I often wonder why it seems (particularly at school) that children develop on an even slope, rather than in a stair step pattern. My younger dd is definitely a "stair step" child. I will say that in between the leaps can be a painful place for all involved.
That is her nature! I do teach her but not with flash cards and workbooks, but using functional situations. She loves to cook, she loves to care for the dog, she likes to order things so we use that as learning situations.
We have no idea what APGAR scores or anything else surrounding her birth or early life was, but she is sensory fragile and it seems like when she isolates her self with frequency, we are in for another huge jump in skill.
I think that is what miffs her teachers. One day she is at level 1 and a week later she is at level 10 (generally speaking). It is not because I have done "drill and kill" either. It's just the way she is.
just ramblings that help me comprehend my dd!
