Strange enough I've just been having this conversation with his teacher today because on the way to school I got met with "you know mum after 3 terms of school I'm still really lonely and have no-one to play with". His teacher agreed that the kids are quite tight with their groups and their are a few of them struggling to fit in. On further reflection she felt that things would probably improve as the others forget the age difference and he gets stronger and more able to hold his own on the sports field! If only... His problems with gross motor skills don't help or the fact that he has a teacher aide to watch over him during
recess break (look at me getting all US with my terminology
)
The other interesting thing on exposure to older ideas is that the other kids are dictating what he can/can't read because "he is too young" - there is a group of boys who are seriously into the Beast Quest books but won't include him even though he has taken his own books in to show he is able to read them. I tried to explain to him that it was his choice and not for them to decide and that led to the conversation about why he was a year ahead anyway! At the end of which he pondered then piped up with - "I think those boys might just be jealous". Nuff said...
