Almost three years old.

[Gracey]

My nephew; who I don't see that often but am kept up to date with his progress can name correctly numbers out of sequence up to 30.

Can look at the motorbike racing on the t.v and when asked will name the bike and the rider correctly.

Can answer correctly when the different moons are pointed to on a big chart of the solar system. (Randomly indicated, no patterns)
He can name shapes correctly beyond square or circle, Rhombus, pentagon, octagon.

Gets upset (angry) when making a pretend cup of tea at his playgroup and another child comes along and takes away the cup or the tea pot.
Chats to himself but doesn't initiate or continue conversation with me or grandparents.

I take him to a local playground where we have to cross a road first. I say "Lets cross over, mind the cars"
He'll say " Cars, red car, blue car... " and continue to name the colours of the cars parked along the street. ( he didn't know burgundy, called it red)

We arrive at the playground and he finds a smooth pebble, picks it up and carries it whilst he looks around and at the play equipment rather than jumping on and investigating how it works and what he can do with it.

He's three years old next month. I think I already have a pretty good idea of what's going on with him but what I wanted to ask is this;

Being so young and still learning would more gentle social activities be beneficial for him to observe and learn how other children act?, play together?,
OR,
just let him carry on as he is? (Research may have shown somewhere that it will do more harm than good?)
Thanks for your time.

 

[Streetwise]

My nephew; who I don't see that often but am kept up to date with his progress can name correctly numbers out of sequence up to 30.

Can look at the motorbike racing on the t.v and when asked will name the bike and the rider correctly.

Can answer correctly when the different moons are pointed to on a big chart of the solar system. (Randomly indicated, no patterns)
He can name shapes correctly beyond square or circle, Rhombus, pentagon, octagon.

Gets upset (angry) when making a pretend cup of tea at his playgroup and another child comes along and takes away the cup or the tea pot.
Chats to himself but doesn't initiate or continue conversation with me or grandparents.

I take him to a local playground where we have to cross a road first. I say "Lets cross over, mind the cars"
He'll say " Cars, red car, blue car... " and continue to name the colours of the cars parked along the street. ( he didn't know burgundy, called it red)

We arrive at the playground and he finds a smooth pebble, picks it up and carries it whilst he looks around and at the play equipment rather than jumping on and investigating how it works and what he can do with it.

He's three years old next month. I think I already have a pretty good idea of what's going on with him but what I wanted to ask is this;

Being so young and still learning would more gentle social activities be beneficial for him to observe and learn how other children act?, play together?,
OR,
just let him carry on as he is? (Research may have shown somewhere that it will do more harm than good?)
Thanks for your time.

I think it's more what do you every day he would Think it would be normal it's just gradual repetition he is experiencing everybody being sedentary to high physical activity it's a shock he needs to adapt and make the neuronal connections that will do that he needs to learn about death and that he can't rely on a certain set of people that's why you need to experience a variety of different social situations

 

[Alaska]

I am a big fan of the Montessori teaching method, which places strong emphasis on helping children to be independent and enjoy learning. It also trains them to teach themselves. It can be hard to find somewhere to learn this. If you cannot, then do your best to encourage the same things.

If your son enjoys learning and has some of his natural talents and gifts working well, he is bound to be better off in the future. Whatever you can do to help him learn some social skills will also benefit him a lot.

People on the Autism Spectrum mostly do better with hands on than with simply watching it done. Keeping this in mind, will help you teach him more easily.

You sound like a loving mother who is committed to doing your best to help your son. I hope that works out for both of you.

 

[Gracey]

Thank you
Much appreciated.