Re: off Topic/Question For karen

[Guest guest]

Tina, I also learned to read with Dick and Jane. The main criticisms

of these books were that many kids were not interested in the stories

and there weren't many characters of different ethnicities. I think your

daughter could learn to read from them just find if she is interested in

them. I also have a book that I have used for some of my lower

students who needed to get the phonics part down. I used it for a while

with them and then moved on to other books once they got the hang of

it. The stories weren't that interesting, but i would have the kids sit

right by me and would help them move their fingers under the words

and stuff like that. They were motivated a lot just from the attention they

were getting. I can't recall the name of this book at the moment. It's at

school, so I will have to look next week. But I used it last year with

two girls who were not catching on to reading at all, and after about

4-6 weeks of 10 minutes a day, they had learned to sound out words.

It has dots under the words and the kids move their fingers under the dots

as they make each letter sound. I think this would help someone with

dyslexia as it keeps them from making the last sound first as many

of them tend to do. But it also depends on what level your daughter is

already reading at. Remind me next week to look up the name

of the book for you.

Another thing that has helped a lot is to make up your own books

with your daughter. For example, if I want to teach the word

" what " , I would have the child help me make up a book. Like on

every page I would write " What is this? " . And the child would answer

with something they like such as " This is my bike. " and we would

keep that same pattern over and over for several pages. Then I would

have the child draw the pictures to match the words on each

page. Then I would have then highlight or underline the sight word

that I wanted them to learn. Then I would have them read the book

every day until they got the word down good. And then add anothebook with

a new word to learn in a few days.

Anyway, that's a couple of ideas. Feel free to write me offlist if

you want. If I knew more of what level your daughter is and

what her school expects her to know at this point, I might have

some more ideas for you. I personally think a phonics approach

works best, but where I teach we are expected to teach them

tons of sight words.

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> i learned to read with Dick and Jane.I just wondered what you thought about

these books?Do you think,they can help teach kids to read that are having

problems?Anyway,I have bought some newly printed Dick and Jane Books and have

been having my daughter read them.I was looking at some old textbooks.They want

lots of money for them.Some how,I feel the old ways were better.

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[Guest guest]

Tina, I couldn't resist telling you one more idea. I've also bought

stickers of popular characters and made up little books about the characters.

My students loved those books. And I've used the puffy colored glue or glitter

glue to

make flashcards of words or letters that they could feel in addition

to seeing. I think this has been very effective for some of my

struggling readers.

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> i learned to read with Dick and Jane.I just wondered what you thought about

these books?Do you think,they can help teach kids to read that are having

problems?Anyway,I have bought some newly printed Dick and Jane Books and have

been having my daughter read them.I was looking at some old textbooks.They want

lots of money for them.Some how,I feel the old ways were better.

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[Guest guest]

Thankyou for your reply.I agree,the stories are not that interesting,I

just think they are easy to read,and maybe help the struggling reader.She makes

nooks at school a lot.I have most of the books she made in kindergarden,and

first grade.I buy lots of used books at this used store near our house.I have

had to go through and periodically get rid of some.She likes to be read to,and I

think,she learns alot from being read to.I think,sometimes she struggles to read

so bad that she cannot get any meaning from what she reads.More so,if i read it

to her.I do have her try.Until,she is to frustrated or tired,and then that is

it.We do have a wide assortment of books.Dr Seuss,little golden books,lots of

Scholastic,Disney,Old children`s books and new characters kids like.Sight word

and ryming word books.Thankyou again for your reply.

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> > i learned to read with Dick and Jane.I just wondered what you thought about

these books?Do you think,they can help teach kids to read that are having

problems?Anyway,I have bought some newly printed Dick and Jane Books and have

been having my daughter read them.I was looking at some old textbooks.They want

lots of money for them.Some how,I feel the old ways were better.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Tina,

I joined this book group some time ago, but never did much with selling or

buying on it. Hope it helps. I loved books and our parents loved to read, and we

were in a book club when a child. Even though I could read well, still had a bit

of problems with B and D. I would picture a bed, with the B and D, and that

helped me. I also had bad handwriting, and still do. Have you checked out

J Cannell website. He was a tv producer that had Dyslexia.

http://www.cannell.com/learning-center.html

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> i learned to read with Dick and Jane.I just wondered what you thought about

these books?Do you think,they can help teach kids to read that are having

problems?Anyway,I have bought some newly printed Dick and Jane Books and have

been having my daughter read them.I was looking at some old textbooks.They want

lots of money for them.Some how,I feel the old ways were better.

