Melissa in Australia Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 I know there is probably a million threads on AAR but my searching only brought up one that was 4 years old. I just bought AAS and am very impressed with it and am looking forward to using it this year with my children ( school year starts Wednesday here in Victoria, AUS) I have looked at AAR and am pretty impressed- I have been using LEM an australianised version of Spalding and it is tedious, not fun drill that has disengaged ds13 I have a practically no reading ds13 with dyslexia ( can read chapter books but cannot comprehend what he reads, he describes it that the word goes into his head and instantly vanishes ) a new arrival 8 who due to multiple disruptions / placement shifts etc is working at beginning grade 1 level - can read Bob books box 3 with errors ( will be homeschooled one day a week and will be doing mostly remedial work) and 2 almost six year olds who have global developmental delays in all areas and are functioning at age beginning 4. ( after almost 2 years of daily letter work they still only know 5 letters of the alphabet) Because of the cost of shipping , currency conversion etc to get pre-reading through to level 3 will cost me over $1000. for me that is A LOT OF MONEY . I was thinking of putting ds13 in level 2 and as he knows all his phonograms I am hoping he will move through it very quickly So my questions Is the pre-reading worth the money? or is it basically just alphabet cards and colour in sheets? we already have alphabet colour in books and multiple sets of alphabet cards is there any other advice anyone would like to share? thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Did you try the syllabary stuff on The Phonics Page? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Did you try the syllabary stuff on The Phonics Page? :blushing: not yet :blushing: :blushing: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 I had a look. there is no way I will be able to get ds13 to do that type of drill. we have been doing similar stuff for years with flashcards, LEM etc., he has become disengaged and discouraged completely. AAR looks like it might be a little bit of fun ( though still having some drill) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Lol! Try it before you fork out big money! I think it will work for Mr 8. It won't do the little boys any harm to try and of course I'm not qualified to guess about Mr 13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Might be time to look into technology for Mr 13. If you can't beat it, avoid it. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Melissa in Australia Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Might be time to look into technology for Mr 13. If you can't beat it, avoid it. :( we will be doing technology for ds13, but I just don't want to give up completely on him yet. He has older brothers who started reading around 11-13 He just told me the other day that he is starting to get better at reading and I have noticed just in the last week that he is reading words that are around everywhere 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medawyn Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 There is a bit of oral phonemic awareness work (rhymes, segmenting sounds, etc.) in AAR Pre, but the bulk of the program is alphabet cards and coloring/craft sheets. It goes through the alphabet three times; capital letters first, lower case second, and then the initial sound of each letter for the third go 'round. I like the program for my not-quite four year old who wasn't ready for AAR 1 yet because it's open and go enough for me to grab in the few moments his two younger siblings are occupied, but I wouldn't say it's worth the money for international shipping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmacmoo Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Have you looked at logic of English? I bring it up as an option since you can buy a lot of it digitally and that would save a fair bet of money. I only have experience with the second edition of the Essential book. I bought only the teachers guide and student book. The teachers guide makes mention of cards and what they look like so I was able to just make them without buying them. I bought it for my then struggling 7 year old who showed signs of dyslexia. And we very much say it helped him. It's very teacher intensive and I have to be in the right mood and mindset but we have been making our way through. It's been a little over a year and he has gone from barely able to read Frog and Toad to reading Boxcar children books for enjoyment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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