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Pre K teacher conference

pixie0520pixie0520
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Just had a parent teacher conference for my 4 year old and I'm still trying to digest everything. DS attends a church playbased preschool. His teacher said although DS enjoys school and playing with his friends, he is immature for his age. He will sit during circle and story time, but will not recite or verbally participate. In fact, she said, he can go a whole day and only say a few words. He attends full day, mon thru thurs. At home, DS is a chatterbox. she said he is very sensitive and often gets his feelings hurt by other children. I have noticed that he doesn't stand up for himself when other kids get aggressive.
His teacher also mentioned that he still scribbles instead of "drawing" stick figures.
I'm not sure why I'm posting. Perhaps just to vent and write out everything i've been told and am thinking about... do children outgrow this behavior?...is it likely a sign of something else? His pedi has never had any concerns about his emotional or intellectual development.
We are also in the process of setting up a hearing eval since we have some concerns.
I know I've rambled quite a bit. If anyone has read this, thank you.
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  • pixie0520pixie0520
    Auntie, thank you for your reply. Yes, he is almost four. I definitely think DS's teacher has a better understanding of his development. I know they have been working with scissors at school and he is doing ok. DS has basically no interest in drawing, coloring or crafts. He will sit at the table and participate with the class but would never choose this activity. At home he loads and unloads his crayons in his dump truck but doesn't actually draw with them.
    I'm not sure if he's anxious or just emotionally immature he will cry at his birthday party when we sing or this weekend we went to a "snow day" at a local school. He wanted to sled down a small sled run that was geared towards toddlers/preschoolers and half way down he started to cry. As I type it out, yes, I guess he is an anxious child.
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    I'm sorry, I know it's hard to not know what's going on. When my son was 19 months old the first clue that someone could be wrong was when our DCP told us that DS was sensitive to the other kids- he would cry if they took his toy and not stand up for himself and say "no". He never played with toys, he merely manipulated them (like putting cars in and out of a dumptruck). He still won't let me get rid of some baby toys that he likes that are cause and effect- lights, bells, whistles, etc. My son is almost 5 and he still has a tough time talking with other kids. He will only if prompted repeatedly. He still won't play with toys- he seems interested, but then will play with them in a non typical fashion- like experimenting with the light on the Batcave instead of putting the joker in the jail. He talks to adults nonstop. Our regular pedi never had a concern, until we were referred to a pedi who was known to have a lot of children on the spectrum as clients- he didn't profer an opinion really, but said there were enough red flags to go to the school district for an evaluation. That evaluation was quite extensive (took a couple days), and we ended up with an ASD diagnosis. Good luck with however you proceed, you won't know for sure until you ask.
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