Thanks for the ideas ladies. I can't get any appoints, except for the eye dr. until we see the ped. I've tried. But how can I help him learn or what should I try in the mean time?

Doing all of this! They are a little tired of me by now, but that's fine with me. And I agree, this is to long of a wait. But they see it as a "Well Child Check" and those are put on the back burner. Grrrr!

Thank you all for all your help on my thread, "Not Learning Letters." We have a Well Child Check aapt. on July 31st. We can't get any evals. done or an eye appt. until after that. So we are probably looking into Sept. before anything can get checked. What do you suggest I do to help him in the mean time?

He can imitate the signs. He just doesn't like to and has a hard time remembering them. But if I show him, he can do them. I don't have a problem with getting evals. And plan on doing more than just the eye appt. the past couple of days with having to go out of town unexpectedly has just really got me behind. And I can't get him into his Pedi., which is where I have to start, until July 31st.

I have tried Child 1st. They have "signs" for each letter. The shapes they make with their hands are more like the shapes of the letters themselves. For example the letter at is made with two hands. Does that make sense? I know ASL and so does my 8 yo, but not the son we have been discussing.

Thank you for this idea. I have tried something similar to this and it didn't work. He didn't remember the signs or like making them.

Sorry I had to run out on our conversion ladies. We had to unexpectedly go out of town over the last couple of days. Thank you so much for all your help and input. I am going to be looking into all of it and praying about it all. I am sure I'll be back with more questions. Still waiting on the eye Dr. to call. If I haven't heard from them by lunch, they will be hearing from me! Thank you all, again.

OK ladies, We took the Barton pretest. Here are the results Level A He got one wrong. Two of them we had to do twice Level B He got two wrong. Level C He got them all wrong. He couldn't do it because he either repeated me wrong, pulled down the wrong colors or both. Now what?

Would you recommend I go this way and stop with the trying to learn letters and sounds?

Thank you for your encouraging words! Does your son have LDs? At what age did he finally get it? Hope you don't mind me asking.

1. About five of them.2. Most of the words I tried. Had a hard time with W. Can't do L. 3. Immediately - yes. 15 seconds - no

Thank you. Not sure why I didn't see that when I went looking.

sbgrace, Thank you so much for your help and links. The links you gave are very helpful and given much information. We have tried and are still using the Leap Frog videos and I sing the song throughout the day and while he is writing his letters. Still no go.

Elizabeth, Where do I get the Barton pretest? Is this something I can do myself?

My eye Dr. Is listed on there and I really like him and trust him.