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RealLifeMama · 01-22-2019, 03:03 PM

My almost 12 year old is pretty severely dyslexic. Two of my other kids have mild dyslexia, but his is severe. He was getting private tutoring/therapy up until two years ago. That is not an option right now. It is mainly his fluency and how it takes him so long to sound out a word. I gave him an AAR level three reader to read today and in 10 minutes, I think he had maybe read four pages.

I am really stuck as to what to do with him. We used to have some computer based programs that helped, but we can't really use them right now. I am looking for some paper/hard copy stuff to do with him that will not take more than 20 minutes a day and that is super low prep. I wish I had more time to devote to it, but I have six kids schooling, and they are all at different levels and stages. I really only have about 20-30 minutes per kid one on one per day for school.
I looked at AAR, as that is really working well for my nearly 8 year old, but he would probably hate all those little activities in the student activity book. I saw something on Schoolhouse teachers, but I was just confused.
Any suggestions?

01-22-2019, 03:03 PM	#1
RealLifeMama Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 18,256	Recommendation for Reading help with Dyslexia My almost 12 year old is pretty severely dyslexic. Two of my other kids have mild dyslexia, but his is severe. He was getting private tutoring/therapy up until two years ago. That is not an option right now. It is mainly his fluency and how it takes him so long to sound out a word. I gave him an AAR level three reader to read today and in 10 minutes, I think he had maybe read four pages. I am really stuck as to what to do with him. We used to have some computer based programs that helped, but we can't really use them right now. I am looking for some paper/hard copy stuff to do with him that will not take more than 20 minutes a day and that is super low prep. I wish I had more time to devote to it, but I have six kids schooling, and they are all at different levels and stages. I really only have about 20-30 minutes per kid one on one per day for school. I looked at AAR, as that is really working well for my nearly 8 year old, but he would probably hate all those little activities in the student activity book. I saw something on Schoolhouse teachers, but I was just confused. Any suggestions? __________________ A, Mother of Dancing Diva, 21 Boy Wonder 19, Mr. Cool 15, and Ninja 13 Sunshine, 11, and 8 year old Joy

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