Re: writing

"Stephanie" <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Jeff" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Stephanie" <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A little background. My son, now 6, was never into coloring and "drawing"
back when he was little. I noted it then. I notice now that he does draw
and try to express himself on paper, but his drawings are way simple and
abstract compared to his peers. He HATES writing. He is awkward with the
pencil in his hands. He labors mightily over letters.

These are red flags to me. He may have a disability.

If he is having trouble with the mechanics of drawing and writing,
interventions to help him with his fine motor skills may really help him.
In addition, maybe he should be typing instead of writing.

I wonder if he is on a different cognitive level than his peers. Special
education may help him.

Yes. He is definitely on a different cognitive level than his peers. Most of
his peers are working on letter recognition. DS reads very well. Most of his
peers (kindergarten) are working on number recognition, counting, AB
patterns, sorting. DS is working on multi-digit addition and multiplication.

Sorry if this sounds defensive, but geez. Where did you get special ed out
of this question?

I taught (6th grade) a very bright boy with cerebral palsy who had a
great deal of problem with writing, and he had 'special ed' for that
to help him with his writing. He also had help in gym BTW - he walked
with crutches. That's a somewhat extreme example of course

I taught my sister (2.5 years younger) to read, and do math when I was
in first grade. Also to sing the songs etc that I was doing. But I
was not interested in teaching writing, so she did everything orally.
I didn't care for doing it myself much although I loved to color.

When she got to kindergarten she could read very well, but she didn't
know anything about writing. The powers that be decided that since
she was reading, spelling and doing arithmetic at a far higher level
than first grade, that she should skip first grade, but she didn't
know how even to print. So my mom taught her to print over the
summer. She scrunched her mouth up when she did it, and still will do
that if she's under tension.

BTW home schooling would not have been an option, and I doubt that my
parents would have considered it if it had been.



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