[Titania]

Wow that's amazing Kay. Well done Nate!

Is my son the only 4 year old here who can't read at all (save for recognising some letters), or do any sums - aside from in his head and on his fingers?? I mean he can't read or write at all... And can only just draw stuff... ???

He can just about spout the dictionary though lol....

[Kay1]

Oh gosh Nate uses his fingers LOL!! That's why the sums all add up to ten or less - but I still reckon that's pretty clever! And when I say "reading" I mean he is recognising words in books and in daily life (on, off, up, go, one, exit etc and can sound out simple words, dog, cat, sun, bus etc) and constantly putting sounds together, ie "Mum, if you have an o and a g, it says og" etc. So not exactly reading books LOL.

He is very reluctant to write or draw as well but was so excited about the sums that he made a pretty good fist of the numbers today. He's a terrible perfectionist though and is so critical of his writing efforts. He scribbles but all his 'pictures' look the same.

[~*Sharon*~]

T - Hannah can do sums using fingers (we have just started going over 10... but I need to be there to provide the extra hand... lol). She can sound out letters and if it is fairly simple she can turn the sounds into a word. She can also read and write all our names (well, DH and I are "mum" and "dad") and she told Stuart off the other day because he read something out as Daddy when it actually said Dad. lol.

She has always been fairly good with her pen skills. When we went away with her when she was the age Toby is now she could draw and name a circle, triangle and square, and identify many other basic shapes and drawings (Toby has absolutely no idea - about the only things he can identify by name reliably at the moment are Hannah and Chocolate).

All kids are so different, though... I really don't think at just 4 you can compare reading and writing skills. It really just comes down to their individual interests!

Belle - we leave late next month.

This post has been edited by ~*Sharon*~: 15/10/2009, 12:55 AM