Homeschooling Week 03

Homeschooling Week 03 Spelling
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Ben was also diagnosed with Dysgraphia in November 2009. It is not Dyslexia, but sometimes he does write letters and numbers backwards. He doesn't see them backwards, it is more that his mind cannot retain the information of how to write them from one time to another. Everything I've read about it tells me that his fine motor skills are lagging and it is painful for him to write. I've noticed that the smaller the details the more it hurts. We tried to start a typing program twice over the summer and he complained that his fingers hurt and couldn't reach the keys. He does fine as long as he is using only his fore finger and thumb. Space bar and arrow keys in games. He does very well with picking out words with the stylist pen on his Nintendo DS playing Super Scribblenauts. It looks like I'm going to have to buy an I PAD for him to write with. I'm trying to wait for the IEP to be sure that is what Special Education thinks too. Ben goes for some testing Friday morning then Fort Osage Special Ed will schedule the evaluations and finally the IEP.

Ben's behavioral therapist is stressing that he HAS to have more social contact. I've enrolled him in Liberty Mid Continent Library's Home Schooled Children's Program. He'll study about Germany in October, November, and December. Once per week for an hour or so. This is the best I could do. Blue Springs has cancelled all of their daytime home school programs.

We read about Sir Walter Raleigh and about the Lost Colony on Roanoke Island this week. We are also reading a book called "Cosmic" by Frank Cottrell Boyce. Ben loves history and mysteries laced with humor. Math was about geometric shapes and more practice with addition and subtraction. Spelling was about one and two sylable words. Angry birds and lines for Art. In Writing we are putting together brainstorming, outlining, etc. to put together a report. Finally, we are studying self confidence in our Bible readings and devotions. Ben reads outloud to me once per week and I test him then. He is doing great. The rest of the time he reads his choice (Monsters right now) and his Bible silently daily.