calledtobehome Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Just trying to make sure I'm doing all that I can for my 8yr old son! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcolemanfamily Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Check out http://www.diannecraft.org This is what I am using right now for my dyslexic/dysgraphic daughter and son! Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Barton and HWOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merry gardens Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Just trying to make sure I'm doing all that I can for my 8yr old son! Lots and lots of hands-on! For the dysgraphia, activities to develop hand muscles, careful selection of writing instruments, use of white boards, etc. For curriculum, I use or have used Barton, Callirobics, various Lindamood-Bell products, IdeaChain, and numerous other teaching techniques and materials. Begin with the basics--and for my ds who had significant phonemic awareness problems contributing to his reading problems, that meant we re-started all the way back with how sounds are produced by the lips, mouth and voicebox! (with Lindamood-Bell's LiPS) Then, we moved back to the letters that made those sounds. Along the way, we've used sand paper letters, "salt boxes", clay, etc. etc. We work on vocabulary too. I've worked on both de-coding and comprehension--because they are different yet often related. Overall, I have had to get significantly more creative with my struggling learner--because he learns through the process of creating more than he learns through books. I'm really working hard to get him to the place where he can learn through books--but I think that in order to learn he needs to connect what's in books to real life experiences far more than the average person. Sometimes those connections that I think should just happen naturally really need to be explicitly taught to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 LiPS (http://www.ganderpublishing.com), followed by Barton Reading and Spelling (http://www.bartonreading.com) Games from http://www.moosematerials.com Speech and language therapy age 3-9 Occupational therapy age 7-9, including Interactive Metronome and Therapeutic Listening Program Singapore math + Right Start math + Muggins math games A slant board and pencil grips from http://www.linguisystems.com Writing With Ease Story of the World audio CDs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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