A Quick Update

Wow! I'm not starting out too well at making sure I post. The month of May was going strong, but turned out to be very busy. We managed to muddle our way through school, Shy and K.D. had their first piano recital, my father-in-law made a short-notice trip up from California, and we finally received the diagnosis from K.D.'s developmental evaluation. My lack of writing has mostly boiled down to the latter.

My dear 8-year-old has been diagnosed with a language processing disorder and low cognitive functioning (possibly the result of the language disorder). I have spent hours researching this and trying to find the best possible way to help her. I'm not generally one to take a diagnosis of my kids at face value and just go out and grab something that they recommend because they are the "professionals." I insist on knowing as much as I can about the problem and the possible solutions in order to make the best decision for my family.

As it turns out, I don't disagree with their evaluation, though I'm not convinced that she isn't dyslexic. I did decide to go with a program that was a little different than what they recommended. I chose to go with Super Duper's Hear Builder programs. They should arrive on Tuesday and I am hoping that they will be a good foundation, in order to begin the Barton Reading Program.

Most of our year has ended. We do educate year-round, but we lighten up in the summer. We are sticking with Language Arts, Math, Reading, Piano, and Latin. Obviously, learning never stops and we focus on educational activities, but the regimented book work is much more relaxed. I think most of it is going to be working on our weakest areas, in order to start strong next year.