What does your 5 year old do?

[eastkygal]

I am having some issues with DD1.  We homeschool, and I am suspecting dyscalculia, but I hate labels.  I'm wondering what is up.  It would be really helpful to me if you would check off all that apply to your 5 year old and their development at this time.  I don't want to overreact.  I need to know if I should just pull back, or if she needs extra help.

[contactmaya]

Hi, my 5yo ds doesnt do the first three on your list. Im not sure if he is incapable, or just unwilling. His 2yo brother is more interested in dressing himself and wiping himself. Im not worried about it.

[Alyantavid]

Mine's only 4.5 but he does all of those except wipe himself and identifying the days of the week.  He knows the days and what order they go in, but I've honestly never tried to see if he'd recognize them written out.  He has no interest in wiping his own butt so that's something we've got to work on in the next few months.

And he does zip but has trouble with some buttons.

[lyterae]

DD is almost 5 and she can do all of things on your list except being able to identify written days of the week.  

[beebalmmama]

Ds 5.5 can do all those things except identify written days of the week. However he only has recently decided to wipe himself, I think he could have before but didn't want to. Yes he can follow verbal sequence of directions, but if more than one thing at a time he needs constant reminders. I know he can do this too but whether he's actually listening/paying attention long enough is the question.

[sharon71]

Dd is 5yrs 5mths and can do all those things except the written days of the week. we are currently working on the days of the week.

[KCMichigan]

DDs are 5 and they can do all those things but one DD does not wipe post potty (she is not potty trained due to an intestinal disorder).

[Daffodil]

DS turned 5 a little over a month ago.  He's sort of borderline on a lot of those skills, so it was hard to decide which ones to check.  He can dress himself, but if he tries to put his socks on they don't come out straight, and he sometimes asks for help pulling his pants up.  He can button, but slowly and might not always want to take the time to do it.  He gets the basic idea of zipping, but usually can't start the zipper.  (But he doesn't have many shirts with buttons, and his coats all seem to have sort of tricky zippers.)  He wipes after #2, but I still check afterwards and often have to do some followup wiping.  He recently learned to make paper snowflakes, so I know he can fold paper at least roughly in half.  He has no problem following directions or identifying numbers 1-10 (though I think he still might sometimes confuse 6 and 9.)  He's learning to read a lot of bigger numbers also, like the ones on speed limit signs or a digital clock.  I don't think he's ever had the chance to try reading days of the week, but I think he could figure them out.  I wouldn't be surprised if he had trouble distinguishing between Tuesday and Thursday at first.  He has some dates memorized, like his birthday and his sister's (but not including the year), and I think he knows our phone number.

[Llyra]

My DD1 at five did all those things, except buttons. I think she technically was able to do buttons, but her confidence wasn't up yet, so she didn't want to try.

She didn't always follow verbal sequences of directions-- but it was a behavioral thing, but inability. She was big on deliberately blowing me off!

I'm not sure DD1 was a typical example of a child her age, though; by that age, she was a fluent reader, which puts her in a minority.

[madskye]

DD does all of those things, when she feels like it.  Sometimes I dress her, because I am faster, but she can do it herself and when she's playing dress-up the clothes come off and on at lightning speed. 

[major_mama11]

DD can do all those things except for the days of the week one- we're not even close to that one. She does still ask for help sometimes with buttoning her jeans or the top button of her shirt. She still asked for help wiping sometimes until a few months ago.

When she is tired and cranky she does still want me to help dress her, but usually does okay doing it herself.

[isabchi]

I don't know is girl thing, but DD is been dresses herself for long time,since 3+ yo or something. Any way, She doesn't let me to choose her clothing either. She's reading in 1er to 2do. grade level in English and a little bit in Spanish. Although, she is not much into writing. She ask me to spell some words for her. We're also homeschooling her, actually more like unschooling. I want to add that I was doing as a kid at 5 yo all that stuff and I'm  still dealing with dyscalculia.  In general terms, as an adult I didn't see any advantage to do thinks early. I don't see any different with people as the same age as me, that do things  early or late in their childhood.  Just my to cents. 

[LynnS6]

At 5, ds (who has some fine motor delays) could: dress himself, but not button or zip, follow a simple set of directions, recognize the numbers 1-10 (and beyond -- if there was a bus line with that number, he could recognize it!), and repeat phrases. I don't know if he could visually recognize the written days of the week. He could not fold a piece of paper in half (still can't!), and couldn't button or zip.

Dd could do all of it. She was an early reader and has excellent fine motor skills.

I know you aren't looking for a label, but I have found that the label we got for ds (Sensory Processing Disorder + Dyspraxia) helped ME parent him better. I don't get so frustrated when he 'won't' do something because I realize that he CAN'T sometimes.

[kittywitty]

Well, mine just turned 6, but at age 5 she could do all of those except identifying days of the week (written). Sometimes a diagnosis can help. My ds had similar issues but after getting an evaluation with an OT his self-esteem and independence went up drastically.

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Originally Posted by lyterae 

DD is almost 5 and she can do all of things on your list except being able to identify written days of the week.  

Mine is grown now, but at age five, I am not sure she could have done this.   She probably could have taken a good guess, and she did calender every day, so maaaybe.  But, I don't think she could have.  

She also wasn't really good at wiping her own bottom.  She was proficient at yelling "I'm Do-ne!" though.

[Cascadian]

My DD is 5 yrs 2mos and can do all of the above. She was an early reader though (visual learner; her older sister was not) so the days of the week thing is more of a visual ability. I think that she also became independent by copying her older sister.

[pianojazzgirl]

At 5 my dd could do everything on that list. 

[bobandjess99]

DD can't identify written days of the week, and is 6.  She wipes after going potty, but not *well*.  She can just now identify her numbers 1- 10, but will still call 8 "2 circles on top of each other"

[chaimom]

My dd turned 5 a couple of weeks ago and can do all the things on the list.  But she likes my help dressing when we're in a hurry.  She can do it, but thinks it's easier if I help.  I have twin boys who are 8 and they willingly dressed themselves at age 3, but she thinks it's too much of a bother. :)

[kgianforti]

My 4.5 year old does everything on the list except wipe after going #2...I don't let her do that yet. She wipes herself after #1 but I'm not *ready* to let her wipe #2 by herself yet!!