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Possible little difficult child in the making or is it just normal 4 year old behavior?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 386052" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Janet I wouldn't worry about it at this point. You can always keep an eye on her......but really each child is different. Aubrey can follow rules/teacher instruction/nap time stuff because she's used to daycare where it's the same sort of set up once they hit toddler stage. Although Nichole got those talks around 18 mos - 2 yrs when Aubrey flat out refused to do anything they wanted her to do. lol It just took her a while to get used to the set up and lying down with 20 other kids in the same room.</p><p></p><p>Keyana is smart as a whip, I don't doubt that a bit. Attention may be an issue.....but she is only 4 and most 4 yr olds don't have super attention spans for things they're not interested in to begin with. We did pumpkin carving with the grands yesterday. Aubrey only wanted to make hers a kitty by drawing on it and she was finished.....content to sit and watch Kayla do hers. </p><p></p><p>Evan on the other hand will be 5 in Jan and has me quite worried. He can't dress himself. (could be because he flat out refused to wear clothing until this year) He doesn't know a single color, shape, number, letter, how to count, say his alphabet, or even his full name. You can just barely understand his speech, um well honestly most of the time you can't understand it. I see Kalya working with him like older sibs do....and it is not clicking at all.....nada, nothing but a blank stare. He didn't have a clue any more than Brandon (19 mos) did when it came to the pumpkins. Actually other than being potty trained for most things I'd put him developmentally about age 2. He wasn't potty trained until recently either. He doesn't follow direction worth a hoot........and then we get to deal with the destructive/violent behavior whenever he's in the mood. (one of many reasons katie is back in the motel)</p><p></p><p>For Evan we're hoping there is an open head start spot when his birth certificate arrives. It's not going to do him any good for kindergarden.......Katie and I both know it. We're hoping to get him evaled via the school that way. Which we will back up by having him evaled by a neuropsychologist on top of it to make sure nothing is missed.</p><p></p><p>But as you can see this is drastically different from a 4 yr old who sounds like she doesn't get the point to naptime and may get bored an wander around the class. I wouldn't worry about her at this point. I'd just reinforce classroom rules with her by talking about them at home and help her practice what they're working on in class.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 386052, member: 84"] Janet I wouldn't worry about it at this point. You can always keep an eye on her......but really each child is different. Aubrey can follow rules/teacher instruction/nap time stuff because she's used to daycare where it's the same sort of set up once they hit toddler stage. Although Nichole got those talks around 18 mos - 2 yrs when Aubrey flat out refused to do anything they wanted her to do. lol It just took her a while to get used to the set up and lying down with 20 other kids in the same room. Keyana is smart as a whip, I don't doubt that a bit. Attention may be an issue.....but she is only 4 and most 4 yr olds don't have super attention spans for things they're not interested in to begin with. We did pumpkin carving with the grands yesterday. Aubrey only wanted to make hers a kitty by drawing on it and she was finished.....content to sit and watch Kayla do hers. Evan on the other hand will be 5 in Jan and has me quite worried. He can't dress himself. (could be because he flat out refused to wear clothing until this year) He doesn't know a single color, shape, number, letter, how to count, say his alphabet, or even his full name. You can just barely understand his speech, um well honestly most of the time you can't understand it. I see Kalya working with him like older sibs do....and it is not clicking at all.....nada, nothing but a blank stare. He didn't have a clue any more than Brandon (19 mos) did when it came to the pumpkins. Actually other than being potty trained for most things I'd put him developmentally about age 2. He wasn't potty trained until recently either. He doesn't follow direction worth a hoot........and then we get to deal with the destructive/violent behavior whenever he's in the mood. (one of many reasons katie is back in the motel) For Evan we're hoping there is an open head start spot when his birth certificate arrives. It's not going to do him any good for kindergarden.......Katie and I both know it. We're hoping to get him evaled via the school that way. Which we will back up by having him evaled by a neuropsychologist on top of it to make sure nothing is missed. But as you can see this is drastically different from a 4 yr old who sounds like she doesn't get the point to naptime and may get bored an wander around the class. I wouldn't worry about her at this point. I'd just reinforce classroom rules with her by talking about them at home and help her practice what they're working on in class. [/QUOTE]
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