If he were in public, I know he will (already does) qualify for Sped. Is it ok to just say, “this is as good as it gets,” and accept that he simply just cannot learn the basics? Is there a so-called ‘spelling learning block’ that never goes away? I guess it’s hereditary, just look at my posts, Ha! Seriously, we don’t know where to go from here, I don’t know what else to try. He can tell you everything there is to know about animals and American History, but cannot spell United States. My son has great talents he can play a banjo like a pro, but still cannot tie his shoes with ease. Now, we are just plain lost as to what to do. Then, we tried the Barton System for dyslexia we made it to level 3, but then he wanted to quit beacause he thought this was for “mental kids’ (thoough I reassured him he wasn’t!!!) He simply did not want to be teated ‘differently. First, we tried the Spelling Wisdom, but he not only struggled with spelling errors, but the simple act of writing. Over the summer I found SCM and tried to transition from the “kit in a can” to the curricula materials from here. It was not as difficult as that used by their school, but it was a struggle. I feel like we have wasted so much time!! When we started last year, I simply used the spelling book that came with our curriculum ‘kit”. The teachers never seemed to notice, and, neither did we for which I am very ashamed. All the while, he was cramming and regurgitating long, obscure words each week, but could not spell words that a 3rd grader should know (and he is in the 8th). This horrifies me!!! We knew he didn’t make an A in spelling K5-grade6 but, we never realized how pitifully far behind he was until we brought them home. For example, in his journal, these are some of his errors: ‘frindly’, ‘thar’ for ‘there’, Cristmas, ‘over’ for ‘other’, ‘wach’ for watch, restrunt, saterday, din’t, dreems, ‘contry’ for country, ‘whith’, etc. Somehow, we “passed along”, but, now at home we can see he never really retained even some of the most basic words. We always struggled with the crazy spelling lists his private school gave each week (they were cramming very difficult words too soon for lower elementary, so it seemed to me).
Our son is very challenged with most subjects (except History and Science-he is an expert with these!). As you hand your child each tile, he should decide if it is in the first half or the second half of the alphabet.Suggestions Please! We are into our second year trying homeschool with an 11 and a 13 year old. Teach him that M and N are in the middle of the alphabet, so that when he gets those tiles he knows he should set them in the middle. Hand your child the letter tiles in random order.For example, lay out letter tiles A through M, and then have your child start the alphabet song from L and finish alphabetizing tiles N through Z. Demonstrate how to start from different points in the alphabet.Work with your child to put the letter tiles in order at the beginning of each spelling or reading lesson.And as an added bonus, you can use the letter cutouts from this activity for some of the additional activities described in the tips below!įollow these tips to help reinforce Stage 1 alphabetizing skills: This adorable hands-on activity promotes letter recognition and builds pre-reading skills. You can use letter tiles, Scrabble tiles, or squares of paper, or you can download our free ABC Caterpillar activity. At this beginning stage, kids learn to arrange letters in A to Z order.