Hi Angey,
This is a great website that should be able to give you the assistance you need to start your homeschooling. It relates directly to homeschooling a student that is dyslexic. http://www.homeschoolviews.com/askamom/askamom-apr06.html
Your on your way!!

Barbara Antinoro
Educational Counselor
Kid Angel Foundation
Education.com Team

I know just how you feel. I have begun homeschooling my son whose is also 10. The school was going to test him for a learning dissability. I waited a year and a half.
It never happen. I have not had him formally tested but he fits all the criteria. He is finishing fourth grade and reads on a second grade level. This is after a year of private one on one tutoring. It is very hard and you just wonder its so simple why can't they get it. The best advice given to me is just be patient and don't push to hard to point that everyone is frustrated and ready to give up. We love our homeschool group. We go on field trips and have pe days. It is a great way for the kids to socialize.  It is also a great way for me to socialize. You get to talk to other parents some dealing with the same problems. When I was talking to another parent(certified teacher homeschooling) about my child she suggested that it might be dyslexia because she is going through the same thing with her son. Do a lot of research, the more you know about what is going on the better and you might find some teaching methods you can use.

Hi,
I know how frustrating it is seeing your child struggle. I have an intuition that my oldest son has dyslexia which I have brought up with his teacher, primary doctor and friends. I worry making my 8 year old son go through a series of tests and his teacher doesn't think is necessary because he is receiving extra help in and out of school which has boosted his self confidence but what awaits him next year I fear the help he is getting is not enough  and an evaluation is needed. The best advise I have gotten so far is, write a letter to the school your child attends and by state law they have 90 days to response and test. Also if you go through private testing you are responsible for paying however if you go through school "they"  (public school/tax money) are responsible for, the financial part but also developing a program for you and your child along with other needs "our" children may have.  Good luck

This may be helpful:

http://www.dyslexiasd.org/reading_lists.html

do a search and see if there is a Lindamood Bell center near you.  They have a very good program that works.  My son, who is severely dyslexic went from a 2nd grade reading level to a 4th grade reading level in 13 weeks (he was 12 years old at the time). It is very expensive but the program works.  While you are taking the time to homeschool, you could have your child go there 4 hours a day to get the much needed reading help she needs.

Dear Angey,
 
Did your daughter have an assessment by a reading specialist or a psychologist to pinpoint her exact difficulties?  
 
You say that she is reading at a first grade level and that she's ten years old.  I've been a reading specialist for 35 years now and what I'm thinking right away is that she likely has a phonological awareness difficulty.  Probably letters and sounds don't make sense to her.  She's having to memorize words without being able to understand how to figure them out.  The English language probably doesn't make much sense at all.  Is that how she sees it, do you think?
 
For many years I've felt that often we aren't able to help students because we don't know enough about why they're having difficulties.  I suggest that you might want to look at my website (dynamicreadingandwriting.com) to see if some of the things I've noticed about why children have reading difficulties might apply to your daughter.
 
Do you have an educational specialist who gives you support in working with your daughter's home schooling program?  That would be critical I think because it's not just the curriculum you'll need to teach but you'll need to tailor-make a teaching program to show your daughter how to learn the curriculum, with specialized techniques and strategies.

Maybe you should try books that are audio. Sometimes the info, sinks in better when you hear it.

One way to get your daughter moving with her reading and writing would be to play games that practise reading and spelling. That way you can all have fun whilst she learns. You can make them up yourself or download material from the internet. My website www.readingwithouttears.com has some effective and fun games to play. There is also the software 'Wordshark 4' which is excellent. I use both in my teaching and get impressive results. Also read to her and discuss the content of the books. Write a few sentences about the story and then get her to read what she has said.
the best of luck!

All the experts I trust believe that dyslexia is usually caused by whole-word reading. Children taught to read entirely by phonics rarely have this problem. See article, decide for yourself.