So sorry to hear that. I would talk to your kids and dh to see what they want. I definitely agree with the pp about quit tutoring. Blessings to you.

I haven't exactly btdt, but here's my opinion. I think since this book has been read to her several times that she has memorize the storyline and can guess just with pictures. My 4 y.o. can read back to me the 12 Dancing Princesses word for word. If u are far along in your phonics program and she is enjoying this, I wouldn't discourage it because I feel this is building her confidence. When she comes to a word that she doesn't know, have her sound it out. But then again I'm not an expert. It's what I would do. Good luck.

I don't have a direct answer for you. However, there is a site bartonreading.com or ncld.org that you can see symptoms or characteristics for LD. Perhaps someone with more experience will chime in. Hth.

I'm ambidextrous. I write with my left hand and do other stuff with ny right. I would just have her choose which hand she felt more comfortable to write with. This may take a few times. However many times u see fit. But eventually I would let her choose and stick with it. I wouldn't worry about the other stuff like cutting, eating, brushing teeth, etc. I would also do ElizabethB's exercise. Good luck.

That's a great idea. :)

I don't know all the answers to your questions, but I can tell u something about what i went through. I was never taught phonics, and I did tend to skip words that I wasn't familiar with when I was younger. Reading a lot, reading different types of materials, comprehension questions and taking latin helped with that. Hth

Education unboxed videos with c-rods. Kinectic sand Reading good books. Ditto about FIAR.

Yes, you may be on to something there, kbutton. My dh and I were talking about this this morning. It was mentioned that perhaps the 2nd child is not picking up as quickly as the 1st. The 1st child is pretty smart. I am going to wait until xmas to reevaluate things. In the meantime, I'll play math games with him. This is the reason why i asked how does one know if a child has LD. He has speech and behavior problems along with not doing well in school so far. OhElizabeth and OneStepAtATime has made some good points for me to look into. Plus, it was so good to read about the laws OhElizabeth pointed out. I don't want to sound selfish, but I was panicking a bit. Lol. I offered to tutor but I didn't/don't know what I'm getting myself into. But it sounds like they may be able to get some help through the school. And........I realize that it's not my job to teach this child. It's so good to talk things out with the hive!

I'm trying to wrap my head around this too. I guess the parents are raising both of their children the same way and I'm sensing the older one picked up a little faster when he entered kindergarten. I guess it was just a shocker to hear the father sound so concerned. If he's concerned, then we are too. I think we'll know more in a few months. It has helped me to think this out and to be prepared (well somewhat prepared).

Thank you. I never thought about the reason why she had tv on a lot. Hmmmmmm that is a good point. If that's the case, I will introduce her to librivox and lit2go. It'll be up to her to use it. Thanks for pointing that out. :)

Not sure I understand your question....... It has only been a few weeks. But according to his parents his teacher said that he should be able to recognize his letters by now. In fact, currently he's supposed to be learning sight words now like the word am. The grandma said that this is hard for him. Well now im thinking, sure is. If he doesn't know his letters then it's that much harder to learn sight words. The grandma said that the mom never did preschool with him. The grandma did for a little while though. Not sure how long. I hope this answers your question.

I wanted to clarify about th3 tv being on all day. I assume it's not on when she's teaching. I was quoting her when I wrote that. To clarify, I was there last week and since no one was watching tv I turned it off. Someone came by and turned it on. I asked if we could leave it off so my kids won't be tempted to watch and that's when she said that the tv is usually on from when they wake up to when they go to bed. Anyhow....just wanted to clear my conscious. :) I have learned a lot. Thanks.

I'm going to keep an eye out for dyslexia. Looking at the Barton site list that that may be it. I'll have to wait a few more months to be sure though. I just like to nip things in the bud, but I guess one doesn't know at this age. This thread has been most helpful for me. Thank you.

I probably will. I'm not going to force anything, but like you said just reading to him will help. Or playing with math manipulatives will help. I'm not going to get my hopes up. You have enlighten me that it's a long road and one has to be there everyday all day teaching him. (This is info that I needed to hear). But if I could be a little inspiration to him.......or even help just a little bit........I think that is the best I can do and I can live with that. This reminds me of an article I read in HEDUA. It was from a mom's point of view. She has a son who I think was autistic, and he gave a "love letter" or nice note (can't remember) to a girl. She grinned at him, thanked him and kept the note. If I remember correctly I think she sat next to him. anyhow, this small gesture had an influence on the boy. The mom was so grateful for this small kindness from her. The bad news is I don't think she has a clue on how to educate her children. The good news is she's not opposed to me doing science experiments or playing math games with her children. In fact, she sits back and does facebook. :) I don't do facebook.

