I just started using Reading Reflex with my 6 yr. old a week ago. Our SLP has recommended using Audiblox along with it.
Has anyone had experience with the two together? Would this compliment PG or just be confusing?
I really want to use what works the best and not overwhelm him. There is so much good info here but sometimes mind-boggling. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Re: PG and Audiblox??
Except the Audioblox website makes a big deal of not doing a phonics program while doing Audioblox—at least not to you get to a certain level on reading related exercises. Suggests to me that Audioblox people would want you to do Audioblox first, or at least for some period of time, before PG.
Beth
Re: PG and Audiblox??
Too bad they think that.
It really is a great program in every other way. I would hate to think people were turned away from it because of that.
Do the PG for awhile first then start audiblox. Audiblox will help your child to decode faster because it does address processing.
I don’t think there is a single program that has all the answers even though many claim too. I love PG but it doesn’t solve everything as I learned. Each program addresses a specific piece and it is all about matching the program to the child’s areas of deficit.
PS. I still remember thinking that once I taught my son to read our problems would be solved. Silly me!
Re: PG and Audiblox??
I have both programs, and started doing both at once. However, I found that I wasn’t really doing either one of them justice, because of the time it took to do both of them. Now granted, some of that was my problem because I’m a single mom and was trying to do 2 kids at the same time (but separately). But the other issue was getting the kids to want to sit through it on top of school and homework. They wanted some brain rest, and also there was a lot of stress if the exercises were presenting a challenge — moreso with “mom” as a tutor. This drained both mom and child of the energy to go at it for too long. Since they are all so different, you might try doing both, but read the signals from your kiddo and make sure it’s not too much at once.
dab-nj
That is a great idea.
We did PG and will be doing audiblox after vision therapy.
Audiblox is awesome but missing the phonemic awareness piece. Those two programs together would cover alot of deficit areas.