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5-Year Old Needs Cognitive Learning Skills
My 5-year old is struggling in kindergarten. She seems not to have the ability or a slower ability to learning especially her letters and reading skills. ...
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- I also had a five year old who struggle with letters and sounds. She had speech articulation problems and we had to request an IMPACT meeting and finally got her in sp...
- M., check out: www.ADDHealthandwellness.com and www.cogmed.com Our son is 11 and was tested and we discovered he has poorly developed working memory. We are excited...
- If your daughter is diagnosed with a learning disability, or is shown to have a cognitive delay, then the school has to provide her with special education services. Y...
Toy Recommends for 3 Year Old Who Is Starting to Sight Read
We like the basic green Leap Pad (and related Leap Pad Phonics books) for more advanced reading skills. For basic 3-letter word play, we like the magnetic ...
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- Sounds like Tag would be perfect. http://www.leapfrog.com/en/shop/tag_library.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=leap+frog+tag&utm_campaign=Brand&utm_c...
- Not sure if you are looking for books, but there are great "learning to read books" out about Thomas, Diego, Dora...etc. The $100 laptop is available for 2 weeks st...
- We like the basic green Leap Pad (and related Leap Pad Phonics books) for more advanced reading skills. For basic 3-letter word play, we like the magnetic Word Whamme...
Grandaughter's Behavior
I'm not sure how old your granddaughter is, but lining toys and objects up is often a pre-reading skill. They can start doing this quite early in age. ...
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- Hi M.! How old is your granddaughter? My son is a little over 2 years old and he does the same thing. I mentioned it to his doctor and she said that is normal. My son...
- she is doing math or reading. My son started stacking his big lego blocks by color and size before he was a year old and would get upset if someone mixed them up. I ...
- I don't know how old she is, but lining things up is a sign of wanting to read. My daughter is 4 and has been doing that for a while and it's one of those skills that...
Kumon, Score, or Sylvan?
When he started he was at an upper k level reading skill (he was 9 when he started). After a little less than a year he is now at a 3.2 reading level. ...
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- I am a first grade teacher on Maternity Leave. I tutor on the side to make extra money. I live in the Forest Hills/Carrollwood Area. Give me a call if you're inter...
- Hi C., We actually use Huntington Learning Center. IT's expensive, however, it's been wonderful for my 15 yr old son. Our younger son is about to start there as wel...
- I read most of the responses as I had not done my research before I enrolled my kids in Kumon.. my older son was ahead in school and wanted to move further ... my twin...
First Grader Not Interested in Reading
I'm sure it's upsetting that she doesn't want to spend time reading. How does she do with it in school? Is she doing OK with reading skills at school? ...
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- First grade is still young. I would not try to push too much. I suggest that you make books about something other than reading. For example, get her a where's waldo bo...
- K., What does she love to do? What does she love to learn about? Whatever that is, find an easy reader about it. Maybe take her to the library or book store with...
- K. gosh i dont know my second grader LOVES to read - what is she into? get her books (american girl etc) that interst her - OR go a bit higher than her reading leve...
Good Educational Video Game System for Toddlers
Children are arriving in school without reading skills/initiative to do things creatively but they do know how to operate a DVD player and other electronic ...
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- We are huge Leapster fans. I have 4 kids and 4 leapsters. One of them is the L-Max so it plugs into the tv at home and the video player in the car. Plus they are porta...
- I have 6 children all with different likes and interests but our favorites for the young ages are V-Tech (we have a hand held and one that hooks up to the tv), Leap Pa...
- I would suggest reading the book Buy Buy Baby. After reading that I put away the baby videos and swore off those "educational" video games.
How to Help My Child (4-Year-old) to Start "Reading"?
"Learn to Read" (ready for school skills - reading, punctuation, story comprehension). These videos still keep my oldest engaged and he is an advanced ...
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- Leap Frog Letter FActory is the best DVD for learning the letters. Then after he has all those sounds and letters down pat, you can work on the next Leap Frog movie a...
- My daughter loves the new "tag" system from leap frog where they can click on a word they don't get it and it will say it to them. She also is big on the step into re...
- Not knowing your son's learning style I am going to give you some DVD's and websites that you may want to check out. Leap frog has great videos: "The Letter Facto...
Army "Low" Crawling 8 1/2 Month Old?
I'm concerned because both my sister and my brother had to go through crawling therapy to correct their reading skills. Neither of them could read well ...
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- Hi B., My son, who is now 16, did what I always called the "jungle crawl," never did actually learn to crawl the "right" way, and he has always been a straight A/B ...
- B., I wouldn't worry at all about it. Many many many children do a low crawl before they get up to their hands an knees. Some never get up to their hands an knees...
- B. My daughter also army crawled for a long time. It wasn't until about 9 months, when I had her around lots of other children her age, that she figured out or deci...
Mom Seeking Affordable Tutoring
Start with 1st grade level & work your way up to his current grade & even beyond b/c firming up his prior grade level reading skills might help a lot. ...
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- I see that you have already received some good advice. I also noticed that you are in Richmond. I am a teacher in your area, and I know many other teachers in the ar...
- If you are in Houston, you could try the St. Catherine Montessori's Reading Center. Sr. Edna Ann Hebert has been teaching children to read for many years. She is loc...
- See if one of his teachers would be willing to tutor him on the side for some extra cash. That's what I did in high school with my Algebra 2 class. My dad paid my teac...
Trying to Get My 4 Year Old to Do Alphabets and Numbers?
You don't have to ban TV, but to use it as a way to learn reading skills, rather than just being out in the world or reading to our children is a disservice ...
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- I would definitely not pressure her. For most kids, 4 is too young for formal learning. At this age, learning should be informal and fun. If your daughter starts to a...
- I wouldn't worry about pushing "school!" I would absolutely read as much as possible to her. As long as her interest for reading and stories stays strong and interesti...
- Hi C., I agree with all the other responses that said to keep it fun and don't force or rush it. I did most everything(or something similar) with my now 9 year o...
