The Summer Homeschooling Regimen

One page of Singapore Math
One page of NY State 5th grade Social Studies exam page
Three one-minute increments of Great Leaps http://www.greatleaps.com/
30 minutes of Steven reading out loud
One page of Cub Scout webelo reading
20 Math problems on http://www.ixl.com/

LD in the NYT

LD can be of varying degrees — most school districts take a long time to do an eval and it requires much followup and persistence on the part of the parent or guardian. A diagnosis can be tricky.

Meanwhile, a savvy teacher can often tell if a child is far behind his/her peers. For mild LD kids, a little boost will catch them up. Students with more intense LD may require a special ed school which is an even longer process than the eval but well worth it.

I look forward to next week’s article about educational plans to fulfill potential. With or without an LD, many parents supplement their child’s education with workbooks, outside tutoring or just helping with homework.

In our son’s case, he was 8 and not yet reading. His school had a really good phonics program that was not working for him. We had the good fortune to find a wonderful reading program http://www.dickereading.com/ that required 30 minutes of reading aloud per day at home. We reached our 2 year mark yesterday — Rome wasn’t built in a day!

http://thinklearnsmile.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-dont-know-what-else-i-can-do-to-help.html
http://www.thinklearnsmile.blogspot.com/
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/testing-a-child-for-learning-disabilities/

Response to the article:

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/testing-a-child-for-learning-disabilities/?apage=2#comment-482917

Kids Need Work To Do At Home

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/homework/give-kids-homework-while-schoo.html?referrer=emaillinkpg
The author, Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post, worries about her popularity but students do need practice to learn.