Hi there,
DS7 reads quite well, although he's not a voracious reader like his older brother. He has no trouble reading the words or understanding the concepts of Harry Potter. He was bound and determined to read them in K (really wants to keep up with DS9), and spent last year reading the first three, mixed in with other more kid-friendly books. Early on, he seemed to have some trouble with comprehension of HP, which seemed to be as a result of the effort of actually reading/decoding.
The comprehension seems less of a problem now, but in the past few months, he has said that he can't read for more than 10-20 minutes because it makes his head hurt. Recently, he seems less and less inclined to spend more than 10 minutes with a book. We took him for an eye exam less than six months ago and were told he has a mild astygmatism (sp?) but nothing requiring glasses at this point.
I was wondering if anyone has seen anything similar with their DC. He seems to be having trouble also following written directions at school in the differentiated work he's now being given, but I've been thinking that's his perfectionism issue with dealing with new things.
I've ordered the large print version of HP from the library and thought I'd see if that might help him. I guess I'm just curious if anyone else has seen something similar and what ended up helping. Part of me says it's probaboly because he's 7 and maybe his eyes/brain aren't ready for what he's trying to read. But then I wonder why he didn't seem to have issue with it last year, and start thinking maybe I should be concerned.
And then again, maybe I'm just a mom who's worrying too much....
At the beginning of Kindergarten last year by DS was complaining about things as well. When we took him to the eye doctor they said though they wouldn't normally bother with glasses for him they recommended we get them since he was complaining. He had very minor vision problems caused by his astigmatism. They did say that it could still get better over time but for most of the year he did wear his glasses almost daily.
I'd say go back to the eye dr and see what they recommend knowing that this is a recent change AND he does have an astigmatism. That's almost the exact case with us. I think DS saw the eye dr in May and in August started comnplaining.
