Firstly, apologies that I have not been active on here for quite some time but I really would like some advice regarding my 5 year old DS. He is in Reception and tonight his teacher had a quick word regarding his speech and his motor skills. With regard to speech, I agreed that he should be referred for speech therapy as he does still struggle with certain sounds. He has received therapy in the past due to repeated ear infections and the subsequent hearing issues which ensued.
The second issue was a bit more worrying. She said his motor skills are not really developing as they should i.e. his writing is still huge and his pencil grip awkward. He is rather jerky sometimes in his movements and he finds it difficult to sit still even for short periods. These are things I had noticed and was a bit concerned about but now the teacher has also raised it, I am more worried.
The other thing I have noticed is that he does find it v. difficult to get blending of sounds. For eg. I can be sounding out a word, almost saying it, and he will come out with something random which sounds nothing like the word. I have half-jokingly said to my husband that I think he could be dyslexic but with the whole motor skills thing, I am wondering if there is something going on.
Would really appreciate hearing any advice/experience.