Decisions Decisions Decisions

So here I am......

I have taken full responsibility of my children's education.  That is so overwhelming, exciting, scary, stressful, and so far I love most of it.  It is very important to me that if something was ever to happen to me, and they had to return to the school system, that they would be on track with their classmates.  I also want them to enjoy learning and to enjoy the freedom of choosing what they would like to learn about.  However, right now I have to focus on helping Sunny get caught up with her reading and writing.  

At this point she is about two grade levels behind.  Once I found out she was dyslexic, I had to completely redo her curriculum.  I finally understood why we were working so hard and barely getting anywhere.  Kind of like a stationary bike.  I have been researching and researching and researching every reading curriculum I could find that would help with her dyslexia.  That is where the "overwhelming" comment above came from.   There is so much out there and yet nothing that seemed to fit our needs.  Then I found a new program called Discovery K-3 by Reading Horizons.  I watched as many videos on their site as I could and the more I watched the more excited I got.  I was trying to decide between the Discovery program and another "well known" dyslexic program so I had Sunny watch the demos with me.  Immediately she told me "No!" for the other program and "Yes please get it" for the Discovery program.  

The Reading Horizons website has so much helpful information on it.  I recommend looking at it to anyone with children that are learning to read, dyslexic or not.  It also has information for older kids but I am not as familiar with that area.  After spending hours on their site I decided to give them a call today .  They were so helpful and even let me see the inside of the online curriculum.  I was even more impressed.  With all of our moving around and school changes, Sunny has many holes in her education.  The program will assess her at the beginning so we can see where we need to start.  I will know more about the program in a few days and will let you know all about it.  I am so excited.  I finally feel like I have a plan and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.  There are so many advantages of dyslexia but we just have to get through the reading obstacles.