Nursery isn't pushing my son enough

[poco2015]

I am not sure what to do. My son is in full time nursery, he is 2 and a bit. He has begun blending and is reading cvc words and sounding out to help him. He is fantastic at numbers can count to 20 (and beyond when he feels like it) can understand the concept of taking away and adding (with objects). We have been doing doubling and halving at home which he can do but sometimes doubles when you say halve and halves when you say double, but we have been doing this for only a week so he is still bound to make mistakes. At the moment when the preschoolers do phonics and maths time DS goes in with them, I keep asking for them to help him with his fine motor but they say they are, but we are not seeing much improvement and what they are doing seems to be very basic. wwyd as i don't want to come across as too much of a controlling mum. I already pushed to get him into the preschoolers room for the phonics and maths

[LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett]

What do you think would be the advantage of nursery pushing your son?

[Whattheuh]

He's still very young,I would let him enjoy free play and fresh air at that age.if he's gifted he'll have no problem catching up once he starts school.

[IAmAPaleontologist]

He is 2. The most important thing in his life right now is to have the freedom to play.

If you want to do reading etc with him then by all means do it at home when you are reading bed time stories, do some numeracy when you do the shopping or slice a cake. But just let the child play.

[dementedpixie]

He's at nursery not school. Leave him in peace to play

[FannyFifer]

Are you for real, he's at nursery, they are not teachers, let him play, he is 2 for goodness sake..

[TheCountessofFitzdotterel]

Ease off. Seriously.

[TurnOffTheTv]

This is a very sad post, he's only tiny, let him play.

[LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett]

Sorry, sent too soon. I'd imagine you aren't seeing a difference in his fine motor skills because he's simply a 2 yo who needs to reach physical maturity in order to improve his fine motor?

What have nursery said about it?

[Palehorse]

Is this your first child? I think you need to give him a break and stop pushing him so hard.

[SpendSpendSpend]

Bloody hell, what is this, an army camp???

[Zucker]

He's 2. 24 whole months old. How about letting him learn through play. It's quite the thing I hear.

[elQuintoConyo]

He is 2?

I'd back off. Let him be 2.

[UmbongoUnchained]

Poor kid

[trixymalixy]

[PurpleDaisies]

Of course what he is doing seems very basic. He is two.

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

Poor child. Let him be 2 FFS.

[Minniemagoo]

You seem to be doing loads at home (for a 2 year old) so why not let nursery be his fun zone?
At 2 no nursery is going to go beyond preschool level with him, this would need to be 1 to 1. Unless you want to pay for private tutor/nanny you.might be best allowing nursery to focus on his social skills.
Poor kid will be bored to tears when he goes to phonics with his peers all over again.

[Etak15]

Sounds like he's already 2/3 yrs ahead, I agree nursery should be for play and learning how to socialise, you can always do the extras with him at home if you wish.

[FoxesSitOnBoxes]

I think it's lovely that your son is doing so well and that it's great that he enjoys letters and numbers but that pushing him at such a young age is really not necessary. Let him learn how to be friends and play with his peers so that he is happy socially by the time he starts school.

[Naoko]

He's two. He's learning how to interact socially with other children and be away from his mum and share toys and eat in company and a thousand other things. If he's a smart kid that will out regardless, give him this time to play and learn all that other important stuff.

[MiscellaneousAssortment]

This:

You seem to be doing loads at home (for a 2 year old) so why not let nursery be his fun zone?

[AtSea1979]

Oh dear another pfb parent who thinks her son is gifted. Come back in ten years time. When he bored from learning because you pushed him too hard and he isn't interested in GCSEs. Lots of boys do this at two. OP what are his peer relationships like? Does he like getting messy? Does he have an imagination?

[ExitStageLeft]

Farking hell.

Doesn't he just want to eat hula hoops and watch TV?