Any advice on DS3

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My DS is 3 and a half.
He was a late walker (nearly 2 when he finally walked unaided) and talker (probably 2.5, but words coming along well now).
He is bright (curious, alert etc) and interested in 'what he likes' such as dinosaurs, trucks, Lego etc.
He goes to pre school 3 days a week and they have started to say that he point blank refuses to do anything like drawing or anything with numbers.
At home he will sit down and Scribble or he will sometimes trace over something eg the outline of a letter or number (got him some wipe clean books etc). But only for about 5 minutes then he wants to get down and play.
He can count to 20 with a little bit of prompting, he knows the letters in his name.
He loves being read to so we do that daily.
Concerns were sparked off a bit last night when I found two unopened Xmas cards in his bag from pre school, both of them from kids on his class who had written their names, it looked like they had done this unaided.
He starts school in September.
Should he be writing his name, drawing pictures that look vaguely like the thing he's trying to draw, etc?
Any advice appreciated.

No he's fine. There's always a couple who are ahead in writing/reading but most three year old children can't.

Thanks for replying - that's reassuring. I worry about him I think probably because he was late to walk and talk.

The parents wrote them with their other hand. Don't stress. Work on fine motor skills like using tweezers to pick up dinosaurs etc instead

@Lifeinaonesie that's a fab idea!

I would've said it's unusual for a 3yo to write their name

At DD1 school nursery it was the norm for children to be able to write their name. Every day when they went in they had to practice writing their name. DD went to a school known her set 1 phonics and being able to read books with cvc words but couldn’t/wouldn’t draw. Yesterday she wrote two sentences. They learn quickly in school but there can be a big difference between September and Summer born children. Did you know you can defer entry for summer born children? I will be doing this with DD2.

For now I would make sure he can manage his own coat, jumper, independently go to the toilet, use a straw and cartoon, peel a satsuma and look up funky finger activities.

The thing is, he might be doing quite a lot there - I only know what he tells me really, it's so hard with covid to talk to the staff etc!

He can do his own coat and clothes, he goes to the loo by himself fine, we are working hard on shoes! Peeling satsumas is a great idea too.

We also have a younger DD and I really am seeing the differences - she is already more confident than him and she was an early walker and talker.

When I say he might be doing a lot.. they did say he tends to refuse - but I suppose I don't know if he is literally just playing dinosaurs all day or they occasionally get him joining in.

I had a panic when DD (4 in may) got a Christmas card where the child had done their name (copied on top of the letters a parent wrote) and I know some of the children in her nursery class are doing it but equally some aren’t and she isn’t showing any interest in it. I don’t want to force her as I don’t want to take the fun out of learning so I offer opportunities to do it and games with letters but I keep it fun