If you are referring to the time/date stamp, yes, you need to go in and change it.
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
Check w/the school to see if they have someone who works w/child who have speech issues. I know that in my area, they have a speech therapist on staff who works w/the children. Also see if they have some after school programs for children who are a little bit behind and need extra help for reading. Maybe there is someone that they can recommend to work with her.
Your daughter still has time to catch up and improve before the end of the school year, but it's going to take some time and work and possible $$$ to get her the help she needs.
She receives speech services at the school and the meeting was her yearly speech review. The speech teacher was her biggest ally at the meeting and I felt like her assessment of my daughter was right on. The speech teacher knows my daughter and has been working with her for a yr and 1/2.
The speech teachers assessment of my daughter is that she is very bright but has trouble speaking and making certain sounds.
Her regular teacher (again who has only had her since after Thanksgiving cause she was on on maternity leave) is the one that made the assessment about her reading level and I strongly disagree with her assessment. I agree that my daughter is behind but not behind in a way that I should be overly concerned about. Each kid learns at their own pace.
My daughter is way ahead in math and the work that they do in school is way too easy for her but that is the thing with public school ... everyone is expected to learn at the same pace in every subject.
My sister, who is a NYC board of ed elementary teacher does not think my daughter needs services for reading. She does think we should work more at it at home but thinks my daughter in a range of normal for her age.
I do not want to start in the first grade with being overly obsessed with this stuff. And also making my daughter lose confidence in herself.
Furthermore the teacher sent home a book last night at grade level so I could see what kids her age should be reading and my daughter did great. She read over 70% on her own last night and this morning read over 95%.
I am not being closed minded, I know my daughter very well and was very open to getting her speech services which she needs. We need to work more with reading but the worst thing would be for us to over react.
I really need to work on how I react in these meetings where I feel confronted. I tried to be quiet but they asked me twice what do you think and when I open my big mouth I definitely come off as oppositional and defensive. Next time I am just going to say I am here to support my daughter and I will think about your feedback.
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My sister went through this w/her son in first grade. He had trouble with the letters: s, t and f. She took him after school to a speech therapist for a while and today, he's a senior and doesn't have any more problems with those letters. Apparently the therapist told her that her son used the pacifier too long and he didn't utilize his tongue properly in forming those letters.
Long story short, you might find some helpful suggestions on the net about how to work with her when sounding her letters.
Just my two cents.
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
Those are totally the letters my daughter has trouble with! and also L. It is also because she used a pacifier too long - especially at night. At the time I was going through the bomb and all this crap so the pacifier was the least of my concerns.
I will check the internet for some tips too but her speech teacher from school has also given me tips to tell her like "your tongue should peek out now or not peek out". She practices hard words while looking in the mirror which the speech teacher thinks is a good idea.
THANK YOU JOB!! So good to hear that your nephew made it through okay
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My shrink just gave me some good advice - when I feel confronted and totally caught off guard I should just ask questions. That was helpful to try to remember
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I spoke to my sister last evening and she suggested that you find words beginning with the difficult letters and practice saying them. If she doesn't say them correctly, have her watch you say them and then have her do it. We also purchased him the Leap Frog Pad and purchased stories that he could read along with. One thing she did advise, if your daughter doesn't say them correctly, just repeat the words back and then have her do it again. The speech therapist said when you tell them they aren't speaking correctly and call them on it, they will shut down.
During the period that my nephew was having difficulties pronouncing words with those letters, we all spoke very slowly and really pronounced our words. Today, it's funny when we think about it, but back then, it really helped him.
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
Thanks Job for taking the time to share those tips. I already told my daughter we are going to work on her speech more at home now so she knows its something we will do together:)
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The key, make it a fun experience rather than a chore. My sister would give my nephew a special treat if he did well for a period of time.
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
