Re: toe walking and dyslexia - 2 subjects

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I only have time right now to read my email once a

week let alone answer it!

Toe walking. My son also has tight heel cords but his

ankles also collapse so our Pt reccommended DAFOS.

They are molded to his feet and are made especially to

prevent toe walking.

You need a script from an orthopedic surgeon.

Dyslexia- we tried Hooked on Phonics and my children

liked it. However, If he already knows his sounds and

you are sure of it I woudln't spend all that money on

Hooked on Phonics. Instead, this is how they put to

gether the sounds. They start with say " at " they

practice that and than put it with b to make bat, then

c to make cat. etc. Then they move to " an " and do it

again. Basically just make up a bunch of rhyming

families and teach the root and change the beginning

sound. I had two sons that were kinetic learners. So

taking their fingers and dragging it across the word

helped. I also had them shape the words and letters

using playdoh while saying the sound. Just having

something in their hand like a rubberband to twittle

with helped also. If I want them to memorize something

than it works best if their finger is dragged along

the line they are memorizing. We didn't point at each

letter but made the finger flow across the line. My

boys are now excellent readers and they do not use

their fingers anymore.

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