Jimmy had an eye exam this week. He doesn’t need glasses, but the doc gave me some great advice on how to manage reading lessons while Jimmy’s eyes continue to develop. His eyes will get tired quickly from normal early-development convergence issues (when the eyes have trouble tracking together). It explains why he has a lot of problems reading when there are a lot of new words. It takes more eye-energy to read new words than familiar words.
Caleb’s big news is that we have started him on reading lessons. We’re using the 100 Easy Lessons book (DISTAR method). I tried this book with Jimmy, but he hated it. Jimmy did not like repetition if he already knew how to do something; he didn’t realize that he needed to practice the techniques on easy stuff in order to be able to use those tools on harder reading. Caleb’s personality is much more suited to this style. He likes playing games even when they are repetitive. He picks things up quickly but he doesn’t have the “need” to move on like Jimmy does. It is amazing to me how different they are. On the other hand, I have noticed that Jimmy has been using some of the “say it slow” methods more in his own reading. See what I was trying to tell you, buddy? Lol
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