My son does really well with Barton Reading. It's boring and you have to win the lottery to be able to afford it, but he's progressing in his reading and spelling. And the font is great for dyslexia. Barton uses larger, bold text and my son does so much better reading with text that is larger and more pronounced. The exercises with the wooden tiles are also very helpful.
Handwriting without Tears Cursive = so far, so good. You can't go wrong there.
He's reading Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy (a library book) and he's able to read almost every word. It's a big confidence booster. Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy is about a 590 Lexile, so maybe a late 2nd grade reading level...
He is seriously struggling with Masterbooks' language arts. I think this curriculum might be ok for a student with mild dyslexia, but I don't know if my son will be capable of continuing it, even using it a grade below his. I'm not real happy about this, because it was relatively expensive and I don't like to curriculum-hop. But, he's not going to learn anything or enjoy learning if he's crying during language arts. He's very resilient and used to struggling in everything, so if he reaches the point where he's crying, something is really wrong.
I'm at a loss as to what language arts program would work for my son. I'm considering putting together a language arts program for him from scratch.
Googling language arts + dyslexia doesn't seem to be helpful, either. There are lots of reading programs for dyslexic students, but I don't see any writing and grammar programs for dyslexic students.
I don't feel like just learning to read is enough at this point, though. He needs a bit of writing and grammar instruction, especially at his age.
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