I'm getting worried! I know we sent DS4.5 to public special ed preschool to mainly work on his funky issues and to get help with social interaction he needed so much and I expected him not being challenged but I didn't expect him to actually REGRESS in what he knows and can do! 3 months ago he was doing addition and subtraction to 20 in his head in no time and now he says he doesn't know what 6 + 2 is without having to count it from 1??? When I tell him don't count it like that, just tell me what it equals to, I know you know it, he says "but my teacher says I have to start counting from one to see how much it is!". So I tell him, don't worry about counting, just tell me what 6 + 2 is and he says "but I don't know, I have to count it!" ... In the end I got the answer from him without counting fingers or anything else but I was mortified! He could easily do 6 + 2 when he turned 3!
I know he's not completely brained washed (yet) because he has a big interest in fractions at the moment but the fact that he's such a stickler to what the teacher says (I have to fight what the teacher says numerous times a day) gives me serious goosebumps! My husband still doesn't like the idea of me homeschooling the boys next year (K and preschool) but I don't see any other choice!
Any advice on how to avoid this? I am trying to not push his teacher much, she already has her hands full with kids with special needs and my son's allergies but I always thought that when she'd see what he knows, she'd challenge him more and not expect him to keep up (or more like keep DOWN) with the class! I did email her couple days ago that this is starting to worry me but she hasn't really responded to it. We'll have a parent conference in three weeks so I need to bring it up. But right now I just don't know what to do ... let it go and wait till it works itself out? Or not let him get away with it?
