Harry Tarklar and the Thrifty Hallows

[SAT 9,609]

Finally laying in bed....

[Ontarkie 14,217]

We will go over some of her words hundreds of times using a variety of different methods and she is still getting them wrong. She still can't figure out the proper way to point b, d, 9, and p. She has some other flags - really late talker, really late walker, she says she has a headache when it is time to read, she can't play sports or swim despite years of trying to get her to, she can't learn to tie her shoes, etc. She's already screened negative for autism. So, I'm just not sure what is up.

Not sure all what kind of testing she has had but has she had her eyes checked? I'm sure you have but had to ask.

[Asia 2,498]

Morning!

[Asia 2,498]

Not sure all what kind of testing she has had but has she had her eyes checked? I'm sure you have but had to ask.

Yeah, that was my first thought too.

[Asia 2,498]

I see T-Bone is being busy with company stuff...

[TBoneTX 45,259]

You dum kupa.....

YOU'RE the one who didn't answer the question in time before a chica had to answer it, duh man.

Oh man I feel fat now....

What not to say to your wife, no man:

She: Does this dress make me look fat?

You: No, the dress doesn't make you look fat. You ARE fat!

[TBoneTX 45,259]

I can't even get a photo of my husband

Foto of Mr. Niki-B. or he didn't happen, see or no man.

has she had her eyes checked?

See wee ma'am, see ma'am?

I see T-Bone is being busy with company stuff...

Observant Asia! Observant, OBSERVANT Asia!

[TBoneTX 45,259]

Balance of Wednesday report, balanced man:

Ran around servicing POTSs customers, exhausted man.

Did Many activities with little Mini-B. this eve, cute wee man.

Chief activity was playing Sharks, bite me man.

The components are two of Mrs. T-B.'s hair clips, sharks man.

Mini-B.'s shark was missing 2 teeth but was bigger, jaws man.

It ate up Daddy's smaller shark almost every time, ingest man.

Large shark just got broken when Mrs. T-B. returned from errands, broken jaws man.

Daddy & Mini-B., in unison: "Mommy, we broke your shark!"

Mrs. T-B. didn't care, no she man.

She has Many more sharks, she a chica man.

Dished the warsher, first time since Sunday man.

Mrs. T-B. cheating and warshing dishes on own, egad she man.

This load chiefly silverware, all gone man.

De-dish cat prep zzz man.

Mornin', observant Commie-babe with +1 inventory!

[SAT 9,609]

I see T-Bone is being busy with company stuff...

Company man.........

Foto of Mr. Niki-B. or he didn't happen, see or no man.

See wee ma'am, see ma'am?

Observant Asia! Observant, OBSERVANT Asia!

Nicholas-B pic now......

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

Not sure all what kind of testing she has had but has she had her eyes checked? I'm sure you have but had to ask.

Oh yeah, she has. Her vision seems fine. She'll be reading, but if she gets to one of these words that we have gone over 100s of times, she'll read it wrong. For example, the word "went" is always was no matter how many times we go over it. You show her the word "was" which we've also gone over many more times in the last 3 years and she doesn't recognize it. Are/is/am all fine, but you can tell her the word "Went" and 5 words later she sees it again and thinks it is "was" or doesn't know what it is. You try and have her sound it out phonetically and she still comes up with the word "was" despite knowing what each individual letter sounds like. She has a similar issue with some th- words. The word "there" is always "this", but the word "this" is never recognized. They are all part of her flashcards words for school and we've gone over them at least every 3 days and there are 6-7 of the 50 that she refuses to process.

[SAT 9,609]

Oh yeah, she has. Her vision seems fine. She'll be reading, but if she gets to one of these words that we have gone over 100s of times, she'll read it wrong. For example, the word "went" is always was no matter how many times we go over it. You show her the word "was" which we've also gone over many more times in the last 3 years and she doesn't recognize it. Are/is/am all fine, but you can tell her the word "Went" and 5 words later she sees it again and thinks it is "was" or doesn't know what it is. You try and have her sound it out phonetically and she still comes up with the word "was" despite knowing what each individual letter sounds like. She has a similar issue with some th- words. The word "there" is always "this", but the word "this" is never recognized. They are all part of her flashcards words for school and we've gone over them at least every 3 days and there are 6-7 of the 50 that she refuses to process.

Troph, when my kid has difficulty learning a word, I pair it with words to teach her.

He went to school

She was home.

When she reads it as a sentence, she picks up on it and soon remembers it. Worth a try?

[SAT 9,609]

Do you guys find that PTA meetings are like......BS?

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

Troph, when my kid has difficulty learning a word, I pair it with words to teach her.

He went to school

She was home.

When she reads it as a sentence, she picks up on it and soon remembers it. Worth a try?

Oh yeah, tried that. Maybe it is nothing - she had a 2 year blockage with the word "of" and now has no problem with it. It is just frustrating, ya know? The book she had to read for school last night was one of those repetitive ones and the word "went" was in every other sentence.

[Darnell 8,478]

NoLa - does the child speak 2 or more languages? if yes, sometimes 'the rules' get confusing... I remember getting tripped up with Spanish and Czech but then Italian was so much easier...

[SAT 9,609]

Spent the morning going off on various people in the office. my boss included....

Oh yeah, tried that. Maybe it is nothing - she had a 2 year blockage with the word "of" and now has no problem with it. It is just frustrating, ya know? The book she had to read for school last night was one of those repetitive ones and the word "went" was in every other sentence.

I drilled it into her head with 1 simple sentence.

Repetition = retention.