down syndrome and little reader program

[csunshinegirl]

We are using the Little Reader iPad app once a day and Olivia loves it! 

[myrna]

My daughter is 5 and she is very verbal but on her IEP fount out that her vocabulary is too short about 28 words is Brillkids program would help me with that??

[kmum]

Hi Myrna!

Do you agree with her IEP? Does she only speak 28 words?

BrillKids, as well as flashcards & other sight word activities we did made a huge difference in my dd's. Vocabulary. most kids understand more words than they physically are able to say when they are learning to speak, but the more words they understand, the sooner they will be able to speak them once their language starts taking off.

This post may be helpful to you if you want to purchase Little Reader.

http://downsyndromeupupupandaway.blogspot.ca/2011/03/exciting-announcement-from-brillkids.html?m=0


If you start a seperate thread, you will probably get more responses to your question.

If you check out my blog you will find lots of posts on reading & speech. The link is in my siggy.

[love2teach]

I'm a little late, but to reply to the original question...

We're on day 55 or so now, and after trying several things, what is working well for us is doing it twice a day, 6 days a week, moving forward every day.  My son is 4.5 (with DS), so he already knows what nearly all of the words mean.  So I skip Picture Flash and give him the second Word Flash each time.  So in the morning he gets the morning Word Flash and Multisensory sections, plus the afternoon Word Flash.  So he gets each word flashed at him 4 times a day - twice in the a.m. (once in Word Flash and once in Multisensory), and the same in the afternoon.

Starting about day 30 or so, reviews are built in.  They are preset to capitalize the words.  At the beginning of each day, I click on Customize your Lessons, go to Playback Settings,  and set Multisensory 2 (where the reviews are) to Original Case rather than Capitalize First Letter.  That way when we review the words, he's learning them the same as the first time.  I think the review is essential for him to really learn them, and he needs the consistency.  There are only a few words in English that start most sentences at the beginning reading level (A, An, The, This, That, Here, There) - I figure we can work later on recognizing capitalized words, right now I want him to recognize them in lower-case.

This seems to be working well.  I don't do a lot of testing, but I can tell there are some words he's only been introduced to in Little Reader that he can recognize now (some he already knew from previous programs).  In the beginning I was repeating days, figuring he would need more time to learn them.  He just got bored looking at the same words and pictures for that long.  I found that to keep his interest, I had to keep it moving forward.  There may be a few words in a section that he hasn't gotten by the time we're done with it, but that's OK for now.

On a side note, I always play it during his snack times - he pays attention better if he's eating at the same time! 

[rbel]

I have an 19 month old DS daughter.  I am looking into getting these programs.  We are doing the 2 week trial of Little Reader, Little Math, and Little Musician.  I have been doing LR, LMath, and LMusician all one right after the other at breakfast and then the LR again at dinner.  Do you think it is OK to do the all 3 programs right in a row like that....or should they be spread out for her?  She seems to do OK as far as liking it and paying attention.
Also, I have a typical 4 year old and I was wondering if I should do all the programs with her as well, if she likes it.  I was asking because of the best right brain learning up to about 3 1/2 years.  But I am sure even if she doesn't get as much out of it, if she likes it then it is worth it.

[Li21]

Hi my son is two and has DS, we have stooped the Doman sessions as he just doesn't sit through them. He does love the little reader trial, which we present on the iPad. in fact he will bring the iPad over to me for his lessons. We really want to get the full version, but does it work on the iPad? I  am new to this program, so I'm still learning the ins and outs. Do you still use Doman method too? I'm thinking of just going purely with little reader as we are making great progress, he read the word point and clap last week!

[kmum]

rbel - as long as she is still excited & interested, I suppose you could do them all together but it does seem like a lot for such a young child. The most important thing is that you always quit before she is tired of it. You want to be sure to keep her interest.   If you feel you are losing her interest then try separating them or shorten the length of each session.

I woke do the programs with both kids together. If she can't already read the words you are teaching then she will benefit. Even school age kids learn sight words because not all words follow phonics rules.

[kmum]

Li21 - Little Reader can be done on the iPad but only by using a program that lets your iPad control the computer & you must be in wifi range. Search the forum for details -.it was discussed in another post.

It is fine to combine more than one method. I just do whatever works with our schedule  & lifestyle. Learning through more than one method is good too.

[rbel]

kmum.....thanks for the reply   

[Li21]

Thank you, how often do you change the content of your lessons?

[kmum]

It depends on how many times each day you are showing them but in general, if you are doing the semesters, I would just follow what is set out.

If you are creating your own playlists, I would probably change it weekly but again, see if she is loosing interest & adjust your schedule accordingly. This is what I did in the beginning but now that dd is reading so well i have to change it every 2 or 3 days in order to keep up with dd.

[Li21]

Great, thanks for the tips, much appreciated. I was wondering do you sign with your child? We do, it's just something we have done along the way, so I sign with him as we present little reader.

[kmum]

We did sign when dd was younger but she quit signing at age 3 when her spoken language took over. Here is the longer version of our sign language experience:

http://downsyndromeupupupandaway.blogspot.ca/2011/02/my-views-on-sign-language.html?m=0

[rbel]

Thanks for sharing your blog on signing with your child it was encouraging to me.  I signed with my first 3 children and I had been signing with my 19 month old DS daughter.  Then I had read that maybe I shouldn't be signing with her.  Even though I loved it and she seems to love being able to communicate some that way, I slowed up on teaching her very many new ones.  She is not saying any words at all yet.  I am currently doing the 2 week trial of Little Reader with her.

[Li21]

My son is two and we sign with him, even whilst doing the little reader. So he knows all the signs for the animals featured very very quickly. my son will talk when he can, we are also having loads of success with prompt therapy. he is learning words on a weekly basis with this method.

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