I’ve posted on another board on this site and got some good advice. So I will try this board. I have a 7 yr. old daughter sho is listed as ld at her school. Last school year she attended first grade in a large school with lots of resources, and was showing improvement acidemically and socially. But due to a move she now goes to a small country school with little to no resources. Since being at the new school all progress made on her reading has stopped. I read about a lot of learning tools to try at home, but am on a limited budget. I was wondering if someone can suggest a low cost program/ reading help system that I can use with her. I should state that she does good at understanding what is read to her. And after being read a book only once can retell it almost word for word. I read her books that are at a kindergarten and 1 st grade level. She tries very hard to read and is very frustrated by not being able to. As she sees me with a book anytime I have a free moment, she is always asking me to read to her. We read 2 to 3 books on a school day and 4 to 5 on a lazy day at home. Please help me know how to help her.
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Hi there. I have written up some notes describing what I do as a reading tutor and what materials I use, fairly inexpensive. All it takes is time and work …
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Hi Maxine, I can’t believe you haven’t been advised to go out and spend $16 for “Reading Reflex,” the book that teaches you to teach your daughter the “phono-graphix” method. I’ve been a reading tutor for nearly 20 years, using phonics and having success, but NOTHING compared to what I get with PG. Just read the first 30 or so pages and you’ll be enlightened enough to start. I’m now a certified PG therapist, have remediated over 100 kids, all at least a yr. behind, some way behind, as in high school age doing 1st grade level! Most have been done in about 12 hours; yes, I said 12 hours!
I’ve taught more than 25 teachers, too, and the Resource (reading specialist) at our local elementary school took my training and uses it there. It’s great, fast; it works. AND my students love it! They even routinely ask me for more homework!
let me know how it goes and if I can help. Just E me!
Good luck. Leslie
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The school in Colorado used a phonics - reading readiness with her. They also put her in a group where a locale aurthor came and worked with the children pairing each kind. with a 4th grader and each 1 st grader with a 5th grader. They were making books toghether and at the end of the year all the kids helped to put the books into the computer and have them printed together and formed a large book they could bring home. My daughter prizes this book. It’s a communtaion of small stories, some have 1-2 pages others having up to 10 pages. The art teacher provided pictures that were added into the books.
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Can you tell me if PG can work/help a child diagnosed with Aspergers and recently CAPD?
I have a son, 14+, who can’t read and his writing is horrible. I told the school that since phonics didn’t work (tried this manner for the past 10 years) find another program to help him. He will NOT wear the headphones so he can focus on the teacher.
HELP!
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Hi Bobbie,
I have taught a number of diagnosed CAPD students with PG and it took a little longer, but it did work. I had to go over and over the list of words in the basic code, segmenting and blending until the child could ‘hear’ the separate sounds in the words, just took patience. As for Aspergers, generally those kids have problems with comprehension, not decoding, but I am sure that it will work. The problem with the other phonics programs for these kids are the rules and the abstract words of long and short vowels, silent ‘e’ etc. I would also recommend that after the decoding has been remediated that you work with him on visualizing with the program by Lindamood-Bell called Visualizing and Verbalizing. If he also has problems with visualizing numbers, try On Cloud Nine during the time that you are using V/V. If you wish to talk to me, email me personally, I will help you.
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Shay is experienced and knows what she is talking about; I recommend following her advice.
When I hear someone say “phonics didn’t work”, I ask large questions. Thjere may be a few exceptions out there, but every time I have run into this in the past, the failure wasn’t in the phonics, it was in very bad teaching — either the kid was sat in a corner alone with a workbook or a computer, or the teacher didn’t feel like following the sequence in the book and handed out worksheets at random, or the teacher didn’t want to do all the dull beginning work and started right in at Book 3, and so on.
He needs to be “taught” phonics, and that means starting at the beginning, spending time interacting with him, working systematically, involving him in his own education, insisting on developing the base skills before trying to do the advanced ones, building up a logical system, taking a positive and success-oriented approach, unlearning bad habits and negative attitudes, etcetera. It is a long road, but worth it; OK, it may take a few years, but if you don’t do it now, where will he be when he is 16?
Shay can tell you about PG. I have some outlines I’ve prepared on teaching and tutoring and writing, as well as other good materials, and I’ll send them to you if you email me.
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Hi,
Take a look at Looking Glass Spelling. It uses Glass Analysis techniques and is designed for older kids. I’m the author, so I’m prejudiced, but I’ve had great success with the 7th and 8th graders that I teach. It teaches strategies for decoding and spelling, segmenting, vocabulary (age-appropriate), can be used relatively independently by the student with built-in success. Check it out at www.gwhizresources.com
Wow. Your daughter’s interest in being read to is impressive!
Here’s what I’d do as you’re already doing such a great job. What program was her former school using with her? I’d find that out before I did anything else. Write them or call them. You mention their use of ‘resources’.
What were the resources? Before you consider any other program, at least check out what program/resources they were using as it sounds like it was working for her.
Good luck.