Since I am pulling my childern from the online school they were attending I need to figure out what to do with my 9th grader with dyslexia who is "in" 9th grade but doing 5th grade level work in math and 3rd grade in reading. When we pulled her from B & M school two years ago she was not even up to those levels in math or reading. She has made vast improvements since going to the online school but we have found since K12 made so many changes she is once again not progressing. I need some idea's on what to get her that will not overwhelm her yet at the same time challenge her and help her to overcome learning issues. She wants to own a daycare when she is "older" and is very clear in her goals for herself later in life. I need ideas that are fairly cheap. Thanks in advance, Amy
I have found that even the expensive programs you can get on Amazon and get fantastic deals. That being said, my kids did SOS. It is computer based program and you can buy by the subject. My children did not like learning on the computer at all. Now, we use BJU and they thrive with that. But, with the learning disablitlies you may need something short and quick and Christian Liberty Press has small work books she may do. It may be less overwhelming for her. Remember to ask her, I bought all they fancy things that are suspose to be great for learning disabled children. Listened to a lot of homeschool parents who say this is the best or that is the best. Don't use this its too much like public school etc..... I tried it all! I finally was at the end of my rope and I came home and said to my children "how do you learn, what do you like" Finally my son went upstair and got the old BJU books out and said, "Can't we do this?" I went on line and bought everything and we are working just fine now. So, talk to her. It may take a while for her to figure it out but you have time. I made it sound so simple but I was frustrated beyond belief. Ask her what class she took and look at how it was presented, workbooks, computer, reading a lot. Then locate something like that for everything.
Amy, one of my former students was severely dyslexic, and was about your daughter's current age. (My student came to me in "9th grade" although she was almost 16, having been in a private school that used the ACE curriculum, where she had made progress over the past two or three years from where she'd been while at public school before that. She begged me not to put her in ACE materials.) She could read, haltingly, but didn't understand much of what she read. With her, I used an old (now out of print) reader from Christian Liberty Press that was aimed at 7th grade, but to me it seemed equal to many rated at high school level. This anthology reader (it was called either Enjoying, Studying, or Exploring Christian Literature, I forget which right now) contained a list of questions to discuss that applied to any of the selections in the reader. I would have her read it, answer those questions in a notebook (which I never looked at) and then we discussed the selection, reading aloud paragraphs as needed to talk about those questions. For spelling, we used Sequential Spelling (as a group exercise with other students). For English we started with Easy Grammar Plus. Lots of individual attention and encouragement resulted in her picking up her achievement test scores by several grade levels by the time she left in the middle of 11th grade. I don't think the readers were the specific thing that made a difference with her -- I think you could do the same using brief (three or four pages of a 6x9 size book just a skosh above her supposed reading level) stories (and briefer poems) from any source, and discussing them with her. We used lots of "what do you think?" kinds of questions, not so much "what color was the boat?" kinds of questions. There were also vocabulary questions about word/phrase meanings. There are no wrong answers in "what do you think" and I think that was instrumental for my student. Wishing you tremendous success! If you should happen to want to use those same reading books, I think you can still get them from alibris or amazon or someplace.
Thank you all for the responses and ideas. Last year Chase did wonderful with the K12 material. This year she went from the K-8 to the high school and is completely overwhelmed. All of my children love computer based learning. Chase made so much progress in the first year she was at WAVA that we found this year to be so disappointing, for her. Chase can read but her comperhension is at a 3rd grade level and that makes almost all of her assignment to hard for her. We got her a Kindle which has really helped her with reading assignments but she does not care for the way it "talks". We are looking into audio books for her instead. We bought a times table computer game and within a month she learned her times tables. I think she will do much better with us teaching her. Pushing her when she needs it, but also recognizing when she really needs that extra attention, time, or even a different approach to learning the material. I went to amazon and found some great deals. With the exception of one child, all of them prefer bookwork and computer lessons over physical labs. I have some idea for my other high school children but will post that in a different thread.
