Category Archives: Learning Disabilities

Picking a Private School

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We are in the middle of a series of What to Do When the Road to Reading Gets Rocky. I felt we needed to take a break for Palm Sunday and Resurrection Sunday, so we will resume and finish the series of WRR in April, with an interview from Dr. Zuccone who represents Irlen in Texas and Jennifer Sangave who is with Lindamood-Bell in Austin. These are wonderful interviews and will give the home and professional educator alike many great ideas. If these services are what is needed for your child, then the benefit will be even greater.

Today, for Palm Sunday, when so often we enjoy our children marching down the aisle with palm branches, I thought I might reflect a bit on the task of picking a private school. Of course many families opt for home education and I do believe there are many wonderful reasons to do so, but other families rightly make a decision to opt for private education and may have many choices. So today we will talk about picking private schools.

Please stay with us through our celebration of The Resurrection and come back, with friends for our interviews in April.

When the Road to Reading Gets Rocky: Other Resources

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In our series about what to do when your child is having trouble learning to read, today we talk about a variety of other resources for teaching spelling and getting help.

The next two weeks we will have interviews with good representatives to a couple of important providers.

Please feel free to share other resources that you have found that have helped your children/students.

When the Road to Reading is Rocky – More Ideas for Literacy and Numeracy

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Last week I told you how I teach reading to children who are having a hard time learning to read. Today I give you more ideas for reading related activities and a few for mathematics. Please add yours below? Or come to Facebook: Great Shalom

How I teach Reading: Real Help to Kids Having Trouble

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I was asked to say something about how homeschooling moms can help children who are having trouble reading. This is my method. This is how I taught reading to my grandsons. One of them was being put back in Kindergarten for the 3rd time, during the October of his first grade year. My daughter appealed to me since she was getting nowhere with the school system. He learned in 4 hours! We worked with him in other ways and he excelled. Then, I used the same method on the second grandson who had different problems and then compounded with a serious brain injury from a car accident. He went on to a private Elementary with no one ever knowing he had had a problem. He was on the honor roll for the next two years.

Don’t let bad method be the reason that your child learns that he is stupid or that she is “learning disabled.” Of course, some problems may need some help by skilled professionals, but teaching reading in a sensible, organized, multi-sensory way is a reasonable place to start.

Here is how.