I haven’t posted in a long time but I feel like I need to since I’m at my wits end. My little is 4 and in pre-k. I’m worried I’m just not doing something right. It seems in school that she is far behind than anyone else in her class most if not all can write there name and do there abc’s but she can’t and it seems like I’ve tried everything but nothing seems to stick. I just don’t know what im doing wrong and would really appreciate some advice if anyone went through this. Thank you
She can’t write at all and looking at everyone else in her class they all can write there name. It seems like she’s the only one that’s so behind on everything. She does decent listening to her to her teacher and others (besides her parents 😂) sitting for long is definitely a no and it takes a lot for us to get her to sit still. If she looks at the letters she can write it well but not looking at it she can’t write it at all
@wolfiemagic, she may just need extra time to develop the skills. Does she have a summer birthday? A lot of parents hold their kids back that have summer birthdays to give them an extra year before kindergarten. It might be worth considering if you think she needs it.
@2sweetie, her birthday is in may. She definitely not the youngest in her class there are some who are almost a year younger than her. I just feel like I’m beating myself up along with everyone else since I’m with her more. It’s just getting hard to hear that I should be doing more and she should be doing better and that I’m not taking her education seriously and I’m honestly at my breaking point
She’s only 4. There’s time to catch up. I see a lot of 5 year olds in kindergarten aren’t even eligible for occupational therapy to work on writing because there’s time for them to catch up. Try writing on a white board. Or writing on the ground as it causes them to put pressure on their arm/hand. Shaving cream on the walls during bath time and writing letters. I see our OT recommend these things. Can she say her letters? Songs on YouTube help a lot. Play it every day.
She can get all the way to H but then it becomes J’s and random numbers. With counting I’ve heard her count to 12-15 but when it’s time for her to do it in school she doesn’t know how and it’s the same with letters. I’ve seen her write letters correctly but at some point she starts not writing them anymore
@wolfiemagic, just keep incorporating letters and numbers in your everyday routine. She’ll get it. 😊
Kids learn at all different levels and in different ways. Start out with tracing sp you draw a line or a shape in marker have her trace it in pencil. Same with letters and her name. Jack Hartmann on YouTube has great songs to help Littles learn letters and sounds. But don't worry she will get it. Brody was behind in prek we did flash cards at home and learned with sand and paint and different writing objects and he got it by the time he went into kindergarten. What do the teachers think? Some kids learn better through play and not a regular type classroom setting or she may need an extra year. But you are doing everything right and so is she. She is get it one day it will click
@wolfiemagic she may not be ready. What about playdouh and working with shapes and letters with play dough. Sidewalk child write a few letters and have her run and jump on that letter. Put letters up in the wall and say a letter and you fly swat it. I would push it. What's her dr say or teachers say about it. Is it more she doesn't want to learn or is there a learning disability making it harder for her. My son was the same way at that age I started working at home for 20 mins a day but made it games and played them with him and always changed it up. Once he started kindergarten everything started to click. I still have to teach him in different ways because normal ways schools teach he has no interest in its boring.
@mom2godzillaandwonkypets, her teacher doesn’t really say much besides academically she’ll probably needs to repeat pre-k and we think she may have a learning disability but her teacher has said she’s too young to be tested for it so we’re going to talk with her dr on if we should but at her last appointment she has said she right on time. Shapes and colors she has down just seems like letters and numbers is what giving her a hard time
@wolfiemagic she will get it she may just need an extra year and that's okay!!!
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is it wrong to be frustrated that my daughter acts like she can't do certain things with out my help. she plays dumb a lot and I wish I could be like no girl show what you know. she acts like she can't trace or match shapes so shes ask for "mommy finger" to help her so I barely hold her hand and she magically can do it but if I dont hold her hand she just scribbles and acts like she doesnt know
the pic is how she traces when I'm "helping her" otherwise it'll just be scribbles all over the page
So idk if I’m an asshole for thinking this but a girl I used to go to school with is having her 3rd kid and she’s planning a baby shower and she had one with her other two. I feel like a baby shower is something you do with ur first pregnancy. I live far from my family so I didn’t have one but i did have a baby registry and I’m not even doing that with this pregnancy. Idk I just feel like 3 baby showers is a lot! Especially when she gets things handed to her. Idk maybe I’m an ass for thinking that

Definitely not throwing shade at anyone, just thought this was funny.
When I’m 35 my babies will be
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So she can’t write her name at all or she just doesn’t write it well? It can take time for kids to learn how to write. My son writes his name pretty well but the rest of the alphabet he’s still working on. Some letters are backwards or he confuses similar letters like M and W. I’m not worried. His teacher says he’s doing great and he’s ready for kindergarten. Many kids are not going to excel academically until age 6. Before then the focus is always social and emotional development. How is she doing with her peers? And with her teacher? Can she follow directions, share, wait her turn, sit down for several minutes?