Alternative Learning methods for 7 year old repeat kindergartner

[Guest guest]

Hello. I was wondering if any of you have any ideas to get my son to

learn. He is very bright, but as for the alphabet and numbers, he

knows very little. He is doing a bit of sight word reading, and makes

the letters but has no clue what they are. This is a child who can

build things out of legos that I can't even imagine doing. I have

tried to make letters out of the legos, but all he wants to build is

trucks. My husband and I are very frustrated, and worry about him

constantly. He has very little patience for paperwork in general.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks !

[Guest guest]

Is he learning letter sounds or names or both? Has he tried learning them with

plastic letters he can feel, trace with a finger and move around or alphabet

blocks? Is he getting services thru school and they are out of ideas? Can he

identify letters /sounds by pointing at them at all?