We finished reading Chapter 15 - the First Kings of England in Story of the World, and completed the discussion questions in the Activity Book. He also has two coloring pages he's going to work on this afternoon.
The low vision doctor had suggested that we start with graphic novels, fun stuff for him to read, with the CCTV, and do a few minutes a day.
It didn't go well.
We did the first page of the graphic novel of White Fang. He can read. He stumbles over words sometimes, guesses instead of reading, but he's more functional than I think. But it was stressing him out - and he ended up crying afterwards and complaining that his head hurt. Did his head hurt? I don't know - he seems perfectly fine now that I've backed off. I gave him one tylenol, but it's only been a few minutes.
So many worries - does his head hurt? What if the psuedotumor is coming back? I don't think that's it - I think he really stresses out over reading - he doesn't do it well, and it's hard for him to see it anyway, which makes his chances for success that much smaller. But what do I do now?
(edited to add)
The headache never really materialized - I think it was because he was stressed about reading. I took a break, fed him, picked up the girls, and then we just did the first section of Chapter 16 in Sassafras Zoology.
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