[Momma Aimee]

ok we are not offically HS yet, but we are gearing up to ...

I know Theodore is YOUNG .. but he seems to be "getting" some things at a rapid fire rate .. other things, uhhh not at all.

So While I assume he is normal .. I wonder when theing level off (quote).

By 6 or 7 will he be more "level" and his ablies be more even? Or are most kids really super good / easy at one thing and struggling at another -- for always? I know we are all better / wrose at some things (reading vs Math for me) but -- still it is not as striking a differnce as i see in Theo's ablities right now.

So you 1st or 2nd or 3rd grader -- are they all some what "grade level" so are they all over the board?

AImee

 

[chfriend]

Completely and totally normal. My 8 year old is preschool to grade one on some things and late high school on others. The great joy of homeschooling for us is that there are no "grade levels." We feed them as they get hungry!

 

[moominmamma]

My 6yo is very asynchronous. I think that kids are able to soar in areas where they're passionate and capable much more easily when they're not subjected to the homogenizing effect of school's age-grade levels. The asynchronicity becomes less of an "issue", and less apparent, as kids get older, because by age 8 or 10 almost all kids have basic literacy and numeracy skills. But it's still there in my older kids. My 12yo doesn't have a cursive handwriting, but programs computers at an advanced level. My 10yo has big gaps in North American history, but is working through an AP biology textbook.

Miranda

 

[Momma Aimee]

thanks'

that is a good point about once they have basic matha nd reading the diffedrences being less obvious

AImee

 

[mama_mojo]

One more "type"

My kids often "regress" with something before a big surge forward. So, today, they might be confused about which sign goes with which operation, and then next month, when we revisit it, they'll be doing all those things fluidly, but suddenly be writing all their letters backwards again.

 

[Momma Aimee]

intresting, almost like walking, talking and other milstones causing a "stumble" elsewhere.

Aimee

 

[cappuccinosmom]

Kids have different abilities and interests. IMO, it's normal for them to be "all over the board", and institutional school holds them back in the areas they excel in order to make it all "even". I know my 6 yo wouldn't be in second grade math in regular school. He'd be in "enrichment" courses waiting for his peers to catch up.

: And while he's brilliant with math and science, he has *no* interest in creative writing at all, and thus comes out "behind" because he hates it and dashes something off so he can be "done" and move on to something more interesting.

 

[mom2ponygirl]

Yep, when dd was 6 or 7 her abilities were all over the map. Now, at 10, she still has areas of strength and weaknesses but she seems overall to be more even. However, I would not be suprised if that changes again as she tends to develop in a series of plateaus and leaps. How even she seems is just dependent on the timing!

 

[mommy68]

My youngest is 6, almost 7. She is finally at this point (I think) pretty much at 1st grade level for math as compared to what she would be in a school outside the home. She is at 2nd grade level in almost every thing else, especially reading and lang arts. I worry about her math though because she can't stand to do math and fights me on it.

 

[4evermom]

7 1/2 yo ds is all over the place. The science he is interested in is about 5th grade level. But he can hardly write his name. He's almost reading. Because he is a visual spatial learner, he's more of a sight reader and he understands many words in context but hasn't quite gotten to the point where he can read anything he picks up. He also has perfectionist tendencies and will ask what something says if he isn't pretty sure he knows. He understands math concepts but has trouble with simple arithmetic. Like someone else said, I think it will be easier (or less obvious) once he is reading and writing well.

 

[Momma Aimee]

thanks everyone.

Aimee