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Reception Summer born boy, not able to answer questions

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Summer90210 · 22/03/2022 15:55

My summer born boy is doing well with phonics, maths and reading in Reception however his school has said that he says 'i don't know' frequently to a lot of quite simple questions and is not able to go into a lot of depth in his responses as the other children are. At home, I do also get the same 'idk' answer when he clearly does know! But there are times when I have seen him hold long and detailed conversations (for a Reception child!) with me and ppl he is familiar with. Seems to be something holding him back or something going on at other times. Any advice or idea of how I can help come out of his shell more with his verbal interaction?

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Birdkin · 22/03/2022 16:08

Does he worry about getting things wrong? I often see this in children who hate making mistakes.

Strategies for that- lots of praise, giving him a choice of answers to take the pressure off.

It could also be a speech and language or processing issue. He might need more time to think about his answer or need the question repeating/rephrasing.

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