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Thank you, Tansy. Praying about having him "officially" tested or just using all the techniques I have been studying. I definitely don't want to him to lose his love of learning nor his love for HOD. Some days are just so long for him. He can comprehend well, but just reads very slowly.

Although we have not had my DS13 formally tested, all the signs point to dyslexia. We have been using HOD for four years and plan to continue. This year with all the reading, our days are becoming long-so long that he is becoming discouraged. I am reading a good portion of the longer sections to him...

I ordered the See N Read. Looking forward to trying it. I noticed today that if I keep my finger on the line that he is reading, he does much better. He gets so overwhelmed with large passages, that it is sometimes discouraging. I am willing to try anything!

Thank you for your responses. I am going to look into the See N Read. We have long suspected that he is mildly dyslexic. I have used some of the techniques I have learned in different books to help him. Dictation is slowly but surely helping his spelling. The slow reading really makes some things di...

My DS made the Turkish Delight two years ago. It didn't turn out right, but we ate it anyway and still laugh about how runny it was. A great memory!

My DS12 (will be thirteen next week) is an incredibly slow reader. As you can imagine, the days can sometimes be very long! His comprehension is good, vocabulary is good, he is just slow. I have been reading maybe half of some assignments in Revival to Revolution out loud (like the history reading--...