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sarahgcapecod

After someone's response making it seem like my DH was shipped off because his parents didn't love him (which is a HUGE issue to both him and me due to the fact that at 7, he did think that)....I DD my post about my 3 year old not knowing his letters.  Thank you to all who made me feel better that my son won't be the only one in this situation and that it will probably just click for him someday.  We do not push letters on him at all but he loves the puzzles and letters on things (especially carved ones on benches as we found out).  There is no pressure put on him at all which is why I said that in my first post but obviously some people missed that part. 

DandelionMom

(((hugs)))  I'm mildly dyslexic and am constantly on watch for it in my girls so I kind of can understand where you're coming from.  But don't put this stress on yourself right now. 

sarahgcapecod

Thanks, I try to not look TOO far in the future but my biggest fear is being faced with what my inlaws were faced with.  I could not send my kid (or kids since we/ll have 3 eventually) away.  Nor could I afford it :-).  So, I always hope that the earlier we discover it (if there is something to discover) that maybe we could do something to avoid that.  You know, sort of like speech therapy.....the earlier you disvoer it the better .

wife1014

Interesting...If you were going to DD, wouldn't it have been easier to just DD and not bring it up again.  Before you DD. I apologized for my assumptions of DH's boarding school education and for even making mention of it at all.  That was none of my business and I said I was wrong!  As for your son, I just repeated in that there is NO need to put that much pressure on a three year old. 

Zenya

I find it impossible to believe that you would *have* to send a child away for dyslexia in this day and age.  That really sounds absurd. I'm sorry your DH went through that.  I can definitely understand how it would haunt both of you.

sarahgcapecod

Wife....as I mentioned, we don't put pressure on him at all.  Letters are like 1 of 9 million things he's exposed to everyday and I guess with all of his friends knowing theirs, I needed to be reminded that it is ok that he doesn't recognize any.  Obviously my reasoning is different from others as I just want to be sure that if any of my kids are dyslexic we catch it as early as possible.

And the reason I posted this is because I've seen that normally when people DD because of personal info they explain why.  Sorry if that was not appropriate.

sarahgcapecod

Zenya - I hope to God that you are right in your assumption :-).  I think there must be a reason that there are 30 private schools in the country for dyslexic students.....but I'm hoping to never cross that bridge. I think that for the 'average' dyslexic you are right. 

oparcm

I'm a sped teacher and if you really are concerned about your ds, you could have him evaluated at your public school.  It sounds like he has other interests and the puzzles are great.  He may like tactile letters if he likes letter shapes and all.  Tactile sometimes helps students feel the letters.  But sometimes evaluations can help you feel more at ease.  Just a thought.

Addicted2thenot

I hope that there is nothing wrong with him but I do not blame you for being worried given DHs history

DS retains information but does not like to just give it up or "perform" for us. I was worried because he could not recognize numbers, after three days in PK3 he did & now after two weeks he is counting on fingers, adding two sets of fingers, etc..

He started PK3 & in a week it was obvious he knew it all & now gets that we were not just trying to be annoying making him learn it. 

It is amazing how quickly they get it, when they get it!

wife1014

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