My dtr did not come to reading quickly and I was so lame at helping I did not do much beyond sometimes powerstruggling over doing at least some of the required practice. while sighing and wishing the whole thing would just go away so I could get back to my reading and she could get back to listening to Harry Potter on CD.

Suddenly, she can read. Thank goodness.

(She is seven, also.)

She goes to a private school… not a Waldorf but a “progressvie” sort. I’ve always known that should I decide to put her in public school, it would be easiest if we could wait till she’d learned to read bec. of what you’ve gone through.

I grew up in a family of teachers and I am a teacher, myself, tho’ not K-12. I have yet to meet a teacher who likes the current shove-down-the-throat-approach that is basically required by No Child Allowed to Develop at their Own Pace… uh… I mean No School Allowed to Deal with their Own Set of Circumstances… no, that’s not it… maybe it’s….

Current Curriculum Has Always Been At Least Twenty Years Behind Current Research.

That’s what one of my ed profs said, anyway and I do believe she is right given what brain research tells us each and every day.

Anyway, on a bit of jag there, sorry.

I am glad Serena has done it and wow – flashlight reading, too! Go for it, Serena!

Regarding Eric and the challenge of getting the school on board…. yes. I have friends and family whose kids fall in the broad “special needs” category and thank goodness those moms work part-time or are full-time moms because dealing the school, as you know, can demand a tremendous amount of time and energy not to mention flashes of insight.

I have also subbed in special needs classrooms and… sigh… could we just take all the money we spend on crap like the war in Iraq and give the schools adn teachers what they need to meet a HUGE variety of needs?

I had a friend with a classroom that included autistic kids, kdis with downs, a child who was not able to move or respond verbally and had very limited vision, and a kid with CP and cognitive delay. Three aides, one of which was good. And her.

Your kids are lucky to have you as their mom. You’re doing a great job.

Cynzim

I feel like I should be able to give you information that could help you give input on his speech/language goals…… If I can just find it in my boxes of school stuff…. shoot me an email with the subject of NAG or FREE ICE CREAM and I’ll see if I can’t remember to find some stuff for you (I’m in a migraine fog right now and apt to forget come morning)