New June thread! Happy Summer Everyone!

[MommyRose]

I have a clip of the recital on my facebook page Lori!! Yes, farm eggs are expensive here too! We will be giving some to our pastors family as we've decided to support them a little bit with our foods and then the boys will LOVE selling the rest at church! We will probably do $3 a dozen...maybe more. At the farmers market free-range eggs go up to $6 a dozen. They will have freedom to range our yard and pasture and will be supplemented with organic grain. Oh, and whey and milk! I was so thrilled to find the turkeys drank the whey I gave them last night and the chickens finally took the milk yesterday! A doofy goat put her hoof in the bucket today so I have another quart for the chickens. When our new girls are really going next year with the eggs I may try them again...we'll see.....I sooooo miss eggs!

[lorig]

Rose, your little man looked so handsome and did a great job! Please tell him that 2 of my children and I enjoyed his recital!

[BlessedMama]

I forgot to comment on FB Rose--your ds did a GREAT job!

I'm pretty pleased with myself--for the first time in 2 years I did ALL of HTF! Yeah!

I've done parts, but last year focused so much on TWO and MORE for certs....I have more to share about this journey but I need to get going!

HUGS to all!

[Nikki Dawn]

I posted and the whole thing was lost! Boo!

I have a question. Y'all remember a couple of yrs ago I told you dd was terrible at reading. Well she still is. I would say a good yr behind. They totally missed she was so far behind until the end of the school yr. She misses words and guesses something with only maybe 1 or 2 letters of that word. She add or subtracts endings. She isn't much better than when I put her in school. Maybe a little faster. Thing is upon working with her she is smart. She can tell you about the story even though she is missing half the words. Comprehension is great. Context clues are used for understanding and meaning. I used to think maybe she just wasn't that bright and struggled but now I know that isn't the case. She was so good at flying through her tests reading it wrong they totally missed she wasn't reading right. Would you think this would be a dyslexic thing She still reads the word saw as was. Would you think her eyes may have issues? Our insurance is crap and won't cover squat until we pay out $3000 for the yr. So I don't want to waste money but want her to get her eyes checked if it is the case. My ds who is dyslexic was very slow at learning to read. Writing was TERRIBLE and didn't happen. He is a nerd to the hills anyways. I do see some tendencies that are the same but thier issues are not quite the same. Any thoughts? How to help her?

Sorry for being quick but ds is having a meltdown now.

[just7]

Sounds like my son but he is still having a hard time staying within the context so he can use them for clues in his reading. He is WAY below grade level, but is coming along....slowly. We did do vision therapy and that helped tremendously. Our eye dr says he is/was her star student! He was able to train his eyes and increased his field of vision. He is 14, btw, and dyselxic. Get a copy of the book The Dyslexic Advantage. It is AWESOME!

[WendyD]

Jennifer - That book does look good.

Nicole - I'd call and talk to them before going. See if you can't get a preliminary eye test to see if there are issues. I'd also explain your situation that you can't go but would possibly like home execises to do with the occasional check up. My optometrist said to do that when I explained that it was 45 min there and back and taking 3 hours out of the day was challenging.

[MommyRose]

Nikki, dyslexia (which, I believe is a catch-all term for eye issues) will not look the same with every child. Some are very good at covering it up and push forward while others give up sooner. Some kids just take longer to read. However, with the way you describe your dd I think I'd be concerned too. It sounds like her 'covering up' is 'catching up' with her. Good thoughts for you as you figure this out!!!

Trisch and Lori, I will tell Josh what you said! I am very pleased for him. He only started lessons in November and has been very motivated (well, most of the time!) to practice and learn. I really haven't done a lot of prodding on it...it was all him. Piano is seeming to be easy for him to pick up. And we are very happy with the teacher. My two littlest will start this fall too! I love that the charter school pays for these lessons with a teacher I chose! He is my boy that I question his vision so its nice he can have this.

[WendyD]

Trisch - WOW! Congrats on making it through HTF!!! You go girl!

[WendyD]

Rose - What age seems to be good to start piano?? My DD wants to take lessons. She loves music. At the age of 2 we went into a boutique like store and they had an opera tenor on the radio. She stopped everything and tried to sing with him. It was so funny to watch. Right now she goes to the keyboard and just listens to the notes. She doesn't hammer it like most kids. I'm concerned that her hands aren't big enough and the extra practicing after school thing...I'm not quite sure she is ready.

[just7]

Wendy's advice to talk with them about having exercises you can do at home is great! There is also something called Moving Window (I think)...it's a computer program that exposes each word at a time and then will speed up the faster the child reads. I've looked into it and I think you actually need a "scrip" from the dr to get it. My eye dr told me that one of her patients used something else in the school setting that sounded even better. I'll have to look it up and send you a link. Maybe that is something her school can look into, Nikki.

All week is supposed to be cool, windy, and rainy. Our spring has arrived!!! Seeing as we have already had a good part of summer, I guess it's time for Spring! LOL