Moms with kids in school please read :(

[Mommy_Garcia14]

This is a continuation of yesterday's question, so far it's taken my daughter 40 mins to "fill in the blank" on some education workbook I bought at the dollar store I literally give her the answers not even one second she forgets everything!!!!! I read all the words out I read all the sentences out I seriously don't have any idea what goes through her mind when I'm trying to explain thing to her, it frustrates me really bad! She will be going on to second grade on the 14 of this month but she's not ready I'm her mother I see how bad she struggles to read "blue" I'm thinking about asking her to get held back because I don't want her to struggle, would you do that to your child? My daughter is so smart when it comes to math and other things but reading is not her thing. We moved multiple times while she was in first grade so I feel her not learning was my fault, since we were never stabled at the time! She spent her last month at the school she will continue to second grade, but her teach also felt she wasn't ready just because of the short period of time she was there for but still moved her on... Was that right?

[GxoK]

Usually schools will offer extra tutoring (sometimes they want to call it special ed but I think they are just generalizing most of the time).  Or, if you have the money, you could find her an outside tutoring center.  My son is now in fourth grade and it's like he doesn't even use his brain when it comes to that type of stuff.  I know first hand just how frustrating it can be.  If I were you, I'd talk to her teacher as soon as you can to get their opinion and see if you can set up a meeting with them, the school councilor, and maybe the principal.  Discuss your concerns and see where they stand and what they have witnessed from her thus far.  I've had to do it every single year my son has been in school and trust me, your involvement will do wonders.  Get on a regular speaking basis with her teacher (my son's teacher emails me daily.  Even if it's just a behavioral update with a few words), and see if they can't put in place some sort of plan.  If you back up at home, what they do in school and stay in constant contact, you may be able to figure out what's going on and how to help her.

[joli1987]

Have you had her evaluated by the school to see if there is some underlying cause to her struggles.