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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 433852" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Part of the confusion of this area for me is that at this young age, children do develop at their own rhythms and pace, particularly in terms of numbers and letters. So... for example, where it is clear to me (and I think to some degree to his teacher, though she says he has made "much progress") that my son has some block or difficulty with numbers and letters - he can count, understands the concept of counting, but has a LOT of trouble recognising written numbers and doesn't really seem to have learnt any letter sounds or names - and similar problems with identifying colours, when we met the school psychologist who talked to me and gave him some brief tests, she said at the end that at this stage he was completely within norms for his age and that children develop so individually that one cannot talk about learning difficulties so young... That is just one opinion and I'm sure many others will disagree. But what I personally picked up on when I read your post is that your son has a very definite "learning style" - visual and kinetic. How does this relate to any learning difficulties he may have? I suspect you will need some very creative and knowledgeable specialist to help you untangle that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 433852, member: 11227"] Part of the confusion of this area for me is that at this young age, children do develop at their own rhythms and pace, particularly in terms of numbers and letters. So... for example, where it is clear to me (and I think to some degree to his teacher, though she says he has made "much progress") that my son has some block or difficulty with numbers and letters - he can count, understands the concept of counting, but has a LOT of trouble recognising written numbers and doesn't really seem to have learnt any letter sounds or names - and similar problems with identifying colours, when we met the school psychologist who talked to me and gave him some brief tests, she said at the end that at this stage he was completely within norms for his age and that children develop so individually that one cannot talk about learning difficulties so young... That is just one opinion and I'm sure many others will disagree. But what I personally picked up on when I read your post is that your son has a very definite "learning style" - visual and kinetic. How does this relate to any learning difficulties he may have? I suspect you will need some very creative and knowledgeable specialist to help you untangle that. [/QUOTE]
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