Re: Does anyone elses kids do this?

[Guest guest]

My son , (3 1/2 as) has big obsessions with most kinds

of 'mechanical' items.

So far these have included fans, plug sockets, light switches,

plumbing, toilets, cars - mainly the interior switches, electricity

and sewerage plants.

He can literally talk about electricity or sewerage for a good 45mins

at a time !!! quite something for one so young.

He sat and watched a full hour documentary the other day about some

people building hot air balloons and asked his dad if they could go

and build one 'right now' when it was finished. I laughed because I

bet if we'd had the equipment he would probably have managed it!

It is also not uncommon to find him dismantling things so 'see how

they work'. The favourite things to take apart are remote control

units for the tv/video, small handheld fans like you would take to

the beach and mechanical toys. It's a pity that at the moment he is

too small to get them working again once he's finished ! lol

[Guest guest]

Thankyou Roxanna

Yes the whole Pre K experience was bad, It went great for the first 6 months, If

Josh wasn't at school he was pretending he was at school when he was at home.

Then in January his preschool teacher takes me in the office and tells me he

cant comprehend, asked me " don't you ever do any thing with him'' I stay home

with him, and take him everywhere with me. she was quite harsh. This was a

private preschool and I can only assume she wanted just the easiest kids in her

classroom.

thanyou for your in put

Ingrid

Re: ( ) Does anyone elses kids do this?

In a message dated 7/23/03 7:09:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

ingrid322@... writes:

> She also told me it was a discipline problem. He is my only child, I stay

> at home with him, I truly have and am doing the best I can.

>

Ingrid,

Don't let the teacher make you feel bad and don't apologize. It's always a

" discipline " problem when they can't figure out what to do.

Roxanna ôô

What doesn't kill us

Makes us really mean.

[Guest guest]

My son Josh is fasinated with those things too, He saw the space shuttle on TV

and wanted his dad to build one for him to go to Jupiter, Josh loves lights and

fans also,

( ) Re: Does anyone elses kids do this?

My son , (3 1/2 as) has big obsessions with most kinds

of 'mechanical' items.

So far these have included fans, plug sockets, light switches,

plumbing, toilets, cars - mainly the interior switches, electricity

and sewerage plants.

He can literally talk about electricity or sewerage for a good 45mins

at a time !!! quite something for one so young.

He sat and watched a full hour documentary the other day about some

people building hot air balloons and asked his dad if they could go

and build one 'right now' when it was finished. I laughed because I

bet if we'd had the equipment he would probably have managed it!

It is also not uncommon to find him dismantling things so 'see how

they work'. The favourite things to take apart are remote control

units for the tv/video, small handheld fans like you would take to

the beach and mechanical toys. It's a pity that at the moment he is

too small to get them working again once he's finished ! lol

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/27/2003 4:27:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

ingrid322@... writes:

> preschool teacher takes me in the office and tells me he cant comprehend,

> asked me " don't you ever do any thing with him''

When aged out of Early Intervention we had him tested for special needs

preschool. That was the natural progression and nobody had been turned down

before in his EI group. He was turned down because smart kids don't have special

needs. The OT told us that the only reason he had fine motor delays was

because we didn't enroll him in Nursery School. That same woman now says he is

severely delayed and needs at least 3 hours a week OT.

, Mom to , reflux, hiatal hernia, compacted bowels, asthma, global

hypotonia, motor dyspraxia, SID, Asperger's

[Guest guest]

> Yes the whole Pre K experience was bad, It went great for the first

6 months, If Josh wasn't at school he was pretending he was at school

when he was at home. Then in January his preschool teacher takes me

in the office and tells me he cant comprehend, asked me " don't you

ever do any thing with him'' I stay home with him, and take him

everywhere with me. she was quite harsh. This was a private preschool

and I can only assume she wanted just the easiest kids in her

classroom.

> thanyou for your in put

>

> Ingrid

That's awful. What a witch. If she knew much of anythinbg she'd know

that most kids learn to comprehend regardless of environment.

Therefore warning bells go off when kids like mine do not! It's

NOTHING I've done or haven't done. aRGH

pAULA

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In a message dated 7/25/03 2:08:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

amyms@... writes:

<< He got into ceiling fans >>

I've resisted replying to this for too long. The very first thing that Danny

ever noticed besides me was the ceiling fan. At only a few months old he

would stare and stare at it and then look at me.

I thought he was the most brilliant child and trying to communicate. So we

had this thing(about 9 months old) where I would swirl my finger like the fan

and tell him about the fan. Then if I said " fan " he would swirl his finger.

I thought it was brilliance--little did I know it was a sign of things to

come.

Debbie in NC