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2.3 yr old meant to know his name when its written down?!?!?!

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faeriemum · 15/06/2006 19:03

he's meant to know this for when he starts preschool in september.......have i been holding him back or something...i've not been writing letters with him!!!!!!!!

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Twiglett · 15/06/2006 19:04

he's meant to know by the END of Nursery year .. not before

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faeriemum · 15/06/2006 19:05

he's got to pick his name off of the board everytime he goes in apparently

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Greensleeves · 15/06/2006 19:06

What age will he be when he starts? 2.3 sounds a bit young for preschool!

WigWamBam · 15/06/2006 19:06

They will help him. He doesn't need to be able to read it yet - picking his name from the board is a way to help him learn to recognise it.

Twiglett · 15/06/2006 19:07

that's recognising shapes ... I would bet that a lot of the children won't be able to .. but will be taught

they'll probably take a photo of him to go with the name .. if not they'll be repeating all the time .. this is yoru name till he gets it

if you want to just write it down now and every so often show him and point out that's your name

he'll be fine

FrannyandZooey · 15/06/2006 19:07

He'll soon get the hang of it - quicker than oyu think, and they will help him find it till then faeriemum, it isn't like a test he has to pass before he's allowed in!

Children this age recognise their name by the shape of it, not the individual letters. They don't need to know the names of the letters at all, but can recognise words by the outline 'shape. It's a pre-reading skill.

Don't worry!

MerlinsBeard · 15/06/2006 19:07

when ds1 started playschool at 2.5 he wasn't expected to know. They do it with them, purely for recognition.

Preschool where i am is the year b4 reception

Miaou · 15/06/2006 19:08

That's a tad ambitious I think! Surely they will put a wee symbol on the card to help them pick out their name.

Also very confusing for the kids if there is a James and a Jamie, for example... I would check this out faeriemum.

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faeriemum · 15/06/2006 19:09

yes he'll be 2.5 when he starts...preschool is the year before nursery....for 2 days a week........thanks MN'ers' ...i'll make a card with his name on and keep showing him over the the summer holidays

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faeriemum · 15/06/2006 19:10

he wont get his name confused with anyone elses believe me! lol

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Greensleeves · 15/06/2006 19:11

where I live "nursery school" starts at 3, 5 mornings a week - they won't take them until they are 3, and it's not formal teaching, it's "learning through play" with some carpet time. Then they get a reception place depending on when their birthday is - I've been told ds1 can't go until 3 weeks before his 5th birthday, because he was born at the end of September - is this normal?

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faeriemum · 15/06/2006 19:12

yes thats normal...he'll be the oldest in his class.....my brother was the youngest as his bday is the last day in august

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Greensleeves · 15/06/2006 19:14

Yes, his brother is 23 months younger and was born 19th August... they are two years apart in age but will be 1 year apart at school. I am pretty fed up about it really but apparently here in Devon the rule is very inflexible - no putting children up a year.

Twiglett · 15/06/2006 19:15

yes... ours won't take till they're 3.5 ... count yourself lucky

my 2 year old is desperate to go already

FrannyandZooey · 15/06/2006 20:17

Greeny, there is a lot of debate about whether it is advantageous to be sending children when they are so young anyway. The norm in a lot of European countries is no school before age 7. I wouldn't worry a bit about them not starting formal education till they are older -I'd welcome it.

Flum · 15/06/2006 20:21

They do this at my dd's day care nursery. She is nearly 2 and half. She sometimes gets it right and sometimes not.

PrettyCandles · 15/06/2006 20:24

Not meaning to sound boastful, but ds could recognise his name (in caps) by the time he started nursery aged 2y. We'd played about a bit with the alphabet, taught him the ABC song, and looked for words begining or ending with the same sound and so on, but the real reason he knew his name was because my mum had embroidered it on a face-cloth for him.

That's hardly formal education!

FrayedKnot · 15/06/2006 20:27

DS is 2.3 and he would have no idea!

He only has 4 letters in his name but afaik has no idea what any letters are, really (despite having a set of foam letters for the bath where we pick out M for Mummy etc, and at nursery doing a letter for their topic each month).

I'm sure they will help your DS until he gets it.

nicnack2 · 15/06/2006 20:31

at DS playgroup and he was 2.5 when he started. they have their name on a card with an animal to help them recognise their name.

trinityrhino · 15/06/2006 20:33

yeah, they pick their name out and put it on the board or something similar

BUT I always saw every child being helped with this when they started at nursery at 3yrs old

I think the reason they do it is to help them start to learn to recognise their name

I don't think he is supposed to know at all

Greensleeves · 15/06/2006 20:35

Am partially in agreement with you, Franny - but my problem isn't the age they start, it's the fact that my boys are going to be unfairly juxtaposed all the way through school, one year apart at school when they are two years apart in age, almost exactly. Ds1 is already bored with the stuff they do at nursery school, they won' do any real reading or sums with him (I am not pushy, but he is! I have no intention of holding him back at home just to oblige lazy teachers who want all the kids to start knowing nothing ) and I can see it causing problems both in our family and at school.

trinityrhino · 15/06/2006 20:35

oh nd there was a different animal or flower or similar nice symbol on every child's card for them to recognise at first and then begin to learn how their name looked

Don't worry about it, he'll be fine

Mercy · 15/06/2006 20:35

Greensleeves, sounds normal to me - sorry!

Faerimum, as others have said, dd only started learning to do this at nursery school, ie, when they are at least 3+. Took her months!

FrannyandZooey · 15/06/2006 20:39

"I have no intention of holding him back at home just to oblige lazy teachers who want all the kids to start knowing nothing"

Erm I am quite anti the education system in this country Greeny but even I can see that that statement is quite inflammatory

PrettyCandles · 15/06/2006 20:41

Greensleeves, I agree that it's unfair on the late summer babies to have to start school effectively a year earlier than some of their classmates. In some areas they don't start until the summer term o Reception, which is less stressful for them, but then they have a lot of catching up to do in Y1. While our education system is so rigid, there's not much we can do about it - other than the fact that by law a child does not have to be in full time education until a certain period after their 5th birthday (is it the term after, or the January after?). But if you choose to exercise that irght, then you effectively hold the child back unless you home ed them.

OTOH, if your older child is desperate for more stimulation, there's no reason why you shouldn't teach him reading and arithmetic etc at home.

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