Hi Kriston

What you are saying is making a lot of sense to me and sounds a lot like him. DS is not good at working out the mental maths - I tell him that when doing word math problems to illustrate it all with drawings - write it all down. This appears to be working to some extent.

The visual spelling methods have also worked recently but unfortunately it will take some time as he has been trying only the rote method for so long. He "detests" rote learning! What a surprise!

THanks so much for telling me of your experiences.

Tiz