He is still highly verbal but there is no directing him to academics. !
Why do you want to direct him to academics at 4? Is there any reason you think he should be doing worksheets at this age?
We never had any workbooks or academic type work in my house. My kids played and learned a great deal from playing. There were academic type materials around (Leappads, books, puzzles), but whether the kids used them or not was their choice. They seemed to learn a ridiculous amount that way but it was all fun and in the interest of discovery rather than something they were supposed to do.
Oh it's not that I want to. It's more about what some others with kids his age are doing locally and making sure I'm not doing him a disservice by not presenting more formal cirriculm. There are some families in our neighborhood that push formal learning starting age 3 or so. I think some of it is cultural and I guess I'm feeling like I should be keeping up (they do lots of rote memorization.) It seems so important in our local elementary that kids have high achievement coming into school for GT services. Seems the families that push this stuff do so because they say their kids are "cognitively ready" even though in most cases the kids have no interest in doing so just yet.
It helps to see these comments because I think I am reassured that he's gonna be ok without this stuff. My preference is to spend time reading to him, taking trips to the museums, parks, doing legos, etc.
