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[quote=Anonymous]My son just turned 8 and a rising third grader.  He sounds a lot like your son, its uncanny how much.  His reading problems were identified in 1st grade and he has an EIP, lots of extra support at school during the school year, and a private tutor.  We also did vision therapy privately for a year because it was suggested that his eyes did not team.  We have completed that work now.  He is still behind grade level but closing the gap I was told by the school in his end of year assessments.  He still struggles clearly to read what should be sight words.  But he's improving.  We aren't doing the tutor except for a few times over the summer because camp and vacation schedules make it impossible to schedule much with the person that we work with.  And I think kids need a break over the summer anyway.  Remember how hard it is for a child that is struggling and receiving extra help all year long.  Those kids more then others I think deserve to enjoy their summer and participate in the things you mention that the child excells at, and just to feel good about themselves.  But even so, I still require my child to read to me almost every day.  There is no substitute for that I think and they could backslide if they don't do that.  I know what you are saying when you descibe the frustration and push back you get from your son even when you are just reading together, which comes so easily to so many.  If its not going well he'll often devolve into tears or even tantrums.  We are doing better then that now most of the time.  Just keep at it and don't sacrifice the reading and like you say, we drive our kids to learn this skill so early and expect such signficant results, try not to panic too much.  He is probably a late bloomer and will get there.[/quote]

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