Posted on 03/25/2006 5:49:06 PM PST by ChessMan
There are drugs to control that now.
One of my sons was having a hard time learning to read in school. He was tested and found to have ADD. I did not want him on drugs. I decided to home school him for part of second and all of third grade. We did all subjects, but focused on reading a lot and on learning all the math facts and applications through long division. He ended up the third grade toying with algebra. We worked together for all of one hour per day and he worked on his own for about two hours per day. We took field trips and built a shed.
When he returned to the herd for the fourth grade, he was reading at the upper sixth grade level and knew math into middle school. If he had stayed in home school and kept up his pace of learning, he could have graduated at age 12.
I am just sharing this with you to make the point that the public schools waste A LOT of time. It is almost a crime.
I did the same. Mine had a reading problem. I had to pull him out and teach him to read too. The hardest part was teaching him to enjoy it though. It was to the point that he hated books. Now you hardly see him without one.
Your son is so fortunate his mom taught him to love reading. Kids who can not read really suffer.
My guy loved stories and books when I read them. But he always built with blocks or some other movement while I read when he was little. He did not want to sit still long enough to read a book himself.
I bought an exercise bike with a ledge and light for a book and that is where he read when he did not want to stay still. It was fun figuring out how to help him organize himself and how to make learning joyful for him.
And we got really close, too. We will always be close.
No need for recess when you've got Ritalin and Clonapin.
Mrs VS
I'll assume that that was a joke.
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