Hi,
I need some advice or what to do next in this situation. DS (age 5) is in K. His fine motor skills seem average. As far as we know (and I've asked the teacher), there are no fine motor deficits. However, it takes him a very long time to color, especially booklets or worksheets where the pictures are tiny. K seems to have a lot of worksheets that have a lot of coloring. He also prefers to color very neatly, and that seems to slow him down too (especially on the tiny pictures).
If he does not finish coloring/completing his work, he loses out on playtime. He is very frustrated (and sad, too) because he says he does his best, but is yet not able to finish coloring in time to get playtime.
His teacher thinks that it is to do with his executive function (planning ahead to color quickly, ability to transition from crayons to pencils (on one worksheet, instead of coloring, he just shaded with a pencil), and says he is ADD. He also apparently moves very slowly when he has to get his lunchbag, pack up etc, without a real sense of urgency of time. He knows how to read an analog clock to the second, so his teacher finds his behavior very tiresome.
His writing (and handwriting) is pretty good, and he does not seem to have issues writing so much as coloring. It is definitely not as slow as coloring.
His reading and math skills seem really good. Like, he can do 1256-137 (or addition or multiplication (though not double digits) in his head (given a couple of minutes) and tell you the answer. He can read pretty much anything (even paragraphs of gibberish or nonsense words -- I would say, his reading comprehension is about end of 2nd/beginning of 3rd grade (based on his story recall/retell)
What worries me is the coloring stamina/being the last to finish. He says he does not want to do "scribble scrabble" and takes his time to color. Yet, he cannot seem to relate/comprehend that if he speeds up coloring (at the expense of neatness), he will get some play time. I did suggest it to him, but, in the moment (of doing the worksheet), coloring correctly seems more important to him.
We will be evaluating him for ADD (based on his teacher's feedback), but I went back and looked at the worksheets for each day, and days he does not get playtime, there is a ton of coloring involved.
Is there such a thing as coloring stamina (for K) and perhaps, writing stamina for the older grades ?
