SCREAMING FROM MY ROOF TOP

I just completed watching "The Ten Critical Points" from the Wilson Language Program and I feel like I need to stop everyone on the streets and share it. So, I'll start with my blog. If you have a child who has a language learning problem (dyslexia, auditory processing, etc.), I REALLY encourage you to look into this program. Or at least order this DVD to be introduced to this method of teaching. I've attended training seminars for programs like Spell to Read and Write, paid for my dd to go through PACE and some of Master the Code and have tried curriculums that include the Writing Road to Reading.

The Wilson Reading Program is my answer. The programs above were wonderful but this program is different. The only example I can think of is by using math as an anology. Whether you use MCP, Singapore (my choice), Saxon Math, Abeka, Math U See, etc., they all teach the basics of math. However, they use different techniques to get across the same idea. However, Math U See is by far the most hands on approach. You "build" with blocks so you not only write down a problem, you can "see" and work the problem.

When I compare WRTR, Spell to Read and Write, Master the Code, and The Wilson Reading Program, they are all intensive phonics programs. However, The Wilson Reading Progam is like Math U See. You "build" with cards. It works because the child with auditory or language problems can "see" what everyone else can "see" by "building" their words, syllables, etc.

This program is actually alot like WRTR because the rules are the same but the approach is soooo different. Anyways, I would have loved to have known about this program sooner. I hope this helps someone out. I really recommend the above mentioned DVD first. I don't think its necessary to switch programs. The methodology could easily be carried over to WRTR. But I think its easier to just use their program.

Now to go and watch my 2nd DVD. I won't be blogging for a few days. I'm trying to get all this under my belt for next week. I wish I could post about this on my homeschooling loops but I'm afraid to push yet another curriculum on mothers.

Its true that some children are just language intuitive. They will see the rules to the English language whether you use intensive phonics or even the WHOLE language approach. With children with language difficulties, even an intense phonics program isn't enough UNLESS they use all their senses and rules are systematically introduced ONE AT A TIME.

From the WIlson Reading Program DVD "The Ten Critical Points"