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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no need to routinely drill your child, workbook your child, flashcard them, or "fill in the gaps" with a child who is doing well in school.  I also see this attitude on DCUM and it mystifies me and speaks to parents' anxieties and helicoptering more than to any production of advantages for their children.[/quote]

Plus a million.

You don't need to do workbooks or flashcards even when they are doing poorly in school.  Rote memory approaches are not helpful for kids with LDs.

OP, What age is your kid?  If he/she is not actually in school, go stand in the corner for a time out.[/quote]

[b]I could not disagree more, and I contend that the absence of old-fashioned memorization and intellectual rigor in modern American education is a detriment to all children...[/b] 
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It's immaterial that you disagree b/c research doesn't support your opinion.  Memorization also isn't the same thing as intellectual rigor.

The OP should have mentioned that she was working on sight words b/c there is no other way to approach them other than memorization.  However, you can mix it up in ways to learn these other than just flash cards.  Trace the words, write the words in shaving cream or finger paint.  Bribe your kid to work on the words.  Also, keep sessions short like 5-10 minutes.

(Also, to the PP who mentioned phonics--sight words are not related to phonics--that's why they are sight words.)[/quote]

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