DS is year 1 (5.10) and has struggled from pre-school with his pencil grip. Anything that involves writing more than a few words for homework is generally a nightmare, although he is happy to do numeracy homework and as his reading seems to be good (New Way Green level - not sure how this compares to ORT)and he brings a new book home at least 3 times a week.
For a while we have been thinking he may have dyspraxia, in addition to the pencil grip problem, his general co-ordination and upper body strength is quite poor and he is prone to (very) emotional outbursts over nothing. He is generally very caring to his two younger brothers, but does get frustrated when things don't go his way.
He attends a small prep school (class size 11) who have been great at playing down any problems and his recent exam results of 87% in English and 83% in Maths were about average. BUT he is starting to notice the difference himself and is now refusing to go to his tennis lessons because "he is not very good at it", he has also said he doesn't want to continue swimming, but is happy with his small ski group.
So after a week of having a far more emotional little boy than normal we have parents evening tonight - Do I bring any of this up with his teacher? Or am I reading too much into the situation?
My DH says that I spend far too much time worrying about it, whereas I think he is burying his head in the sand!
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thatsenough · 01/12/2010 09:40
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