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[Guest guest]

Didn`t J. Cannel produce 21 Jump Street?Been watching that

recently.Thankyou for your reply,I will check that out.I love to read.Hard

when my kids are home,though.Sometime,I have trouble retaining what i

read.Sometimes I do retain it.So,I have to be in a retaining frame of

mind,besides my kids being gone to school.

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> Hi Tina,

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> I joined this book group some time ago, but never did much with selling or

buying on it. Hope it helps. I loved books and our parents loved to read, and we

were in a book club when a child. Even though I could read well, still had a bit

of problems with B and D. I would picture a bed, with the B and D, and that

helped me. I also had bad handwriting, and still do. Have you checked out

J Cannell website. He was a tv producer that had Dyslexia.

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> http://www.cannell.com/learning-center.html

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> UsedHomeSchoolBooks-subscribe

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> > i learned to read with Dick and Jane.I just wondered what you thought about

these books?Do you think,they can help teach kids to read that are having

problems?Anyway,I have bought some newly printed Dick and Jane Books and have

been having my daughter read them.I was looking at some old textbooks.They want

lots of money for them.Some how,I feel the old ways were better.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Tina,

Yes, he produced it, and on his site, there is a picture behind the scenes of

that show. His Stingray series is one of my favorite shows, although I have seen

many of his shows. He mentions having short term memory problems especially.

Although the diet will help with many forms of autism, I am wondering if it will

help with dyslexia, as he mentions it seems to be inherited. I have many of the

traits of Aspergers, and the diet certainly helped with that. As for my traits

of dyslexia, I do have minor issues with it. My typing is certainly different

after being on the diet, as it helps me speed up, but I tend to jump letters, or

put a letter before another. Perhaps my brain is working on this, and I know I

plenty of healing left to do. Best wishes on this.

c

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[Guest guest]

Thankyou .I think,I am mildly dyslexic.I think my husband has it.I went to

bed early last night,so have not looked at that stuff you mentioned yet,but I

will.Thankyou also for that other autism diet info.My son has been on gluten

free casien free,all natural diet for along time,but,I think,he may need GAPS or

something.Not sure he can break down meat though.

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[Guest guest]

Also,,I have terrible short term memory problems.Was reading this book

called Balance Your brain,Balance Your Life,and it talks about the

neurotransmitter Acytl-Choline and a deficiency being resposibile for learning

and memory problems.These doctors that wrote the book treat kids with ASD for

neurotransmitter problems.Also mentions something about a lack of empathy being

a neurotransmitter deficiency.I can`t recall which one,i`d have to go back and

look or google it.Had bought some suppleemnts to try boosting our acytl-cholie

levels and then,it kind of fell by the wayside.Reason being,my daughter would

get car sick on the bus going to school,if I try and give to many supplements in

the morning.Her bus come before 7:00 A.M somedays.We are rushing around trying

to get ready.Then,we were doing vision therapy,and not without meltdowns,so,she

wasn`t getting many supplements.Done with vision therapy,and i`m tryimg to get

more supplements in her.Also me.I forget to take my stuff,at times.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Tina,

i used to have some stomach issues when eating beef, but after on Bee's diet for

a while, I could handle it a lot better, and actually began to really crave

beef, and eat a lot of it. Also too, I started eating the fat on it, when I used

to discard the fat. Bee had said something about whether to give kids

hydrochloric acid, if it was though to be needed. I never had to take it myself.

there is a guy on ebay who sells comic books on dvd. I ordered some western

ones, but it will be a few days before I get them. He has some bible stories

ones, and some fairy tales, and lots of westerns.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMPLETE-Golden-Age-Bible-Comics-Comics-Books-DVD-3-Sets\

-1940s-50s-/220928797091?pt=US_Comic_Books & hash=item337061e9a3

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> Thankyou .I think,I am mildly dyslexic.I think my husband has it.I went

to bed early last night,so have not looked at that stuff you mentioned yet,but I

will.Thankyou also for that other autism diet info.My son has been on gluten

free casien free,all natural diet for along time,but,I think,he may need GAPS or

something.Not sure he can break down meat though.

[Guest guest]

Hi .I got my GAPS book today.Have not started reading it.Regarding the

HCL,He can`t swallow pills or capsules and I can`t open that one up and put on

food,like I do most of his supplements.The HCL will burn him.I do have some.I

use myself when the need arrives.Thankyou for your reply.

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> > Thankyou .I think,I am mildly dyslexic.I think my husband has it.I went

to bed early last night,so have not looked at that stuff you mentioned yet,but I

will.Thankyou also for that other autism diet info.My son has been on gluten

free casien free,all natural diet for along time,but,I think,he may need GAPS or

something.Not sure he can break down meat though.

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