My husband does enjoy reading-he just lacks the time at this stage in his life. Of the books you mentioned, which would be the most helpful for him? DD loves crafts and science experiments. Yesterday we spent most of the day in the kitchen making slime and causing reactions. :-) I will definitely continue trying to figure out her interests and working with them. No, dh doesn't have any LDs in his family. The ONLY thing I can think of is my brother was a horrible student and probably never read a book-he was always a grease monkey and into machine shop at school. So maybe his reading difficulties were possibly dyslexia that went undiagnosed?? No, I'm not a teacher and my oldest dd went to ps for Kindy. lol So I have no experience other than dd(that we're currently discussing)...I just meant the philosophy which resonates with me (Charlotte Mason) teaches no formal schooling until age 6. Can I talk of CM on a classical board?! Lol My oldest dd had no learning disabilities and learned to read the first six weeks of Kindy--like chapter books. So I just assumed that's the way it was for everyone. I'm learning now that all kids are different. I think I'm struggling dd may not love books the way DH, oldest DD, and myself love books. Maybe she will, Idk? Also, I've done the first 12 weeks of Ambleside Online Year 1 with dd and I LOVE it! At this point of course we're doing audio books in the car, or I'm reading everything aloud, but I had big plans that in a year or two she would be devouring all of this great literature and discussing it with me. Will this still be the case? Yes, it will be hard with the 3 and 5yos. We can't afford to put them in preschool, especially with the money we're spending on speech therapy and Barton and... They don't take naps unless they fall asleep in the car, but they'll watch videos all right. Once we start school next week I was going to cancel Netflix bc my kids watch way too much tv, but I think I'll use that to my advantage when teaching dd. The only problem is, she loves tv, too, so she'll be upset that they get to watch tv without her. Oh, wait. Dh doesn't go to work until 10:00am each morning, so I go do dd's one-on-one teaching before he leaves. That way he can occupy the other two kids. That plan just might work! Thank you for your kind words! Thank you for all the ideas!

I am just coming to terms with the fact that I have to be regimented and disciplined...and not take three months off in the summer. :-/ But in order for her to make progress I know it needs done. Thank you! He is reasonable, and I know if I meet him in the middle he will see that I am doing what needs done, and hopefully doing it well. I just wish he supported me 100% regardless, you know? lol My (husband's) niece is a special ed. teacher in our neighboring school district. She has been for about seven years. I think she deals with more severely challenged kiddos, though. I will ask her specific questions on what would be done if my child with these diagnoses were in the school. Maybe that will help me to see what needs done, as well as make dh realize we have a great opportunity in being able to homeschool dd.

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I had the same confusion about that last part. Is he trying to say APD? Idk. He said she's a very visual learner. Would it help if I put the raw numbers of the subtests on here??

So, what now? Barton level 1 and working in a quiet environment?

I have the test results now. I don't know if you want the long story or the short story. Lol. Short story is this: "there was a significant difference when comparing verbal comprehension and perceptual reasoning to both working memory and processing speed.....she is a bright child, but at times is literally in a world of her own...showing all the signs of inattentive ADHD. Also showing a secondary auditory memory impairment affiliated with auditory dyslexia...which is creating a phonetic sequencing and sound blending level of deficiency. Aka impaired automatic naming."

First of all, I just realized I put this under Special Needs! :huh: Sorry about that. Thank you both for your responses. This dd, Olivia, is my second oldest (and I have a 5yo and 3yo). My oldest is ten years older and about to graduate. :crying: But she went to school in Kindy and First, so Olivia is my first kiddo that I'm teaching to read. I have been using Logic of English with her. We are on Foundations B, lesson 62, if you're familiar with it. I never did bite the bullet and buy Barton. :sad: So, I need you to tell me where to go from here. :tongue_smilie: I'm going to buy or borrow the dyslexia books that are always mentioned. But do I just continue with LoE like I've been doing? Does she still need Barton? Does she need tutoring? And how about the dysgraphia? Do I still make her write everyday? Expect perfection? Forget about it and teach her to type? lol. I've tried researching online, but it's mainly what to look for if you suspect dyslexia, or how to get teachers at school to accommodate. I AM the teacher, yk?

I will check out those books. Thank you! Today was the initial appt as well as the testing. They were very friendly and afterwards he said DD was very sweet and very smart. :D He gave me a quick rundown and then we made an appt for next week when he'll go over the results thoroughly. He said she has ADD and dyslexia, the auditory kind. He also said she has dysgraphia. I am completely overwhelmed. I knew in my heart she had dyslexia, and possibly dysgraphia, but for some reason hearing it makes it...real. And I had NO CLUE about the ADD. I almost find it hard to believe even. I have always said she gets very distracted and can't concentrate with ANYTHING going on around us, but I just never thought about it anymore. Then he pretty much told me the only effective treatment for ADD is medication. And said that fixing the ADD will sometimes fix the other problems. :sad: Is this true? There HAS to be a way to treat/fix/help the ADD without medicine?!

I've worried for a year that DD might have dyslexia, but I figured I was doing everything I could to teach her properly so I decided I didn't need a diagnosis. Especially since I haven't heard good things about our school district. However, dh thinks dd should be reading by now since we've started "first grade". He was mentioning putting the kids in school, assuming I'm not doing enough. So, I made an appointment with a psychologist for testing. We go in just a couple hours and it will be $600! The fear that we will go through testing and they'll find nothing terrifies me. lol. Do I assume the psychologist knows what he's doing, or are there specific tests I should ask for? Any questions I need to ask? Thank you!

