@amazedmom: I just started DS on Time4learning today (online curriculum). You can try it out for two weeks free (after paying up front - $19.99/mth) - which I think is reasonable for Math, Language Arts and Science; and it makes DS sound out each sound and recognize each sound in a word as well, instead of the typical c-at: cat. It will say for example: which one (animated character) sounds out hog; then you move the cursor over the three options, one sounding out the following letters (eg.) o-g, next h-o-g, next h-o. So they really have to listen closely. Hopefully it will help. He and I really liked it though, so far. I had to sit with him the whole time; because some of the directions had to be read??
@Kriston: Are you using any online curriculum? Thanks for all you ideas! (this was going to be my PM:)
