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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is 7. He never did ABA because it is not a good fit for him. Even ABA manager said out loud that there was no kid could match his social level at age 3 at their facility. I think I could cancel his private speech therapies anytime now because his speech is almost awesome. He talks a lot, communicate well, and he has friends at school. He is academically gifted that many things are too easy to him. I think his strength is logical thinking, math, learning fast ( if he is interested). He can talk to anyone and be dropped off at anywhere like camps/classes/parties/play dates.

The only signs one could tell he is on spectrum is sometimes he is inflexible, cannot understand subtle social cues, emotional and not attentive to other people emotion/environment. He is also behind on skills of taking care of himself and team sportsmanship, but he is making progress. I would love to nurture his strengths/interests ( chess, all kinds of broad game/card game, math and video games), but I am not sure if those are the things that I want to concentrate working on at age 7. [/quote]

Don't think of it as, is chess or board games good activities for 7 year olds. Rather, is 7 a good age to nurture my child's strengths and help him find his passions? And the answer to that is always yes. So get him into a chess club or regular board game night or math problem solving group (not Kumon or anything focusing on acceleration, but something where he can explore math concepts in a fun and social setting). He will do best at all the challenges you mention if he's practicing somewhere he is focused on strengths and with other kids who love the same things.[/quote]

Pp here. He was into these chess, math and board games since age 4/5. I still can't find kids of his current age sharing similar interests and passions. It has been us parents playing with him once in a while, and he sometimes plays on chess.com online. He is quite good for his age at those things because he loves it. I have seen him watching video clips for chess strategies, complicated math problems like 4th/5th grade, detective role play games etc online, and I just let him explore on his own.

I have thought of maybe letting him join online math competition, but I am not sure if I want to do that. He hates to lose even though he loves challenges and competitions. His afterschool chess club happen to crush with his other schedules, so he cannot sign up. Good thing that he loves playground and plays silly games/tells silly jokes/play video games, and these are some of the most common things 7 year old kid loves to do. [/quote]

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