I would suggest getting Horizon Math for 5 ot 6th grade level, but try to have her take assessment test first. It is set up in a great way for those whose attention needs to be kept as well as is really fun to work with. I think either Math U See or Teaching Textbooks would be good as well as they are set up with a 'teacher' to teach the concepts. And its on video or computer form so this may work if that is her type of learning. I believe I may still have a teacher book for 5th grade horizon btw, just remembered its firth or 6th grade, and I could send it to you for the cost of the shipping I think. If I still have it then I would gladly give it to you for that. I think the work books would be cheap enough on Amazon or Home School Classifieds... I would also probably suggest a BJU english if you can get one, or ACSI has some too that come in tear out pages and this makes it easier to get done without loosing the concentration.
I had a couple of suggestions from varies forums to try time4learning and spellcity and think that both of those will work very well for her! Both of these sites keep track of progress so that will be helpful for me too!
No, Christian Light has workbooks similar to (but soooo much better than!) Lifepacs (ten per subject per year). Christian Liberty Press has books - some books they publish themselves, and some they get from Abeka and BJU and write their own TMs and tests, and some they get from other publishers. It's confusing because of the similarity of names, AND because Christian Light Publications (which also publishes storybooks for all ages) has a website of www.clp.org, which would appear to be Christian Liberty Press (but isn't).
Lindina , I always looked at Ace as the plane black and white version of AP? is that fairly correct or not? I know all three have the same ten books to follow.. is clp more exciting to read? Maybe I would try that with one of ds' classes next year too.
ACE has PACEs which are colorful, 12 per year per subject. It's almost all matching and fill in the blank. Little thinking required, in my opinion. You decide how many pages to do per day. The quizzes are inside the workbook and only the unit test is removable. The high school PACEs have the colorful text part that you can keep and reuse, and a black and white consumable part that has all the questions and place to answer them. http://www.aceministries.com/homeschool/ Lifepacs are colorful, 10 per year per subject. They require more thinking and have other projects and assignments. The quizzes are in the workbook and only the unit test is removable. They are completely consumable. http://www.aophomeschooling.com/lifepac/overview.php CLE (Christian Light) is mostly Lightunits, but some courses (all reading/literature; social studies 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; science 5) have textbooks with lightunit study guides. Theirs used to be all "borrowed and tweaked" Lifepacs, but they are now rewriting their curriculum into what is called the Sunrise Edition which is a vast improvement, in my opinion. Most of the high school is not yet rewritten (except English which has been redone, and Algebra I which is currently in paper units but is scheduled to be published in hardback in a couple of years), so it greatly resembles Lifepacs without the color. www.clp.org Christian Liberty, or CLP, is textbooks, mostly paperbacks. They write/publish some books of their own, but for some courses they sell other publishers' books, and with some they write/publish their own TM/AK and tests (Abeka and Bob Jones mostly, science and social studies). http://www.christianlibertypress.com/
Has anyone tried these? http://www.christianbook.com/singap...cal-book/9789810195175/pd/95172?event=CF#curr I only see one review and it does not mention the work books but I love how these ones are set up... this makes me want to get this experiment type book at least.. its step by step and what you are learning and doing and why.. I am looking for High School Biology other than Apoligia, I am leaning towards Simple Schooling for him but depending if I am "the Drama Teacher" next year or not we may be doing schooling at the school but with me being teacher.. in which case I would not have all the online adaptations if they dont code my computer in. so looking to see what is out there.
My DS is 11 and in 5th grade and has severe dyslexia. I pulled him from school at the end of October. He's making wonderful progress at home! He had been in public school with an IEP for six years and all they had done was get him to a 1st grade reading level. He's at a beginning 3rd grade level now. My DS is working below grade level in spelling, reading, grammar, and writing. He's above grade level in math. Here's somethings I'm using with my DS: Spelling: Apples and Pears & Soaring with Spelling Reading: Dancing Bears Grammar: Growing With Grammar Writing: Winning With Writing Math: Teaching Textbooks
