyed. They work together as a sneaky team too, so I can't count anything out. I still have nightmares over the "filing cabinet fiasco" 2 years ago. i was then using the FC for documents, important papers, receipts, everything. I went to clean up the lounge, thought they were being extremely quiet and walked in to........a blizzard of snow (i.e. paper) everywhere. Some papers still haven't recovered from that destruction :tongue_smilie:
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We're doing Elemental as the spine, and RSO as the add on. This has caused problems (I am awaiting some WP stuff I purchased, so will probably transfer over to Animals and their worlds instead)
Because I "moved" the RSO units (as whole units) around to the Elemental Science index, I think we missed out on vital information, so note to you - don't do that :lol: . Either it was missing information that allows us to easily go through and understand and complete everything, or it was in other units that I have plopped into other weeks.
I do like the RSO Labs, and I like the Elemental Science Lapbooks (nice and simple, but fun) so I'll probably just slink over to WP and forget my mishap this year :tongue_smilie:
Next year (I already purchased ES and RSO) I will be using them for ideas, but will just start completely from scratch and build my way up.
ES I feel is more gentle and flows over the basics of everything, where as RSO tends to concentrate on some very specific species, so goes in a bit deeper
Disclaimer: All "in my opinion" and based on Life Science Grammar Stages
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I liked the look of MEP reception, but its just too much for me (goes into the same pile as Rightstart and happy phonics - too much setting up, homemade manipulatives and fiddly bits :tongue_smilie: )
For "Preschool" and as a primer to Grade 1 Maths, we are going to be using the Cuisenaire (argh, need to learn how to spell that, no matter how I fix it, it still comes up with the red squiggly!) Exploration and Discovery Book, which is sort of a Miquon Primer. We use Singapore Maths STDs Edition a year behind (but Eve might end up using it on grade level) so we do SM STD Earlybird & Essentials A in Kinder & B in Grade 1, then Level 1 in Grade 2. I may add some MEP reception sheets as well. Overall I love Miquon, Singapore & MEP lol. But Singapore is our main, Miquon is our intro to the concept and MEP is just worksheets every now and again.
For Math Mammoth i think the one out of those 3 that would work with would be MEP.
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I agree with what Katydid says. We started WWE too early. Writing with ease is based around copywork (copying sentences) not handwriting fundamentals. The child should comfortably be able to write a normal size sentence. (Pinocchio slowly crept into the deep, dark woods) and be able to (preferably) read most of that. My daughter was still working on blending when we started, thus she would end up copying out half the sentence, and "forget" where she was upto, so understanding, and passably reading the sentence is pretty much a must IMO.
So it would be best to be upto the point of reading that SWB suggest (I think its Lesson 138/140? my brains fried right now) in OPGTR or equivalent thereof.
And a handwriting program started once the child can comfortable hold a pencil in the proper grip (first focus on proper grip, then handwriting). Before starting the handwriting, once they have the correct pencil grip, a good thing to do is get the child to do lots of counter-clockwise circles, some loops, ocean waves, to concentrate on their fine motor, this will make handwriting easier for them, then they should easily be able to adapt into a handwriting curriculum. Handwriting practice (in whatever form, some parents are more laidback without a formal curriculum, once they have mastered beginning hadnwriting, the child is give a piece of copywork (like WWE) and told to do that in their best handwriting, nice and slowly. Or sometimes the parent may concentrate on a certain letter the child is doing incorrectly (reverising, which is pretty normal, or just writing it wrong) and get the child to concentrate on that "letter" in their setences during the day. If a handwriting program is used, it should be used to the end, unless a style like the above is taken on (which requires parents concentration on the students handwriting) as handwriting is all about practice, so should be kept up, so that the writing does not drop.
Excuse my spelling mistakes, I think I had a bit too much caffeine, my fingers are flying faster than my brain can process! :lol:
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I was able to check this out from the library and it looks wonderful! We were looking at doing IEW through the co-op next year because I don't think WWE is "enough" in the way of developing the creative side. But I thought that would be too much together...but adding this to WWE fulfills that need (better than IEW I think) and looks do-able. I am so happy to have found this!
