Hi, I am home educating my daughter due to her SEN's and other factors. She is 6 years old and has a developmental delay of about 2 years. She has poor speech and understanding of language, poor attention and concentration, and is going to be acessed for ASD.
I do all sorts of things with her at home like her brain gym programme, speech therapy games, listening games, phonics games, cooking , gardening etc, there is so much. I have to keep everything informal and treat everything as a game.
I read to her all the time, and this time I decided to ask her some very basic questions about the story. I was shocked to find out she didn't have a clue! She's sat there quietly sucking her thumb and I thought she was listening and enjoying it.
It's made me wonder how much she takes in of anything really. I talk to her about everything we're doing, but how do I know she's even listening? She seems to be, but often isn't.
Can anyone recommend things I could try with her to improve her attention and understanding? It's so hard knowing weather she's making progress in her learning ability or not.
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mummyloveslucy · 06/06/2011 20:39
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