What age would you say my child was

Reception isnt aged 6 though?
Do you know ages of school years before you comment? The child is doing good spelling, id say at least Year 2, ignore some of these people OP, speak to her school teacher for support and comparison if you want to but honestly if shes recovering and showing a good interest I wouldn't stress too much

When writing by themselves infomally like this children revert to a more basic style writing in my experience than they would produce in a formal setting at school guided by the teacher.

I'd say this is typical of Year 1's writing but there would be children from Reception up to Y2 and 3 that may write like this because their development is very varied.

Yes! I noticed the “ year” as I posted snd have edited! 🤣

My son wrote his name . He took a Quick snap of the last few letters. He’s just turned 6..I’d say your child would be about 6/7

Yes I saw as I posted and edited!

”Lacklustre!” At 2 - thank goodness for the beautiful reading 🤣

My son has been ill since March and hasn’t been to school either. He’ll be 9 next month and missed the majority of Year 3 and all of Year 4 so far.

It is worrying, especially as I feel like he was finally catching up after all the Covid disruptions which he really struggled with.

But getting him healthy again is the most important thing, everything else will follow.

Hope she’s better soon.

That is such a cute list! She sounds like a lovely kid who has had a difficult time.

Whatever her age she’s clearly young and has years ahead of her to perfect her handwriting. Although my 19 year old’s is still almost illegible and he uses a laptop at school and still got great grades and is now at Cambridge. When he was at school age he easily had the worst writing in the class!

You also sound like a caring loving mum.
Just let her recover and enjoy writing you lists as it brings you both joy.
And remember doing things like drawing and painting or cutting with scissors and threading needles etc are all fun ways to work on fine motor skills which will feed into writing ability in the long run.

when you do go in and see the work displayed in a primary school the range of handwriting ability is so wide it’s untrue. And I’m quite sure it isn’t a sole predictor of future attainment.

I would cherish that little piece of work. It’s been done with a lot of love.

The S and J are the wrong way round but otherwise her handwriting looks good to me. My DD had the same issue through year R and year 1…she got d and b and q and p mixed up too. It seems to be straightening out in year 2 and I’ve just had a parents evening where her teacher said that she was achieving above expected in everything and that her main concern was that she had already hit end of year targets and would be bored waiting for others to catch up.

@Calliopespa year two, not two years old!

@Calliopespa she said year 2 not age 2.

Wow that is lacklustre for two. How do you sleep at night @TeddyBeans ? ( ETA I’m sorry teddy: I read that as age 2 and thought you were joking! It doesn’t look too bad for year 2 to me. It would be phenomenal for age 2!)

Op please don’t worry one jot. Unless your Dc is at senior school, it is all recoverable. Many, many children catch up and overtake those who shine at those early skills. Health must be the priority.

Honestly don't ask on here. It is the home of child geniuses! Some of the suggestions I've seen on other threads are ludicrous.

She can form her letters quite nicely. My seven year old does random backwards letters even in her own name. But at parents evening I was shown her work and it was much better than anything she can do at home because she tries that much harder.

I'd concentrate on reading and starting to spell phonetically and number bonds to 10.

If she has decent building blocks she'll soon catch up.

Do a bit of silly imagination stuff. It's a lot of getting them to think about descriptive words. You can do this kind of thing waiting for hospital appointments. Make it a challenge - three words to describe this chair, the view out of that window etc. Or start silly stories and get her to do the next line 'it was raining and the frog didn't like being wet so he hid under a..... Then he saw......

You've both got a lot on your plates. Encouraging a love of books and her imagination will keep her engaged with learning which is the main priority.

My son was six in lockdown and quite behind as he struggled anyway. I found the Apple Tree farm books really good for bringing him on and he loved finding the ducks. Thoroughly recommend those.

6, year 2 maybe.

I really apologise OP, I’ve reported my previous comment to have it removed - i can now see that it came across really callously. I read your post too quickly, missing the details about how long your DD has been off school. and made a snap judgement that was incorrect, and now feel terrible that it’s upset you.
Honestly, her writing is lovely - my DS is just a little younger and his letters are less well formed than hers, and recently had a commendation for his writing at school so I wouldn’t be worried at all, quite the opposite. It’s concerning to hear that the school are putting pressure on her at this age. When they’re this little, the differences in development throughout a year group are huge, but they catch up quickly as times goes on.
The main thing I was getting at before is it’s clear from this lovely letter that your DD really loves you, so that’s the only thing that matters. I hope she feels better soon.

Where I am from, formal education starts much later than in the UK, and we all end up in the same place! There is a lot of emphasis on education starting very young here. Just wanted to add

My profoundly dyslexic 14 year old, who will happily put you right on economic policy and the history of socialism, produces stuff like this.

I'm a teacher. Looking after health is the priority. If she wants to write by making lovely lists for you, all well and good. She'll catch up - there's loads of time. Enjoy time together for now. She's obviously a very caring and cared for dd xx

this.

it sounds like something serious to have missed school since June. Focus on your daughter and her recovery. She’ll pick things up as she goes along.

sending love!

I would say 6 or 7.

We have the kiddo space books which are good for practice at home as it has some games as well as letters, shapes and numbers and vanishing ink so can be used and picked up any time. My son likes to do some letters practice then do some of the game pages.

I echo this.

I hope you save that in a memory box! It captures a really sweet child using all the writing skills she has acquired to communicate how much she loves her Mum. Perfection! ❤️

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OP I think if instead of asking people to guess her age you'd said how old she was and then expressed your specific concerns you would have had kinder and maybe more helpful responses.

She is unwell. She will learn to write well in good time.
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Will someone help her buy those gifts for you? Please let us know which Care Bear she chooses.

@ShinyPebble32 your post is just so unkind and unnecessary. It's completely possible to both be utterly loving and adoring of your child as they are and anxious that they are falling behind. Talk about kicking a dog when it's down. Please think about the impact of your words the next time you respond to a post.

OP, im sorry things are tough. Caring for a sick child over a long length of time must be so difficult. It's completely understandable to worry that she may be falling behind, that doesn't make you a bad parent so please don't feel guilty about this, despite what these silly posters are saying. I don't have too much experience of this age group so can't comment on that, but judging by how you sound and the lovely letter your little girl wrote, she clearly has a wonderful mum xxx

Ex teacher.

I would say six, but don’t worry if she’s older than that, they really do all pick things up at different rates.

They also tend to plateau for months and you despair at the lack of progress, then over six weeks they come on in leaps and bounds in their learning and you can’t believe the speed of the change.

Please don’t stress. Far too much pressure is put on young children and their parents to meet subjective milestones.