[summer]

I saw your post on another thread about reading, so I thought you might find this article interesting. :)

[okiedust]

Hi summer. More good news. Thanks for keeping us informed. You do great work.

regards

[GailA]

Any one of average intelligence can be taught to read and do basic math. All it takes is a little work and phonics. I'm only high school educated, yet I managed to teach my youngest to read when the school system failed to do so. I went to the library and got books and made him sit down and read. Corrected what he got wrong with phonics and some swats on the behind when he balked. Strange it worked and didn't take years to accomplish. Just a few months. Afterwards I made him keep up his reading with frequent visits to the library.

His dad did the math end. Created modern flash cards using the old Comodore 64 computer and doss. In six weeks took the kid from D's & F's in math to A's & B's. The teacher kept screaming he was Learning Disabled. BULL HOCKEY he was teaching disabled.

[lsee]

You know what's funny...one school my kids attended focused so much on reading that their programs neglected math...Can't win for losing. :)