KingstonMom
11-04-2013, 08:39 PM
Hello all!
I am stuck with what to do, if anything for my son. He is 3.5 (4 in April) and has the mind of a little sponge. He will start school in September but I am concerned if I should wait to have any assessments done, any if at all. Please keep in mind that many of my friends, and his doctor do not know this as we don't broadcast this or encourage much of what he learns. I know that all kids have strengths and milestones are reached at many different levels and it usually means nothing at all. But I also don't want to sit back and watch him become bored in kindergarten because he knows the academic requirement they will teach him then. I do understand that there is much kindergarten will teach him besides academics such as following instruction, taking turns, playing games with rules, etc.
Here is a brief list of what he can do:
abc recognition, upper and lower case since 22 months.
he can recognize at least 100 words
he can read several books, easy reader types.
he can tell the time on a non-digital clock (whatever they are called lol)
he can count to 1000 easily, forwards or backwards.
also he loves to count by 2s, 4s, 5s, 10s, and 100s
he knows the days of week in order
he also has been able to recite the alphabet backwards since about age 2.5 at least. - again, something we have NEVER sat him down to teach him (why would we??)
he knows his phone number, last name, date of birth
he know the age of his parents and his sisters birth day.
he knows his address, house number, street and city.
he can count in French to at least 50
he can spell over a hundred words no problem
he knows all the relevant shapes including how many sides a pentagon, octagon, hexagon has.
the list can go on but it seems every day he is picking up something new He can get obsessive with it at times like when the microwave is running, he must count backwards with it and will not stop or be interrupted until it is complete. Things like that make me a bit concerned.
Socially I feel that he is just fine. he can play really well with his peers, (daycare group has 4 others aged 3yrs and 4yrs). He understands empathy and has great wit and humour.
Has anybody known a child like this and if there is anything that should be done before he starts school?
TIA ladies.
I am stuck with what to do, if anything for my son. He is 3.5 (4 in April) and has the mind of a little sponge. He will start school in September but I am concerned if I should wait to have any assessments done, any if at all. Please keep in mind that many of my friends, and his doctor do not know this as we don't broadcast this or encourage much of what he learns. I know that all kids have strengths and milestones are reached at many different levels and it usually means nothing at all. But I also don't want to sit back and watch him become bored in kindergarten because he knows the academic requirement they will teach him then. I do understand that there is much kindergarten will teach him besides academics such as following instruction, taking turns, playing games with rules, etc.
Here is a brief list of what he can do:
abc recognition, upper and lower case since 22 months.
he can recognize at least 100 words
he can read several books, easy reader types.
he can tell the time on a non-digital clock (whatever they are called lol)
he can count to 1000 easily, forwards or backwards.
also he loves to count by 2s, 4s, 5s, 10s, and 100s
he knows the days of week in order
he also has been able to recite the alphabet backwards since about age 2.5 at least. - again, something we have NEVER sat him down to teach him (why would we??)
he knows his phone number, last name, date of birth
he know the age of his parents and his sisters birth day.
he knows his address, house number, street and city.
he can count in French to at least 50
he can spell over a hundred words no problem
he knows all the relevant shapes including how many sides a pentagon, octagon, hexagon has.
the list can go on but it seems every day he is picking up something new He can get obsessive with it at times like when the microwave is running, he must count backwards with it and will not stop or be interrupted until it is complete. Things like that make me a bit concerned.
Socially I feel that he is just fine. he can play really well with his peers, (daycare group has 4 others aged 3yrs and 4yrs). He understands empathy and has great wit and humour.
Has anybody known a child like this and if there is anything that should be done before he starts school?
TIA ladies.