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rose gardens
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Posted: Nov 30 2009 at 3:55pm \| IP Logged

Yeah! My son is starting to get it! Baby steps, but I rejoice! After initially failing to pass the Barton pre-screening, we worked through the first part of the Lindamood-Bell LiPS program learning how the mouth forms sounds. Then he moved onto Barton's first level. The first two lessons of Barton went quickly, but as soon as he ran into two consonants in a row, he had a difficult time hearing the sounds. That was a rough and slow going. Then last week, we went through the Barton lesson, identifying his tongue and lip position like he did in LiPS. Then, it started to click! He began to identify the sounds accurately. Today, after we resumed following our Thanksgiving break, he sped through the lesson. I had him do the extra practice because it's been such a struggle I thought maybe it was a fluke...But, by george, I think he's got it!

He sometimes tried putting two sounds blended on tiles, but he corrected that quickly if I asked for the tile sound again. Yeah, just one more part of Barton's first lesson before the review.

It's been a long struggle. I'm really, really hopeful that maybe, just maybe, we've passed a huge hurdle that was causing much of his reading difficulty. I'm sure there will be more hurdles, but I'm relieved to see this progress.

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For those of you unaware of phonemic awareness, it's the ability to hear the individual sounds within words. To put this post in perspective, my son's non-dyslexic twin sister went through the entire Barton's first lesson in one session--it maybe took a half hour. Contrast that to my son not even being able to start the Bartons program until spending a couple of months learning how to shape the mouth, tongue and lips to produce sounds that he thought were the same but that were really different sounds.

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Posted: Nov 30 2009 at 6:05pm \| IP Logged

That's wonderful!!!Definitely something to rejoice over!
My dd has trouble with phonemic awareness with two consonants also. Particularly confusing for her are tr and dr. It is slow going, but she is making progress as well.
Hooray for baby steps!!

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Posted: Nov 30 2009 at 10:06pm \| IP Logged

Yay! I am so happy for you and your ds. I know how exhilerating those steps (no matter how tiny) can be.

I am also happy to hear that you have had a good experience with LIPS. I have been stalling in ordering it for my youngest. She has no phonemic awareness at all. In reading of your success, though, I will order it tomorrow.

Thanks for aharing this with us!
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Posted: Dec 01 2009 at 7:51am \| IP Logged

Yippeee!!!!!! As a mama to a little guy with dyslexia, I know how exciting this all can be, many bravo's to you, Mama, for sticking it out!!!!

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Posted: Dec 01 2009 at 9:01am \| IP Logged

Congratulations to you and your child for a job well done!!! Enjoy the excitement of accomplishment!

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Posted: Dec 01 2009 at 9:11am \| IP Logged

Thanks for sharing my joy!

I wanted to tell someone who would understand what a huge accomplishment this was. I learned about the Barton program here when it seemed everything else I tried wasn't working. Then I learned through the Barton screening that my son's phonemic awareness was as poor as it was.

Julia, I don't think I can say enough good things about the LiPS program! I hope it works as well for you and your daughter as it did for us!

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