calledtobehome Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I'm in the process of re-evaluating our year. Curious as to what curriculum or methods has worked well for your child? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Read, Write, Type AAS Sopris Rewards Intermediate MCT grammar along with color-coding (we use MCT's scheme of blue for nouns, aqua for pronouns, red for verbs) Typing dictations Audiobooks - from library, purchased, & Bookshare Project-based learning along with Intellego for science (website & video/documentary heavy) Read aloud history with discussions/Socratic dialogues rather than written work Manipulative heavy math Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellers Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 We are having a fabulous year! My "severely dyslexic" son's reading is really coming along. He's working slowly going through Dancing Bears B. He acutally told me on Saturday (I was working in the kitchen and he was playing on his Nintendo DS), "Mom, I love reading!" This is from a kid I thought just two years ago would never read. Thank GOD for homeschooling or my boy would be illiterate. I have him reading from "Step Into Reading Books" level 3, he's really loving these books! Previously we had used Apples & Pears Spelling (which I love), but he needed a break from because the lessons just went on and on for him. Rod & Staff Spelling by Sound and Structure seems to be working well for him, but time will tell. He's just moved up to Climbing to Good English 2. I chose Climbing to Good English 1, because it had so much phonics practice. Now that he's in level 2, we'll see how the respite idea goes down. I'm not sure if this won't confuse him. If it does we will either skip those lessons or go back to GWG 3. I also have him doing Plaid Phonics. He's needs all the practice he can get. I need to give some credit up to CLE Math too. My DS12 had been through both TT5 and TT6, when I felt his reading was good enough to switch to another (cheaper) math. We switched to CLE Math and he's eating it up. No complaints here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyslexicParent Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 My child's dyslexia seems to be improving with the Language Tool Kit At Home. She cried when she was opened a book she got for Christmas and noticed she could actually read it without getting stuck. Just finished lesson 58, and 29 more lessons to go. Have also just started vision therapy software so hopefully it will indirectly help with dyslexia/dysgraphia. Curious as to what curriculum or methods has worked well for your child? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddle Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 I have the same approach as Fair Prospects- which is to ease up on the writing (by my typing when my dc dictates and doing a lot orally)..... As far as what has helped my 4th grade dyslexic/dysgraphic dd: Typing- We're going slowly through the Diana Hanbury King book Keyboarding Skills. It's going well so far- slow and steady. I see typing as one of the best things I can do for my dysgraphic daughter. IEW - We use this for learning writing only I type or write much of it with her to speed things up. This method has worked really, really well with us just focusing on keyword outlining and slowly adding some style techniques Reading- She was always a good reader (stealth dyslexia, problems more with output), but we did go through the first levels of Barton and then used REWARDS Intermediate. Highly recommend this. Improved my dd's confidence. Grammar- Lots of people use Winston. I went with using Rod and Staff this year, but doing much orally and the rest letting her use a whiteboard (which somehow makes it more doable for her...) math- We're using MUS- kinesthetic is good for her, plus LOF as a supplement because she love the stories. I'm also using Memorizing Math Facts in Minutes with the stories for facts---- still slow going. She still doesn't have her addition/subtraction facts memorized, so I plan to go through a book with her this summer that someone else recommended: Two Plus Two is not Five. My Dd loves "tricks" for memorizing, and that book has them! history and science- we do more Charlotte Mason approach using SOTW and other resources. I focus on the 3 Rs right now mostly. Also, we do a combination for spelling using the right brained spelling techniques (See Freed book or Dianne Craft's website) and use the Spelling Power list and some of the techniques. This is MUCH better for her than any prior spelling programs have been. We still have issues with her integrating grammar/spelling into her writing, but we are focusing on the building blocks and hopefully that will come later :) Good luck. Paula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jklee73 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 My child's dyslexia seems to be improving with the Language Tool Kit At Home. She cried when she was opened a book she got for Christmas and noticed she could actually read it without getting stuck. Just finished lesson 58, and 29 more lessons to go. Have also just started vision therapy software so hopefully it will indirectly help with dyslexia/dysgraphia. I would love to hear more of your thoughts on LTK. I am considering starting this over the summer with my daughter. She is 7yo and has decoding and auditory memory weakness. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyslexicParent Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I would love to hear more of your thoughts on LTK. I am considering starting this over the summer with my daughter. See my review at http://forums.welltr...-up-kit-at-home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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