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Homework Nightmare
Former Diagnostic Reading Teacher and Professional Counselor www.super-science- fair-projects.com. Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This Share ...
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- Hi L., As a teacher, I would try to negotiate a bit. Give him an hour after school to play, watch TV, have a snack. Then his hour of homework must be done before di...
- Hi, L.. My son has always had trouble with school and homework. He is 8. I tell the teachers how long it's taking him, and that he can only do 1/2 hour of homework ...
- Try a snack and about 1/2 hour of free time and then homework. It gives a break and some brain food. Make it a routine and it should work.
School Questions
You say you worked with your child, but did the teacher have reading homework every night and did you read library books every night and take AR tests on ...
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- Michelle, you are doing a good job to seek help for your precious daughter. I hope you get answers from moms who have recent experience with a similar situation. I c...
- It could be the teacher. When my brilliant boy started school, his 1st & 2nd grade teachers both told me he was "on level and right where he needed to be." I was qui...
- We've also dealt with similar situations. Although kids have always been cruel - it seems as if they are learning to be cruel at a much younger age. If your daught...
Advice About Communicating with Daycare Teacher
Reading your story is even making me angry at the teacher. My son is not in daycare but I feel that you need to go with your gut feeling and you son is ...
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- Hi L., I understand your discomfort with confrontation. However, you are your child's advocate in this world and it sounds like this daycare situation is not workin...
- I do home daycare and I would want to know if the parents wanted me to do something differently. having been a teacher too I appreciated when parents came to me first...
- Dear L., You need to speak with the teacher (I'd schedule an appointment to meet, so that you can have privacy and enough time to get the issues addressed), and if sh...
Daughter Is 5 and Reading in Kindergarten, Should We Keep Her There?
I was the same way, I started reading at the age of 3. Jordan School District told my mother that .... kindergarten teacher · reading programs ...
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- don't skip kindergarten! it's the funnest!! As long as her teacher isn't bad, she'll do great in kindergarten. Many school districts no longer allow kids to skip gr...
- My oldest was ready for kindergarten by the time he was 3! By kindergarten, he would get annoyed at family asking what he was learning, because he wasn't learning any...
- My son was the same way. He was reading on a 4th grade level before kindergarten. Jordan School District offered to jump him forward to 1st grade, so we went through...
I Feel as Though My Child Has Been "Left Behind"...
I contacted the reading teacher at her school and am still trying to get her accepted into the tutoring program. Although her scores have slipped, ...
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- K., Everyone has been giving you GREAT advice. If you need a private tutor, I do tutoring on the side on occasion. I started off as a teacher and then I taught at K...
- Hello!... I am a special education teacher in the Putnam City School District. I also have children in the district. I have my girls at one elementary school and my...
- Dear K., I have a M.Ed., and I have been an educator for five years. I am working towards my PhD in Education. I am telling you this to explain that I am qualified ...
Vision Therapy
He would even cover one eye while he was reading. His teacher was useless and when I insisted he be evaluated the school nurse said he had some difficulty ...
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- K., When my son was 9, his teacher labeled him as having ADD. This came out of the blue, at the END of the school year, Thus throwing us into mayhem! I also tried vi...
- Hello. This site is supposed to be locally oriented so I'm hoping you live in the Berkeley area. My son also had some issues with early reading and we took him for a...
- My son was having some trouble with reading and vision was one area I needed to rule out. Our peditrician suggested going to UC Berkeley School of Opthamology. For a...
Seeking Testing for ADA for 5 Yr Old Girl in Arlington/Ft.Worth
In my years of experience as a public school teacher, reading specialist and private reading specialist I have seen no better testing or report than that ...
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- ADD is a medical diagnosis, not a learning disability. A public school (and most private schools) cannot test for ADD--you will have to see her doctor about that. Th...
- K., Hi, I have a daughter 9 yrs old who is ADHD - but she is doing excellent in school - she was diagnosed when she was 5 years old as well- we were recently ( in the...
- Hi K., I am a local private reading specialist and work with children K-12 for all sorts of reading and academic difficulties(www.readwithkary.com). Often ADD/ADHD ...
Reading Resistance
What saved us is the mantra of the reading skills teacher at the high school where I work: "If you don't like reading, you haven't found the right book! ...
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- Hi M.! The first thing that came to mind was to limit TV, movies, and other forms of exciting stimulation. When things are quiet, reading is fun. When there is too ...
- Have her tested for vision accuracy, different than a vision test. Eye Care Center, in Fullerton has a great pediatric department. Most people would pass on the $$ for...
- i had the same issue with my daughter at that age. it turned into a power struggle and the brow beating, threatening, cajoling on my part still leaves a bitter taste i...
$7000 For Tutoring at Sylvan to Teach My 10 Year Old How to Read???
Cathy Cummings is an excellent reading teacher. She holds reading group sessions (enrollment open to the public)at San Antonio Academy for Boys on French ...
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- Hi L. - Send her!!! I sent my daughter for math and I have not once regret the decision. We use to struggle on a nightly basis with her math homework and WOW ~ what ...
- Hi L.! Have you heard of Kumon? It's another tutoring program and it's really effective. I'm a teacher and I plan to enroll my little one as soon as she's old enough b...
- Hi L., I worked in the special ed. field in the public school system for many years. If your child has a normal IQ and below average scores in reading, the school sh...
How to Teach My 4 Year Old to Read
I am a reading teacher and tutor and I am a big fan of phonics. Try sitting down with her and sounding out a couple sounds together at a time. ...
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- I taught my 4 year old to read with hooked on phonics. I didn't use the tapes, just the workbook. You could probably get it at your local library. I got mine from m...
- I got my masters in reading and I would say the next step is to keep it fun.... label everything in the house that you can or maybe just her room with words. I would s...
- Let her watch pbs. My just turned two year old can identify all his letters and all the numbers up to twenty and I DIDN'T teach him. Imagine my surprise!!! Also, readi...
