I tried but he's all about "my teacher says ..." these days frown. He has PDD and is a big stickler to the rules so once someone gives him rules to follow, he truly believes that's how it should be done. I am excited he finally learned to sit down for 10 minutes and listen to a story and follow basic directions ... but all these school rules seem to be doing more damage than good. It's killing his math, it's also killing what he's known in language arts ...he now says he doesn't know half the letters because he hasn't learned them at school yet ... though I try to catch him off guard and get what he knows out of him anyways, but I have to seriously trick him to step out of his "I don't know this yet" mode.

I don't think he's worried about standing out. It's not in his nature and probably never will be. He has always been a show off (in a good way). I think he really believes he doesn't know these things because the other kids don't know them and he has been told he will learn them at school.

I have at least upped his computer time so he can play more on Starfall and ABCmouse, so hopefully he'll start showing more of what he knows again soon. I have always seen his biggest potential through watching him play video games of all kinds because he lets his guard down while playing them. I just wish school wasn't killing his imagination and ability so soon!

It took me 3 months of running around to even get him accepted into the preschool and now I'm really starting to regret it. ... not socially, but academically it's been pretty much a disaster.