I was just thinking about how hard it is on our kids when they aren't old enough to do things that they are able to do. So many things are based on age it is quite annoying.
We had "arithmetickles" come to DS5's school for a night program recently. I thought this was right up his alley since he LOVES math and could get up on the stage, etc. So they start the program and ask for 5th grade volunteers. They do this number game type thing and DS is intrigued but wants to join in. He of course can't get up there (at one point however he yells out the answer to a 5th grader that was stumped). So they go down by grade and by the time they get to first grade DS raises his hand and gets to go on stage. He is excited to do some math and then realizes that his job is to stand there and hold something. I guess that is all first graders can do. It just made me sad for him. There are so many things like that. Books that are at the older kids libraries that we have to have sent to his school library, chess club, math club, spelling bees that he is not old enough to participate in. We have found some things that he can, but it still frustrates me at times. Anyone else have children that struggle with this and get frustrated? It is hard to explain to them why they can't do things.
