kenny1111:
Good afternoon everyone,

please I need advice from all parents and Educators and parents on Nairanland. today I just realized my 3years old son cant even read Letters A to F talk less of A to Z but can read Figure 1 to 10, I am seriously worried.

I don't stay at home except for weekends as I am working outside my state, but due to the curfew I find my way back home yesterday so I was able to discover this problem in the early hours of today.

I know the mother is trying cos I have seen different live videos where she was teaching him and working on his assignment, most times I pity the boy so much because of the beating from his mum alone makes me sick but I can't really complain since I know is for his own good and I know how stressful it is for a mother with 2 kids to manage her time and all that....

I called his teacher immediately and she told me my son will be going to Nursery class when the present term is over due to his age, sadly she didn't say things I expect to hear from her so I told her I will visit the school once the curfew is over, I need explanation, is private school that bad these days ? my son can't even write 2 and 3

I have bought Video CD, bought many play book materials containing letters and figures displayed boldly, I bought counting and so on when he was 2 years so i expect a better result by now.

pls sir and ma, I need help on how to guide this boy to learn better, what should I do and how should I go about it.

Note: any time I am home, I always go through his books, assignments and read his school rhymes for him.

pls Help

concerned Daddy

Kissup:
Kids are like that. Buy him a board and start teaching him everyday.he will learn gradually

Uyi168:
At 3,the little boy should be able to at least read from A - Z, even if he didn't get the letters correctly.
The teacher and the school needs questioning.

Na big big money all these mushroom private school sabi charge..

grandstar:


I know a boy who read an entire chapter in the Bible just before he turned 4 as an assignment in my congregation from the platform and he did it brilliantly.

Kids develop differently. Also, he may have a learning disability. They shouldn't be too hard on him lest he becomes painfully shy and inadequate when he grows up (Collosian 3:21)

chris51:
At only 3? The poor child is too young to read alphabets. Do you want him to go to the University at 7?

Please take it easy, let the poor child enjoy his life

Chiebunigom1:
@Op, in addition to what others had posted.
My second son at three couldn't write the normal A B C's but had a firm grip of the pencil. He wasn't a talker at that age. His teacher even told me my son needed spiritual help and you needed to see how I told her off.

I had to withdraw all my kids from the school.
Today he is 8 years, and had been taking overall first position in his set since he was 5 years. He is now in primary 3.
So my dear, calm down for that child, make learning fun and not tasking for him.
Some children like my son and yours are late bloomers.
You would come back later to give testimonies.