I actually don't understand her philosophy on education. I believe in a language rich environment and try to implement it. She doesn't. Not sure why. She believes in let kids be kids, so that's why he hasn't been exposed to letters as much. She thought that I wasn't letting my children be kids by teaching them their letters at such a young age. Shrug. It's not like I was a tyrant. They're in books and I just pointed them out. Or on shows like word world, Super Why, and the leap frog videos. Thank you Incognito and OhElizabeth for letting me know that reading to him will help. I'll probably recommend it to the grandparents and will bring books when I visit. Except for holidays. :) Btw OhElizabeth, I looked up apraxia. I'm not an expert, but I don't think he has that. Thank you for mentioning it. Incognito, I like the leapfrog video too. I think I'll mention it. I'd give mine to her except I have one more child who needs to learn her letters. About my eye.......I'm scared of chiropractors. :) So if you see someone with an eye twitch that'll be me. Lol

I agree.

Thank you! That sounds like a plan. :) Also thank you for the link to the other thread. I have some math u see blocks. Yeah! I was hoping I could use some of my stuff. :)

OneStepAtATime, I was pretty tired last night and might of misunderstood your post. My eye has been twitching for about 2 weeks and it was getting worst last night. lol Anyhow, I thought you were talking about the same test OhElizabeth was suggesting. In that child's house, there is no peace and quiet (t.v. is on all day). I don't want it to be obvious at this point that I'm testing him until they are convinced that he needs help. I don't mind sitting at the kitchen table and "playing" math games, etc. (I could try to incorporate one or two of my children into it as well) But I doubt they'll let me sit in their room with him to test him, plus he probably would rather play with my children. :) Anyhow, I had in mind a simple test that I could print out and hold out in front of me. I'm not an expert, so I doubt I could administer the test correctly. But I will see if he knows how to rhyme or can recognize rhyming words. Thank you for the link! I'll look into it tonight. Have a blessed weekend!

Sounds like a great idea to me. I'll help, but I'm a newbie. You know more than I do. I've got about 90 tabs open for this reason. Lots of good info/free websites that I can't remember and haven't had time to compile into one place. Thanks for doing this.

That sounds great! What a creative idea. Mind if I use it when my kids are old enough. :)

OIC. Well bummer....I may not do the test. I'm going to see how he does with more ST first. Probably wait a few months then mention the test to them. Perhaps the ST will do it? I have ElizabethB's website saved already. :) I haven't used it though. Thanks fo4 the reminder! I have a lot of math manipulatives. Don't know of any math games except for the book by peggy kaye. Would watching education unboxed help? I'll watch with him. If you remember to post the math websites later that would be great! Whenever you get a chance. I know you are busy. :) Well I'm going to pass out now...... :) Have a nice night.

I don't mean to imply that they never leave the house. Lol. They do. Just not often. She's fine with it because she doesn't like the city. As far as I'm concerned she doesn't go to the library often. I did just buy her other son the How to Train yiur Dragon box set one though. :) now I'll have to get them the My First Little House series. I wonder what his reading comprehension is. I guess I'll have to ask....

Oh that's great information! I never heard of apraxia before. I never thought about whether or not he can hear rhyming words. He does like the song from Frozen. Lol His previous speech therapist oh excuse me ST ( :) ) said (according to the father) that he couldn't hear 4 consonants. I forgot which ones. I'd like to say f and s were 2 of them. I will definitely go through the list with him next time. Thanks again! Please keep more info coming! Really out of my elements.

Thank you OneStepAtATime. Your post was most informative. I will read the book. That book has been mentioned in other threads as well. I just forgot. I will also look at the website. Thanks for posting it. Until he gets evaluated I won't do anything. It just took us by surprise what tue father was telling us a we3k ago. But LD would explain a lot. I'm not sure he has LD. But no one has said that it was fine for an almost 6 year old to not be able to recognize his letters. The reason I'm asking for programs is because I'm probably going to be the one who will have to prepare an open and go program for her. I'm not going to do it right now, but at least I know it's out there. I can put it on my list of things to read....

Oh I'm sorry for misspelling your name OneStepAtATime! I think there's a store called one step ahead. :)