I try really hard to tell myself that every child is different and they each learn things at their own paces. But I have a part time dcb, who will be 4 next week; who cannot answer questions well at all. Is this normal for this age?
For instance; here is a sample of some of our conversations:
Me (after talking about what "thankful" means): "DCB, what are you thankful for?"
DCB: "A B C D E F G..."
Me: "That's great! You know your ABC's! Now, what things do you really really like?"
DCB: "1 2 3 4 5 6..."
Me: "Hmmm. Do you like your toys?"
DCB: "yes"
Me: "Ok, when you like something, like your toys; that means that you are thankful that you have it! What else are you thankful for?"
DCB: "H"
Here's another one...
DCB: "I played pacman and he died."
Me: "Oh, you played Pacman?"
DCB: "yes"
Me: "Where did you get to play Pacman?"
DCB: "I played Pacman... and he died."
Me: "Oh, yes. Pacman is a hard game. Where did you play Pacman? At home?"
DCB: "He died."
Or today... someone made a BIG poopy in the toilet and used lots of toilet paper to clean up! The toilet didn't overflow right away; but when DCB tried to use it and he flushed... it overflowed. He ran out of the bathroom yelling "I"M SCARED! I'm scared! Oh... I'm scared!" I asked him what was scaring him. He just kept saying the same thing... I'm scared. I'm scared. I then went into the bathroom to see what was wrong, and there was water all over the floor. He didn't know how to tell me that the toilet had overflowed. I understand not knowing how to put those words together; especially since it had probably never happened to him before. But I would at least expect something like "There is water coming out of the toilet!" or "There is water on the floor!" or maybe just plain "WATER!". Nope. Nothing like that.
He talks well in conversation, has good vocabulary. He interacts well with others. It's really just his way of answering questions that seems so odd to me for a 4 yr old. What are your thoughts?
For instance; here is a sample of some of our conversations:
Me (after talking about what "thankful" means): "DCB, what are you thankful for?"
DCB: "A B C D E F G..."
Me: "That's great! You know your ABC's! Now, what things do you really really like?"
DCB: "1 2 3 4 5 6..."
Me: "Hmmm. Do you like your toys?"
DCB: "yes"
Me: "Ok, when you like something, like your toys; that means that you are thankful that you have it! What else are you thankful for?"
DCB: "H"
Here's another one...
DCB: "I played pacman and he died."
Me: "Oh, you played Pacman?"
DCB: "yes"
Me: "Where did you get to play Pacman?"
DCB: "I played Pacman... and he died."
Me: "Oh, yes. Pacman is a hard game. Where did you play Pacman? At home?"
DCB: "He died."
Or today... someone made a BIG poopy in the toilet and used lots of toilet paper to clean up! The toilet didn't overflow right away; but when DCB tried to use it and he flushed... it overflowed. He ran out of the bathroom yelling "I"M SCARED! I'm scared! Oh... I'm scared!" I asked him what was scaring him. He just kept saying the same thing... I'm scared. I'm scared. I then went into the bathroom to see what was wrong, and there was water all over the floor. He didn't know how to tell me that the toilet had overflowed. I understand not knowing how to put those words together; especially since it had probably never happened to him before. But I would at least expect something like "There is water coming out of the toilet!" or "There is water on the floor!" or maybe just plain "WATER!". Nope. Nothing like that.
He talks well in conversation, has good vocabulary. He interacts well with others. It's really just his way of answering questions that seems so odd to me for a 4 yr old. What are your thoughts?
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