We are finishing up a one hour day of phonics with my little Hannah!! We did take some heavy work breaks for her!!! And she got the whole page done all by herself (okay, with lots of mom help).
Some interesting things I am learning about auditory processing disorder, and probably some other issues such as sensory processing are:
1-Reading is very hard when you have memory issues due to APD, since you can not remember the last word you read in your sentence.
2-Remembering that word you just figured out in the last sentence does not happen and you have to refigure it out.
3-All your vowels sound the same when you put them in words.
4-When you read 'red' as 'rud' it sounds OK to you.
5-You vocabulary is so limited that when you read a word wrong you do not realize that it is not a word, or inversely when you read it correctly you do not realize it is a word.
6-The concept of long and short sounds is extremely hard to grasp (we will be taking a break from this till her next open window).
7-The concepts of ordinal numbers (first, second, ect) are life a foreign language, so when mom keeps saying what does the second letter say, you are at a loss for what she is talking about.
8-When mom reads what you write, you look at her facial expression to decide whether you answer is correct, rather than being able to hear that "Bill sat home fast." is not a correct sentence.
We could go on and on, but I just wanted to give you a little insight into Hannah's world of learning, at least where she is now. Our process is slow, and not so steady, but she is getting it in her own time.
Rather than be frustrated we take joy in the victories and have learned to let her go at her own pace.
And you know.....
Her smile when she gets it says it all!!!!!
She is such a treasure and sometimes I am totally floored that God is allowing me to be her Mom!!!
Some interesting things I am learning about auditory processing disorder, and probably some other issues such as sensory processing are:
1-Reading is very hard when you have memory issues due to APD, since you can not remember the last word you read in your sentence.
2-Remembering that word you just figured out in the last sentence does not happen and you have to refigure it out.
3-All your vowels sound the same when you put them in words.
4-When you read 'red' as 'rud' it sounds OK to you.
5-You vocabulary is so limited that when you read a word wrong you do not realize that it is not a word, or inversely when you read it correctly you do not realize it is a word.
6-The concept of long and short sounds is extremely hard to grasp (we will be taking a break from this till her next open window).
7-The concepts of ordinal numbers (first, second, ect) are life a foreign language, so when mom keeps saying what does the second letter say, you are at a loss for what she is talking about.
8-When mom reads what you write, you look at her facial expression to decide whether you answer is correct, rather than being able to hear that "Bill sat home fast." is not a correct sentence.
We could go on and on, but I just wanted to give you a little insight into Hannah's world of learning, at least where she is now. Our process is slow, and not so steady, but she is getting it in her own time.
Rather than be frustrated we take joy in the victories and have learned to let her go at her own pace.
And you know.....
Her smile when she gets it says it all!!!!!
She is such a treasure and sometimes I am totally floored that God is allowing me to be her Mom!!!
If you are on the fence about whether or not adoption is for you, and whether or not you can handle a child who is not flesh of your flesh, or whether you can handle the unknowns....let me tell you that from where we stand (and I do understand that there are a lot bigger issues and bigger needs than we have) take the leap and let God guide you through the process into a whole new wonderful world!!!!!!!
3 comments:
AMEN!!! Take that leap- several times over :)
Thank you for sharing about Hannah....I too have learning difficulties in our home very similar. Frustrating sometimes, but love her all the time!!!!
yay for Hannah
You're such a good mom!
Wow! Great job articulating all those things. You must ooze patience... :)
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