Supporting with uneven skills and development

[TheFloatingLotus]

Hi there,

We’ve recently had a parents evening where the teacher suggested supporting our year 2 son with a G&T plan - we’ve always known he has a flare for maths & now school is back properly they’ve picked up on it too. Remote learning was pretty much non existent for us so this is our first real conversation with the school about all this.

My question is around balancing support with this with his other skills really as he is just so uneven - for instance, I’d guess his speech is relatively advanced but he flippin hates reading and doesn’t have great fine motor skills. He very much lives in his brain (if that makes sense?). When we do do homework, we prefer to help him with the things he struggles with, and I know that’s what the school wld prefer too, but I feel like he misses out in getting to ‘show off’ a bit and feel good about his crazy maths skills. I guess this might shift a bit now school are going to challenge him more but I think he’s been feeling a bit bored and under appreciated at school lately and I don’t want that to be the case at home as well.

Can I ask if anyone else has kids that are really unbalanced like this? Where do you focus your support at home?

[languagelover96]

I was fine cognitively but my physical disability was obvious. I used to have physical therapy sessions during school hours. At home we concentrated on walking as much as possible. My small or fine motor skills were fine but my gross or big motor skills were not if that makes sense. My oral motor skills were fine too. I recommend making notes about his strengths and weaknesses in prep for this meeting so you do not omit stuff. Include the homework issues as well, they can and should be able to help you with that.

[TheFloatingLotus]

Thanks for your note - he is getting support for the things he struggles with already - and our recent meeting was to discuss his advanced maths and how to stretch him more on that since he’s way ahead of his year group but just in maths. I’ve actually read a bit more since posting and feel a bit more clear about how to go forward now. Sorry if my post wasn’t clear