Any homeschoolers have good letter recognition/phonics resources?

[Lindagerr]

I am not a home schooler but I do have a son with learning difficulties. When he was young I did not think my son would ever learn to read on his level, then when he was in 5th grade a new teacher came to the school. This teacher taught my son a new reading method called Phono-graphix, in middle school my son was taught by a teacher who had learned from the 5th grade teacher. My son now reads at an appropriate level, his writing has also improved to an amazing degree. When my neice was having trouble reading I asked the teacher for suggestions how to help her. The book she recommended is available from Amazon and I highly recommend it. From what you said about your sons difficulties I think this book might help.

Reading Reflex: The Foolproof Phono-Graphix Method for Teaching Your Child to Read

Carmen McGuinness (Author), Geoffrey McGuinness (Author)


As the mother of two children with learning difficulties I can only say don't give up and fight for what your child needs. Sometimes homeschooling is right and sometimes a good school system with the right teachers and resources is better. I don't know if I could have done any better if I had homeschooled this son, he had all of the extra help and knowledge of some great teachers to help him come so far. He is 25 now he still has other di9fficulties but his reading, writing and spelling have not been a worry for some years.

When my daughter was diagnosed with learning problems I did not know enough to advocate for her as much as I should have (she is more than 10 years older than her brother). I know I could have done so much more for her if I knew then what I know now. So if the school will not test your son find a Dr. or Hospital that will. Have his eyes checked ( I did not know my son had a severe astigmatism until he was 6) a pair of glasses did not fix everything but they helped a lot. Also look into every disability that has to do with reading until you find the one that fits him and then learn everything you can about it.

As one very intelligent school Psychologist once said to me; “we cannot advocate for Your Child the school won’t let us, You need to be your child’s advocate” This may seem contrary to what we think it should be, but the school wants to save money above all and if you do not point out the problems and demand the resources to get help no one else will. With my son I had to get a state mediator to solve one disagreement with the school. Once you prove you will go the distance for your child they will listen a little closer to what you suggest.
I know how upsetting it can be to see a younger sibling learning so much easier, this happened to both my son and my neice. The older child feels “dumb” and resents the younger child. Don’t let that happen the earlier you address these problems the faster they can be rectified.

Of course this is all just my 2 cents.