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Posted by floatingbridge on August 18, 2011, at 15:46:33
My son might get into a school around here. He is dyslexic and just very different. His educational therapist says his mind works brilliantly, just very differently. He also has a large personality. His latest accomplishments are learning to die as realistically as possible and mastering the laughter of an evil scientist. He his running around in a skeleton costume as I type.
This school is a converted farm. The kids actually walk around free in between lessons. They teach circus arts.
They have a full professional drum kit that kids can actually play. Hard. They can build dams and canals and get very dirty. There are chickens and goats and a pig. A real sait boat is sunken in the play yard to climb. So far, they seem to like him. The circus/performing arts instructor and him seem simpatico.
He was kicked out of the local Steiner school (thank
goodness, really), and I have home schooled the last year to the near death of me. I have shopped for schools (holy crap) and always felt that wherever we went, he'd have to restrain his personality.He isn't aggressive (any more than the next person, maybe
less) but so energetic and socialble. You might recall that I have been said to have social phobia. Not so great a fit :-/I am praying this goes through. I could almost cry. (Well, I
have.). Anyone who has had a child, maybe one that doesn't
fit but is magnificent in their parents' eyes, might have experienced some of this.I would love to see him ride one of those unicycles. They have about 25 there and perform in parades every year. He can start archery.
Please.
Posted by Phillipa on August 18, 2011, at 16:10:07
In reply to Please keep your fingers crossed....., posted by floatingbridge on August 18, 2011, at 15:46:33
FB didn't know dyslexic my husbands twin in also and is a hair salonist. What skills will they teach for real life work? Conventional subjects also? It's not like a Montessori is it as I know they learn at own pace?. Best of luck. Love Phillipa
Posted by sleepygirl2 on August 18, 2011, at 16:53:40
In reply to Please keep your fingers crossed....., posted by floatingbridge on August 18, 2011, at 15:46:33
Fingers crossed :-)
It sounds great.
Posted by floatingbridge on August 19, 2011, at 10:51:48
In reply to Re: Please keep your fingers crossed..... » floatingbridge, posted by Phillipa on August 18, 2011, at 16:10:07
In some ways, he has better life skills than I do. He is not avoidant and thrives on the company of others.
I know what you mean though. He also has educationalmtherapy that mops up lots of those concerns. His therapist said an interesting thing. She said books will not be his gateway to the world. She didn't say there wasn't a gateway or a world. He's learning to read.
My dyslexic friends (seems I have a few) read quite a bit. But they, the one's I know, are very interesting thinkers. There is the theory that literacy is a relatively new skill for humans. What, a few hundred years old that literacy was emphasized and that the oral tradition has deeper roots.
Dyslexia is an issue with printed words. It interfers with his ability to make the shapes of letters, but not his ability to draw. When he writes, the letters are akward and unanchored. But oddly, he can recognize visual patterns that others miss. So I still don't know exactly what. But it does not interfere with verbal fluency. That's a different function.
Posted by floatingbridge on August 19, 2011, at 10:52:42
In reply to Re: Please keep your fingers crossed..... » floatingbridge, posted by sleepygirl2 on August 18, 2011, at 16:53:40
> Fingers crossed :-)
> It sounds great.Wanna run away to the circus?
Posted by floatingbridge on August 19, 2011, at 19:03:55
In reply to Please keep your fingers crossed....., posted by floatingbridge on August 18, 2011, at 15:46:33
Posted by sleepygirl2 on August 19, 2011, at 19:23:03
In reply to He's in :-) (nm), posted by floatingbridge on August 19, 2011, at 19:03:55
Wonderful :-)
I hope he thrives.
Posted by Phillipa on August 19, 2011, at 20:32:49
In reply to Re: He's in :-) » floatingbridge, posted by sleepygirl2 on August 19, 2011, at 19:23:03
Fabulous and dyslexia is kind of reading or writing letters backwards isn't it? No verbal involved to best of my knowledge. Hey with all the progresses today may find a cure or instruments on computers to correct the reading or writing. Phillipa
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