£rd baby but I can't remember

[FabulousBakerGirl]

He is 3.11 and if he sees 17 he will think it is 71. He often gets numbers back to front. 15 is 51 for example. Is this normal at this age?

Also, he can read his full name but when we did an alphabet jigsaw the other day I was telling him what came next and he couldn't recognise the letters.

DD was reading reception keys words from 2 1/2 so I know she was advanced but is he a little behind? Not fussed if he is, he has had a few problems so just want to be aware.

TIA.

I think he sounds normal.

He most likely can't read his full name but recognises that pattern as being FabulousBakerBoy in the same way he recognises the shape of an elephant as being an elephant. DD (3.4) thinks her name is represented by the letter S - every time she sees an S she says "there's my name!". It's not unlikely that he can't recognise the individual letter shapes yet. I would imagine if you spent some time with the jigsaw recognising letter shapes he'll get the hang of it.

It is interesting that he knmows his name has 2 Ks in it (one in first name, the other in his surname). I hadn't even registered that!

Totally normal - every child does things at different ages.

I just did a test on him.

I wrote down Luck - not dissimilar to his name. He saw it and spelt out his name. I told him what it actually said and he went off to play with his iron!!

I was asking really as I am a bad mother who doesn't do much educational stuff with them.. I just think they are so young and school comes soon enough.

The only educational thing I've ever done with mine is to ensure they can write their name before they start the nursery at school. I only do that because it's a useful thing for them to be able to do. Everything else I leave to those who know what they're doing.

We do occasionally do letter spotting, spelling out names from the letters on their doors or looking at something like the Cbeebies magazine that has activities in it but nothing else. It's not necessary.

(It's not necessary and it makes me want to gouge my own eyes out with a spoon because it's such a painful activity Jigsaws also fall into this category)

He has just started getting into jigsaws and I am pleased about that.

I did loads of Bob the Builder ones on my own last week. I was checking to see how many pieces were missing and the total as 5.