difficult child read to

[Wiped Out]

me tonight. It was out of one of the Fly Guy books that are at about a first grade level. He only read a chapter but he read it mostly fluently with only a couple of questions that he was able to sound out.

This may not sound like much for a 6th grader but for my difficult child this was huge! I almost cried.

Of course, this was before he went back to acting the total difficult child!

 

[tiredmommy]

I had tears in my eyes reading your post. I glad he's developing some fluency... hopefully he will continue to show growth in this area. As for the rest of his behavior... sending a big cyber {{{hug}}}.

 

[klmno]

Hey, it's a great sign! You're doing a great job and he will get there- maybe not as far as a momma's dreams want but I think that happens a lot. It sure happened in this house. Congrats Mom- maybe he'll do this a few times thru the summer!

 

[jannie]

That is wondeful news !! Great progress with reading !!

 

[ML]

That's awesome, Sharon. You have to revel in those moments.

 

[BestICan]

How wonderful!!! Congratulations, difficult child!!

 

[Fran]

I bet your heart just filled with emotion hearing him read well. What a wonderful post.

 

[nvts]

Wow! That's huge! You need to pat yourself on the back for this one...I can picture you sitting with him and working on this for such a long time!

I used to love reading those books to the kids...then I had it pointed out in a very respectful way by difficult child 2, that there was something strange about Super Fly Guy's nose. difficult child 2 is my sweet aspie who can be a little too "up front" when pointing things out.



I've never been able to look at those books again!

Great work! You need to strut!

Beth

 

[crazymama30]

Great. I am glad you had a positive interaction with difficult child to give you the energy you need to get through the other times.

 

[KTMom91]

That's great!

 

[graceupongrace]

What a great success story! Those tender moments enable us to hang on through the storm in hopes that we might see another.

Way to go -- (((hugs))) to both of you!

 

[timer lady]

Oh, Sharon, I almost started crying when I read this. You get so few of these moments with difficult child. Hang onto this - hang onto the book to grasp that sweet memory in the worst of times.

difficult child deserves a big CD auntie hug for reading with mom. It's what we all want from our difficult children.

 

[Stella]

it's moments like these that give us that little bit of hope we need to keep going... it shows you that they are still "in there" somewhere...

 

[aeroeng]

Wow! As a dyslexic mother of three kids with reading issues I know how significant that was! How long the hours to get there! Congratulations!