I wasn't getting notifications of anyone's replies, so it took me awhile to see these responses. We have (just this past two weeks) been very consistent with doing our reading "lessons". I can definitely see some improvements with her blending. We have been using LOE Foundations A starting with Lesson 20, and she is doing great! However, I have noticed the things she struggles with. When I ask her to spell a word (either with tiles or writing them) she always spells an 'r' for an 'o'. For example, the words cop and top become "crp" and "trp". When I pointed this out to her, she said, "/o/' and /r/ sound the same!" The other thing she almost always gets wrong is spelling words that end in g. For example, dog and log are usually spelled "dod" and "lod". So I'm thinking this all stems from her speech problems of not saying/hearing /c/ and /g/ correctly. She is blending words a lot better, as long as they don't have those sounds. So does this still sound like it could be related to dyslexia or APD, or can I simply work with her speech here at home? I did put a call into the local schools to call me about an eval, but no one returned my call. :-\

It seems the shuttle buses or vans will be anywhere from $60-100. Yuck. I was hoping to find a cheaper way.

Yeah, our hotel won't get us from the airport. :-( And I've been calling Disney every day and checking Orbitz and Expedia ever day. I'm still hoping for something to pop up.

For reasons that include too many boring details, we have recently changed our minds from staying off-site, to on-site. The problem is there is no room available the day we're flying into Orlando. So I've booked Wyndham Grand Bonnet Creek for our first night. What is the cheapest way to get my family of six to our hotel?

She is 5, will be 6 in January. I'm really thinking dd's problems are more auditory than visual. She also has the articulation issues which I'm now in the process of getting speech started for her. My ds's slp was here the other day and said she definitely needs speech, and she wouldn't be surprised if she had APD. So, until I can get all that straightened out, and get any diagnosis that there may be...what can I do with her to keep moving along with phonics instruction? Games we can play? Activities to work on her working memory?

I did the Barton screening last night, and she barely passed part C. Does passing it mean they don't have problems/dyslexia? I was a little confused on that. When I've googled her symptoms, APD does pop up, but she doesn't seem to have any issues with background noise or hearing. To test for that I have to go to an audiologist, right?

I was able to get info on CTOPP through Google. 😊 I called the ps and they said they'd have the slp contact me from the school in my school district. I'm also going to talk with my ds slp tonight when she gets here. Thank you guys so much!

I called my insurance and they don't cover anything until after my $2000 deductible! I didn't realize I can go through the public schools. Does that mean free? What is a CTOPP?

I did the Barton screening with dd. She past parts A and B, and barely passed C. It looks like quite a bit of money for the program, though. :ohmy: So do I start with my insurance company, or do I just say, "Hey, SLP Susie, I need an eval done on dd"? SLP Susie comes to my house weekly to work with ds. She's a private practice, but is working with ds getting paid through First Steps.

When I said she guesses dragon for dog, that was just a word *I* came up with as an example. After sounding out m a t, she'll say tab. Or after sounding out b I b, she's said bat. She always mispronounces her g and c sounds. She also says f instead of a th. I know she's still young, but she's SO SMART! She's loves learning, remembers everything, and loves books. I thought reading would come naturally. Lol. We've used OPGTR, LoE, and I just started A Beka because someone gave it to me. But it doesn't seem to matter what I use, she can't get past sounding out a CVC word, or guessing the end sound of a word, or knowing what vowel is in the middle of a word. Or blending. And that seems to be what I'm supposed to be having her do.

I'm always on my phone and don't see my signature, so it must be outdated. She is 5, and will be 6 in January. When I google her "problems", dyslexia does come up, but she has no problems with rhyming, and that always seems to be a symptom of dyslexia. ?? Any thoughts on that?

I'm trying to teach my K'er dd to read, and I'm failing miserably. I need to know how to help her, and which program to use. Here are the problems we're running into: She says /d/ for /g/ and also can't say the /c/ sound, although I can't think of what she says in its place. She can not put sounds together to form a word. I'll say, /d/ /o/ /g/ and she can't figure out I'm saying dog. she can only sometimes hear sounds in words. I'll say which word has the /I/ sound, Jim or tom, and she gets it right 50% of the time. She also suddenly writes mirror image of her name or words that asks me to spell. But I'm guessing that's an age thing. So, how can I help her read?? Eta: also, she'll sound out each letter of a word like dog, like this: /d/ /o/ /g/ dragon.

I just realized you said one semester, and I'm actually doing this over two semesters for a full credit. I'm following the plan just like in the book, covering one book for a month. The author has a paragraph about which editions she prefers, but I didn't specify with my students.

I'm teaching Excellence in Literature (American Lit) this semester at co-op. It's going great. Open and go, less than $30, great book choices.

I don't want to take over anyone else's thread, so I'm going to give you all the details about our trip: Me, DH, 3 teens, 5yod, 4yod, and 2yo son Going in November before Thanksgiving Flying and won't have a car Staying at a nearby hotel with free shuttle service We stayed onsite for four days in 2014 We plan to eat breakfast at the hotel and make rope drop most? days. Maybe one day to just hang out at hotel. We do have park hopper passes, if that makes a difference. I'm hoping to eat just two meals in the parks the whole week we're there. Any suggestions on places to eat with these ages? Also, how should we plan out our park days during the week? ETA: Can I make dining reservations or use Fast Passes even though I'm not staying onsite?

Exactly what I was thinking.