My original goal for my blog was to share our personal experience with our son’s diagnosis of dyslexia in kindergarten. Or should I say his first year of kindergarten. So imagine our surprise when our son announced he is cured of dyslexia. And, with an early diagnosis and intervention, in many ways he is “cured.” But what I love about dyslexia is it is the gift that keeps on giving back…. everyday.
Dyslexia provides us with funny stories and new pronunciations of everyday words. For example, petite is now pronounced pe-tite {long e, long i, silent e) thanks to his drive through order for petite scones at Starbucks.
We have never allowed him to use dyslexia as an excuse to not finish an assignment. And, he has never asked! He is very competitive. History test on “chapters 15-12.” Sounds normal to me! Doesn’t everybody say it this way? Mom what is chay os?” “Oh, you mean, chaos?”
“What, where, when, and why” still take him a moment to recall which word to use and how to spell it!
All of these questions are learning moments. Or, as we see it.. these questions are precious moments with our son. And, that is the best gift of all! (Of course, the minute I used the word precious I am reminded of reviewing with him at night that words ending in “ous” sound like “us”).
I have several posts on dyslexia, from a parent’s perspective. If you suspect your child, grandchild, or student may have dyslexia, please browse through the dyslexia posts as they offer “real world” examples because most kids are anything but textbooks! And, I would be so happy if you shared this on your social media sites!
I’m Not a Trophy Wife, but I am the mother of a child with dyslexia (who I love to the moon, to Super Target and back).
great post!! following you now from the friday blog hop!
Beautiful post… Thanks for revealing a side that we all need to know.
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Loved this post! He sounds adorable!
Thank you for being someone who sees the sunshine instead of the clouds…you are an encouragment to so many I am certain. He does sound Precious!