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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 499798" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Malika, the benefit to something atypical (I'm going on my own experience of Steiner schools) is that they also cope better with the atypical.</p><p></p><p>With learning to read, especially if you are concerned that he may have some problems (although I have three ADHD kids who are also exceptional readers - okay, they're Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) as well) is to find your own way through. Never rely just on the school tyo teach - I taught difficult child 3 to read. or more correctly, I set up the home environment in such a way that he was able to teach himself. We played games in the car which revolved around reading. Car number plates, for example. Signs. We have an alphabet game that sort of invented itself around easy child to begin with, then the other kids came on board as they acquired alphabet skills. The game requires the kids to find each letter of the alphabet in success, in signs along the road. The rules vary according to skill level, the driver is a non-player but is adjudicator. For example, the first letter to find is A. "Aardvarks Anonymous" on a shop sign scores the A. Only then can the player move on to look for a sign with B in it somewhere. Older players must get their letters from shop signs and billboards only. Younger players can use street signs, advertising on moving vehicles, anything. When you get all the way to Z, you then work backwards. Some letters are really difficult, but different languages will have different letters that are a challenge to find.</p><p></p><p>Another thing we did - I labelled the house. I typed out a list of common nouns of household items then printed it off and cut up the text into the individual words. I used Helvetica 18 pt which prints out large enough to be read but small enough to be stuck in place under a single strip of stickytape.</p><p></p><p>Examples of things to label - DOOR, WINDOW, BENCH, FRIDGE, DRAWER, WALL, BED, FREEZER, SINK. Do multiples so you can label more than one door, for example. You can use this to put the labels in multiple languages if you want. Use different colours for this (I recommend). </p><p></p><p>I also did a small book (made from a sheet of paper taken from the printer drawer) where I wrote a word (usually one difficult child 3 needed to know) and drew a picture of the word. We would then read through these little books and try to act out the words, or go touch something (such as a wall, for "wall") to physically reinforce the connection between the written word and the object.</p><p></p><p>We also had lessons with numbers, games with numbers. We did maths word problems in the car. Start simple - "If I have two apples and then I buy three more, how many apples do I have?"</p><p>From there you can move to "If I have three oranges and I eat one, how many do I have left?"</p><p>Push the complexity up very gradually as he can handle it. Keep it fun. Get him to ask you the same sort of puzzles, so you're answering the questions too.</p><p></p><p>Then send him to the Steiner-Waldorf mob.</p><p></p><p>I'm glad you're finally getting some answers for him.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 499798, member: 1991"] Malika, the benefit to something atypical (I'm going on my own experience of Steiner schools) is that they also cope better with the atypical. With learning to read, especially if you are concerned that he may have some problems (although I have three ADHD kids who are also exceptional readers - okay, they're Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) as well) is to find your own way through. Never rely just on the school tyo teach - I taught difficult child 3 to read. or more correctly, I set up the home environment in such a way that he was able to teach himself. We played games in the car which revolved around reading. Car number plates, for example. Signs. We have an alphabet game that sort of invented itself around easy child to begin with, then the other kids came on board as they acquired alphabet skills. The game requires the kids to find each letter of the alphabet in success, in signs along the road. The rules vary according to skill level, the driver is a non-player but is adjudicator. For example, the first letter to find is A. "Aardvarks Anonymous" on a shop sign scores the A. Only then can the player move on to look for a sign with B in it somewhere. Older players must get their letters from shop signs and billboards only. Younger players can use street signs, advertising on moving vehicles, anything. When you get all the way to Z, you then work backwards. Some letters are really difficult, but different languages will have different letters that are a challenge to find. Another thing we did - I labelled the house. I typed out a list of common nouns of household items then printed it off and cut up the text into the individual words. I used Helvetica 18 pt which prints out large enough to be read but small enough to be stuck in place under a single strip of stickytape. Examples of things to label - DOOR, WINDOW, BENCH, FRIDGE, DRAWER, WALL, BED, FREEZER, SINK. Do multiples so you can label more than one door, for example. You can use this to put the labels in multiple languages if you want. Use different colours for this (I recommend). I also did a small book (made from a sheet of paper taken from the printer drawer) where I wrote a word (usually one difficult child 3 needed to know) and drew a picture of the word. We would then read through these little books and try to act out the words, or go touch something (such as a wall, for "wall") to physically reinforce the connection between the written word and the object. We also had lessons with numbers, games with numbers. We did maths word problems in the car. Start simple - "If I have two apples and then I buy three more, how many apples do I have?" From there you can move to "If I have three oranges and I eat one, how many do I have left?" Push the complexity up very gradually as he can handle it. Keep it fun. Get him to ask you the same sort of puzzles, so you're answering the questions too. Then send him to the Steiner-Waldorf mob. I'm glad you're finally getting some answers for him. Marg [/QUOTE]
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