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[quote=Anonymous]I think it’s reasonable to be concerned but also wouldn’t freak out. I’d talk to his preschool teacher first and ask her what she thinks or if she has concerned. I’d also take him to the pediatrician and get vision and hearing checked. They will do this at the 5 year check up but I would not wait because it’s a bit of a red flag.

Also, what kind of school is he at. Some schools emphasize acquisition of letters and numbers more in their PK curriculum than others. My kid did a Reggio Emilia program but it was attached to an elementary and therefore did more kindergarten readiness than many RE programs. They didn’t get into phonics but incorporated lots of counting and letter and sound recognition into games, stories, and routines. In a setting like that, I’d be worried that limited letter recognition was a sign of the child not being able to hear what was going on, or having trouble tracking it.

But I know some montessori programs that simply don’t do K readiness. They either assume parents will take it on, or they expect the child to continue in Montessori which has a different approach for reading and math than traditional schools.

So a key question is: how much exposure is he getting to letters and letter sounds?[/quote]

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