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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is ths world coming to? This thread makes me so sad for your children.

This is[b] totally within the range of normal.[/b] You have a long road ahead of you and this isn't even a blip. [/quote]

Based on what evidence?  Your opinion?

If the OP makes an appointment with a developmental pediatrician, her kid will be nearly 5 b/c they take a while to schedule.  There many studies that show that Kindergarten aged children struggling with phonemic or symbolic recognition will have reading/math problems down the line:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26525072
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17979867

Why are you on the SN forum if you have zero understanding of SN?[/quote]

Did you even read the articles you linked to?

1.  From the first study:  [i]Our findings underline the importance of [b]oral language skills [/b]for the development of both word-level literacy and reading comprehension[/i] 
2.  The second discusses the neuropsychological underpinnings of developmental dyscalculia.  It says nothing about numbers sense in a freakin 4 year old!

Why are you linking to research studies that do nothing to support your assertion?  OP's child isn't in kindergarten and even if it's determined in kindergarten that interventions are warranted, he would still be fine waiting until 1st grade for them.  I'm usually one of the first to tout EI - my youngest was first evaluated by them at 15 months.  Two of my kids have participated in multiple NIH research studies - some of the longitudinal.  It's just not reasonable to run for an assessment based on a preschool 'teacher' stating a 4 year old doesn't know all his letters.

OP, have you seen Maryland's guide to Kindergarten readiness? http://mdk12.msde.maryland.gov/instruction/mmsrexemplars/pdf/exemplarskindergarten_fall.pdf 
The vast majority of expectations are related to oral abilities and behavioral skills.  Very little deals with kids knowing letters and even then, it's only in the context of knowing the sounds/letters in their name.

Save your money until such time as your it's developmentally appropriate for you child to know these things and he does not.  [/quote]

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