SWB doesn't really have any "creative writing" books until Middle School (there's a supplement to go with WWS thats creative I believe), I think it is. She doesn't believe in "forcing" creative writing, so she concentrates more on the act of writing itself
Here's a thread talking about the MP3 talks
So yes, if the child wants to do more creative writing, then some creative thinking exercises and a book like NMID could be nice for a supplement. And it's a book, rather than a "program" (even though it has lessons etc in it) which allows you to take away what you want from it, but it just a few ideas, or implementing the book as is. :001_smile:
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I know my plan is to do "Jot It Down!" and lots of creative thinking stuff (Anticoloring books, Tin Man Press, Mind Sparklers) whilst we get upto a point where she can read a simple (but not beginner) book, then start with "No more, I'm done" and expect what the OP said further above, that should would originally concentrate more on the drawing, and slowly go to more writing. So we'll start that somewhere towards the mid-end of Jot it down, then once Jot It Down's finished move over to The Wand. But I'm more going to be using it for extra ideas, and adding some extra creative juices to it. More like as an extra backbone to the Writer's Jungle for littlies.
Honestly I don't see them harm is she is reading and writing, to purchase the book, read it through and start slowly implementing it. I think adding another view (like this book) may be the thing she needs to bolster her writing.
If she's that self-conscious about her spelling and reversings, i would suggest "ignoring" them just for a little bit, till she gets her confidence up in her writing (it depends how low her self-esteem is on this, if she's merely a bit "shy" you can skip this part)
I usually find turning it around so its a game (from basic to more complex) can make all the difference. She can pretend she's drawing and illustrating a beginning readers book (Sam sat. Sam sat on Mat etc) once she's finished, she has to hand it over to her "editor" - i.e. you. You then pencil and mark the errors, provide it back to the child, let her read over it and pronounce it "done". You can then get her to "re-type" with the corrections, onto the computer, then scan in her photos, and print out her "published work". I have done similar games with children I babysat, and children anywhere from (3 - just doing pictures, and me writing down the story - to 10yos love this sort of thing) it all depends on the individual child of course. Another option than the scanning and re-printing if your budgeted on ink, is to just print out the typed sentence pages, and the child can cut and paste her picture. The "corrected" original version and the typed "published" version can then go in her portfolio (although a lot of children will just hold on to their "published" book and show anyone whom they see ;) Its also a good thing to send to relatives "Mommy/Editor, can you publish one for Grandma and we can mail it to her?" etc.
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Here's a couple things I bookmarked last night (not exactly the same thing, but helpful resources)
Dreamers, Discoverers & Dynamos
Take a Cloud Walk (Free eBook)
Bright Ideas Shop (for the gifted & talented) - This shop has loads of products, and a good number of thinking skills, haven't checked it out fully yet, but came across a number of creative thinking resources
Will definitely be checking out the other ideas given, thank you! :D
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I looked at these guys for creative thinking, but some of the stuff seems to be more critical/logic : Tin Man Press.
What about as other poster suggested - games? Like Rush Hour Jr, Sudoku for Kids, logic puzzles for kids etc.
Have you had a look at any of the Critical Thinking Press Stuff?
My plan was to start with Lollipop Logic, and work my way through Primarily, Safari and all the others, as well as the Analogy ones.
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I have Math Mammoth on my computer. I print out some for my daughter when she needs some extra review.
hmmm...I didn't think about the IP & CWP not lining up? What would happen if you did it at the same time? Would you encounter problems the child doesn't know how to do in the extra books? What about placing it 10 lessons behind or something? :001_huh:
We're going to be using Miquon Labs to introduce the topic, Singapore as the main, and some worksheets from MEP as extras ( I found a chart that links SM with Miquon, now I just need one with Correlates MEP with SM, so I can figure out when to plop in a MEP day.
Trying again for a referral and hopefully going for Assessment
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Thanks llolly, I bit the bullet and purchased a couple of books, that will hopefully help me understand more (it may be a while before his appointment with the GP, as they will probably only "accept" him as a new patient if he double booked when his sister is due to go there.) So hopefully I will get some reading time in.
I'll go over everything everyone has mentioned today, and save it stuff I should research into a notepad.
Least it gives time to slowly type up a list and edit it, and make sure I don't forget anything.
I will try just explaining I want a referral to the assessment center and OT, if he wants more info, I'll hand over the list.
Thanks to the replies, and a very nice person I have been PMing I have calmed down a lot, which is bound to help :001_smile: And Chaos now has his first set of Lego, so that will keep him busy & happy.