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| UsborneChildrensBookGal |
| Posted on: October 5th, 2005, 4:52pm |
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I do not home school for reasons out of my control but I think ya'll have it right by home schooling your children. I read this forum to gain information to supplement my son's pariochal education. After reading homeschool magazines and websites, I am pretty convinced my son, age 7.5 has some challenges in reading and language skills. He exhibits a number of 'symptoms' such as not distinguishing letters such as B and D and word reversals. Sometimes he will guess at words based upon a few letters in the word. His oral reading is very halted and lakes expression. He runs the sentences together. He most times will read 'the' instead of 'a'. he will also sometimes read what he thinks the sentence should say based on the first few words and some information he has garnered from the beginning of the story. His comprehension is OK if I am helping him through. We read a lot together and I am looking for ways to help him. I have had his eyesight and hearing checked. He's fine. He's great at math, science, and history and has a great ability to memorize which I suspect he uses to help him read in that he is memorizing facts in the story but not truly comprhending the subject. Of course I am not by any means an expert in special needs and it's always harder, I think, to see an issue with your own child. I am wondering if supplementing his education with Latin would be helpful. I'm thinking, learning roots. What do ya'll think and do you have any recommendations or am I just not making any sense at all.
There is a part of me that does not want to give him more work as traditional schools are already 7 hours and a ton of homework which I am completely against but because of some circumstance, I can't home school. Please offer your opinions. |
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| obiwan |
| Posted on: October 5th, 2005, 5:29pm |
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I have taught my two kids Latin, my daughter since third grade, she is now in ninth and my son since third, he is now in fifth. We have used a variety of textbooks, starting with Latin is Fun, which is fun, but if you have no prior experience with Latin is a challenge, as there are no teacher keys, so you have to muddle through it. Also, Latin is not so Tough, and I think for someone starting out is a good bet as you can purchase a set including supplemental materials. There are different levels so you can gauge where you would like to start. We have also used Latina Christiana, which is also a good course for beginners. We have used New Missal Latin, which is more academic. And my daughter this year is using Wheelock which is a college level introductory course. Latin not only teaches you the language, but is an in depth study into the English language, which is phenomenal for vocabulary expansion, and an excellent study English grammar. English from the Roots up is good if you would like a simpler approach without the bells and whistles. Good luck. Obiwan  |
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| acollier |
| Posted on: October 5th, 2005, 5:31pm |
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Hi! Is your son in 2nd grade? I have a background in both Special education and regular education and love to teach reading. I wouldn't worry too much about substituting "a" for "the" or vice versa. Occasionally you may want to stop him and say "now what was this word?" He'll probably know the difference he's just self conscious about reading out loud. If he is getting comprehension from reading slowly I would just continue to read with him. Giving him help, "what do you think the word is by looking at the picture?", "what word would sound right here," or even skipping a hard word is fine. You sound like you are doing all the right things. I know it's hard not to worry but he sounds like he is strong in so many areas. My daughter continued to reverse b and d through 1st grade and I know kids who will do this past 1st grade. You may want to try some visualization to see the difference. The little b is looking the same direction as the big B. The little d is looking toward the big D. As in Bb and Dd. Just make it fun and draw pictures. Don't make it seem like school work. Use a chalk board or write in the sand.
Just keep taking turns reading. Read street signs, things in comic books, and cereal boxes. It doesn't have to be formal.
Take care,
Angie |
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| UsborneChildrensBookGal |
| Posted on: October 5th, 2005, 6:59pm |
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Thank you! The funny thing is he loves books and loves tolisten to stories. Always want's to go to the bookstore and I never say no to that. Childrens books are my business and he has more than enough books around the house. We have missed very few days in his life that I didn't read to him.
acollier - My son is indeed in 2nd grade. I like the visualization idea and I will work with that and I'll continue to keep reading and asking questions. You made me feel so much better. In your experience, are theses issues common for 2nd graders?
obiwan - Is English from the Roots a book that can be used or just an expression? I am going to work with some of the things acollier mentioned and will start looking into some real basic Latin books with parent materials. Based upon what you have said, I see it is not too late to start. Thank you! |
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| Genevieve |
| Posted on: October 5th, 2005, 7:22pm |
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B and D are easy. Just tell him to think of the word "bed". It visually makes a bed, see? The headboard is b and the footboard is d.  If he knows the sounds the letters make, he's got it. |
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