OT - Reading Program

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I don't know if this is available in your library, but I used

Phonographix Reading Recovery to teach both my kids how to

read. When my older daughter (NT) left kindergarten, she couldn't

read and this program is what the librarian recommended. It was

great, we did it about 5 minutes every day and she entered 1st grade

reading above the rest of the kids. With my girl, I didn't take

any chances. I used this program before she started kindergarten and

she entered a strong reader. I like the program, it's VERY easy to

use and fast. We didn't finish the book since I was just using the

program to give the girls a start but it worked pretty fast. Good

luck! And I completely agree with reading to your son also. Both my

girls (9 and 11) still like me to read to them (and so does my

husband)! We also spend lots of time at the library and I am not

picky about what they read (even when I hate it). Have you tried

Captain Underpants? Totally gross, but my 9 year old loves it.

At 01:26 PM 5/2/2008, you wrote:

>Has anyone tried the Method to teach reading?

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>I'm looking for an affordable reading program that I can use at home. I

>would like to work with my son over the summer since the school's

>reading program hasn't resulted in much progress. We'll be addressing

>this at his IEP in June.

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>Any suggestions anyone has would be greatly appreciated. I'm doing a

>trial run of Headsprouts right now. He does well identifying sight

>words but then can't read them in a sentence. I'm also having him

>evaluated for a visual and auditory processing problems through the SD,

>but I would also like to have it done independently as well. If anyone

>can recommend a good specialist in these areas, I'd appreciate it.

>

>TIA,

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>Robyn

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