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<blockquote data-quote="welcometowitsend" data-source="post: 541830" data-attributes="member: 14356"><p>I would agree with TeDo that you should have his eyes checked asap. My daughter has vision issues. She would be able to read ok for a little while but then letters would blur. She has a lazy left eye but it wasn't visible because it doesn't turn in or out. That said she wasn't using the eye AT ALL when we finally had her tested. The initial eye tests were difficult because the eye doctor thought she was goofing around. Finally, we had the drops put in her eyes and then the doctor can tell without input from the child what the necessary prescription is. With a lot of patching she now uses that eye but her vision is still quite poor in that eye. The sooner this is caught the better. </p><p></p><p>Also, my daughter had the problem with differentiating time as well. She would say things like we'll do that tomorrow or next month and not realize how far apart those things were. She will still sometimes say things like that should take a half hour or 6 hours. Not to worry you but she does have significant dyscalculia and is 3+ grade levels behind. The huge issue with dyscalculia is the understanding of the concept. What are numbers, what do they mean, the why behind formulas, that kind of thing. For example, daughter can do long division but if you give her a problem that needs division to solve she can not figure out which operation to do. </p><p></p><p>That is not to say that at his young age this isn't something that he will figure out but I think you need to be aware that although they are intelligent (daughter is) they can still have Learning Disability (LD)'s. Spend some time playing with manipulatives and making up fun word problems and trying to get him to figure out how to do those things. One of the best things I use with daughter is money. She grasps the concepts being taught is I can use money to help her figure things out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="welcometowitsend, post: 541830, member: 14356"] I would agree with TeDo that you should have his eyes checked asap. My daughter has vision issues. She would be able to read ok for a little while but then letters would blur. She has a lazy left eye but it wasn't visible because it doesn't turn in or out. That said she wasn't using the eye AT ALL when we finally had her tested. The initial eye tests were difficult because the eye doctor thought she was goofing around. Finally, we had the drops put in her eyes and then the doctor can tell without input from the child what the necessary prescription is. With a lot of patching she now uses that eye but her vision is still quite poor in that eye. The sooner this is caught the better. Also, my daughter had the problem with differentiating time as well. She would say things like we'll do that tomorrow or next month and not realize how far apart those things were. She will still sometimes say things like that should take a half hour or 6 hours. Not to worry you but she does have significant dyscalculia and is 3+ grade levels behind. The huge issue with dyscalculia is the understanding of the concept. What are numbers, what do they mean, the why behind formulas, that kind of thing. For example, daughter can do long division but if you give her a problem that needs division to solve she can not figure out which operation to do. That is not to say that at his young age this isn't something that he will figure out but I think you need to be aware that although they are intelligent (daughter is) they can still have Learning Disability (LD)'s. Spend some time playing with manipulatives and making up fun word problems and trying to get him to figure out how to do those things. One of the best things I use with daughter is money. She grasps the concepts being taught is I can use money to help her figure things out. [/QUOTE]
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