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I like Connecting Math. It's an SRA direct instruction program designed for ID kids that I've had a lot of success with as a public school teacher. Check it out!

Does anyone know if this will happen again this year?

I have had great success with Connecting Math. It's designed for special ed students. The levels are A, B, C, etc. you can probably get a cheap copy off amazon or eBay. It's a direct instruction program that is scripted - someone will have to sit with him to do the lessons, it's not a teach yourself program.

My DD does this all.day.long!! Does the chewy tube help?

Hmm...I think I'm definitely going to use it for my Ker next year. I was hoping to use it for my 7th grader who hates reading (thanks a lot 5th grade public school teacher). I have spent this year so far (6th) trying to make reading fun for him, but he still hates it. He's good at it and not behind or anything, but the interest is gone.

Ages. That makes more sense! Thanks

Can someone explain FIAR and beyond FIAR to me? I'm confused by their website. Are the numbers corresponding to the programs ages or grade levels? Thanks, my sleep deprived brain can't figure it out tonight.

I have gotten so many good ideas from this site: http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com She has lists (sorted by age) of great educational games and toys too.

Thanks you all for responding! That's a lot of choices :)

DS is just about done with this. He's done it mostly independently and loves it. Secular program preferred. Thanks!

Mayer Johnson has a reading program called ALL - Accessible literacy something or the other. I haven't used it, but I've heard it's a great program, one of the only ones out there specifically for non vocal students.

I teach special Ed and I LOVE Reading Mastery! It's based on How to Teach Your Child ato Read in 100 Easy Lessons. It's quick, simple, effective and kids really like it. As lecka said, there are no tiles. That's because it is a direct instruction program not a multi sensory program. It is also scripted and almost impossible to do incorrectly if you just follow the script. For my students I use this as their reading instruction program. I also do a lot with sight words, letter tiles, etc. I just do them separately from Reading Mastery. FWIW, I use Edmark and other sight word programs with students that are not yet able to place into the earliest Reading Mastery level. My goal when using Edmark is to get the child's skills high enough to pass placement test.

Yea, I've been spending a lot of time online.... I think the hardest thing is looking around the house at all the things that need to be done and not being able to do them! I teach special Ed and work found a good long term sub for me who started today. That makes me feel better that my school kiddos are in good hands.

Thanks for the support! I've been trying to read, but having trouble concentrating :/ DH set me up with Netflix today. That was ok. Any good series recs?

I kind on thought having to stay in bed all day would be relaxing. The first few days were! But that was short lived. Today I'm DYING to get up and do something but I can't. I'm only at 33 weeks...how do people get through this?

Ok, now I'm feeling a bit better. Thanks ladies. I'm going to check out the other programs you mentioned.

DS has started Singapore NEM 1 this year and I am having trouble teaching it. I think it's the right level for him but it's a little beyond me...so I can't answer his questions or do much more than check his answers against the answer key. Are there online resources or videos or something for this level of math? We don't want a class because DS does much better moving at his own pace.

I've picked out all my curriculum except astronomy. DS is in 6th grade this year and wants to do astronomy. That's fine with me except I'm having a hard time picking out materials. I want something that can be mostly student directed and most importantly FUN! Ideas for supplemental videos, etc elcome also. Some of his other subjects are time and labor intensive and I'm looking for this one to not be. Thanks in advance!

I just started a trial of ooka island for ds-4 who was resistent to learning basic phonics (i didn't push it, i just kept looking for ways to interest him). After a week of this program, he has started asking what letter different things start with and wanting to read more books aloud. I wouldn't use it for a curriculum or anything, but it seems to have a clear progression of skills and requires mastery before moving to the next skill, which makes it great in my eyes for independent computer "playtime."

Yes, that could be apraxia. Another vote for PROMPT! Also the Beckman oral motor protocol and the Kaufman Speech Praxis materials and intervention.

Connecting Math is a great math program. It's designed for people with intellectual disabilities and I have used it with great success. For Language Arts, I like Reading Mastery. The newest version has additional literature and some extra stuff. The older versions are almost the same, as far as the reading content goes, and you can usually pick those up cheaply on amazon or ebay. Personally, I would include basic grammar, like First Language Lessons. A child in that IQ range could easily master "a noun is a person, place or thing," etc. and basic grammar rules. For science, I would do interesting K-2nd grade activities and just follow her interests. For social studies, I would do a lot of interesting read aloud stories and again, follow her interests. The Story of the World series would be great. Use the read aloud CD's. As far as writing legibility, if she is 12 and not writing legibly, I would let her type. Get a typing program and ease up on writing. Handwriting Without Tears is great to keep working on it, but I wouldn't push it at this point.

Ok, thanks for the input. I have been doing it with him. I knew that jumping into a grammar prorgam (which he's never had before) would be difficult for him, but it's been really, really difficult! I think we will split up single lessons over 2 days and see how that works. Yes, I have the worksheets and have been using them along with the lessons. Penguin, it makes me feel better that you had a similar problem when starting this program. If it takes us 12 months to get through it, I guess that is ok!

I just got through the first week of R&S grammar with DS11 (6th grade). He's done mostly public school with a couple years of K12. This is the first year I've picked curriculum myself. Ok, so I followed the directions is TWTM and got R&S level 5. It's WAAAYYYYY too hard for DS. We've gone through lesson 5 now and he's really having a hard time with verbs. He'd never heard of a helping verb before!!!!! What would you do? Would you back up to level 4? Or stop and do extra practice with verbs? What would you use for extra practice? Thanks!

This is my first post here! I'm excited to join.