I homeschool my 7 year how to teach him to read if he has a learning disability ?

Question

sorry, I won't put him a public school, i belive the system has failed the children.

Answer 1

put him in a public school where they have people who specialize in this area.

Answer 2

Make sure to keep reading fun. To do this you'll want to follow dc's   learning style. One of my kids really wanted to learn to read because he thought everyone else could. The trouble was he hated sitting down and reading early reader books or doing phonics. So I made up games to go along with his active learning style. A particular favorite was where I'd write a word on a piece of paper in a hula hoop. I'd then say the word and he'd have to throw the ball into the correct hoop.

If your dc enjoys listening see if they can follow the words in a book while listening to you read it.

I agree with what you say on public school. There your dc will likely be having to read before he/she is ready. You know your child and will do the best job of letting them learn.

Answer 3

There is no one way.  It depends on how he sees the words.  You need to try things and see what helps and what doesn't.  If he is dyslexic, try reading the information at this website.

http://www.avko.org/

You can try colored acetate overlays, they come in a variety of colors and some colors work for some children, some don't.  It is trial and error.  http://www.dyslexiacure.com/

You can try tracking with finger or card, isolating the line being read.  At times you may even need to isolate the word.  If they are starting the word with the wrong letter you can teach them to immediately use their finger to isolate the first letter or letter group and move quickly to the right then lift the finger and allow the brain to finish the word.  

There are so many things to try, just read everything you can, talk to other parents and reading teacher friends for ideas, neurologists, etc.  But never, never be afraid to seek out a specialist.  Many times you will have already done and tried most of what they suggest, but the more tricks you have in your bag, the better the outcome will be.

Answer 4

Look into a variety of programs and be prepared to try a few. Rudolph Fleisch's "Why Johnny Can't Read" (but don't use directly from the book--it's too small for most beginning readers), Phonics Pathways, Reading Reflex, materials from AVKO http://www.avko.org/materials.html are some I can think of which may be helpful.

Part of it will depend on how ready your son is to learn how to read. Sometimes a diagnosis of a learning disability is really just that the child hasn't sufficiently developed in certain areas compared to others. It is not uncommon for boys to be fully ready to take on reading until they are between 9 and 12. Make sure you take it as slowly as you need to so that he always feels successful.

Answer 5

What is the learning disibility?

Answer 6

Find reading material that he is interested in..make it easy fun books if he likes. You can find those at the Scholastic book store on line. Flash cards work awesome as well.

Answer 7

How you teach him to read really depends on his specific learning disability as well as his learning style. Where those two overlap is where you can focus on teaching. Where did the diagnosis of learning disability come from (often, professionals and educators will make a dx when in actuality the child learns just fine, he just needs more time and space to learn)

My daughter has autism, and with her, she could not make the connection between sounds and words. It just took more time (as it does with most kids with LD's) There is no

shame in having a seven year old who can't read, if he was seventeen, then I'd worry. Many kids independently begin to read on their own before the age of 12, especially boys. And they don't read little kid stuff (which *is* boring, there are several kids on my unschooling list that just picked up Harry Potter and starting reading) Just make sure that you have a language rich environment, lots of books, newspapers and magazines.

Don't expect him just to read them though, let him cut up the papers and magazines for crafts, let him shredd it for compost. Make paper mache. Help him when he makes up a great pretend game, write a story about it so he sees the written word with the actions in his head. Design board games. Read to him whenever he wants, whatever he wants. Don't draw the line by not reading say, Captain Underpants. Find his passions and read that too. My six year old right now is picking up some words from reading online 'biographies' of his favorite superheros.

You can do this, and as you say, going back to school is not an option. He'd be labeled and defined by his ld, and he'd never have the chance to outgrow it. Instead, he'll hit college still believing that something is 'wrong' with him. There's nothing 'wrong', just different. Good luck!

Answer 8

Linguisystems www.linguisystems.com has a lot of wonderful programs that professionals use.

If your child is dyslexic or any type of learning disability really, they will have something.  Sounds Abound is great for kids that have a tough time learning to put sounds of letter together or learning the sounds of letters all together.  

There is the 100% Reading program as well that has worked wonders.  

Their books are fantastic!