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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the only issue is that he recognizes MOST letters but not ALL letters and occasionally gets one wrong, this is insane. Of course that is completely normal.[/quote]

OP here. He recognizes half the letters and numbers 1-5.  Sometimes we'll review a set of numbers or letters and I'll go back to one and he'll get it wrong even though he got it right the first time.  Another example, we stayed at a hotel for a week and he was in charge of pressing the button for our floor each time we got in.  Sometimes he would get it and other times, even at the end of the week, he would say, which one is 5?  It was hard to believe after repeating the same number multiple times a day that it still didn't click.

In addition, the teacher states that he is looking all around when she tries to get him to focus and that she thinks something is not clicking when they go over a concept, set of letters, counting, etc - this is a Montessori classroom.  His vocabulary is great when it comes to expressing himself or conversations.  He is also really good at puzzles, using scissors, following instructions, etc.[/quote]

When are the teachers evaluating him, that he's looking all over the place? My kid is sometimes taken from playing with friends in a certain classroom center and was getting anxious that he'd lose his place at that center so he'd get all anxious and totally not pay attention to the evaluation at hand. Gave the teachers all sorts of wrong responses or "I don't know" in hopes he'd get back to playing!

My son is turning 5 in May and only now seems to have really solidified letter recognition. It was often just random before what he'd recognize. At some point he started counting everything under the sun, and is starting to recognize numbers 1-10 now - bigger isn't happening yet. So - I wouldn't worry too much yet but keep an eye on it! If your kid is doing other things that are at an appropriate level, they may be fine. [/quote]

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