I had a parents evening for my son this evening which was very positive. He's doing very well in everything other than writing.
He's in reception and is August born so four and a half. His teachers have explained that apparently boys hand muscles and control develops later than girls, and with him being the youngest in the class they'd expect his writing to be as it is, however we need to work on his hand strength as much as possible.
I've got a plan in place to try and squeeze more one and one time with him when his younger siblings go to bed and do some fun activities together one on one to build his hand strength (kneading, threading etc). But would I be unreasonable in asking for a follow up meeting in maybe 6-8 weeks time to see if there's any improvement or if there's anything else we need to work on. Or if there's no improvement whether we need to look at some more one to one stuff in school?
I know he's 4. But I also know the leap from reception to year one is a big one and I want him to feel capable and confidant.