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As I said, Momsdream, an evaluation is in order, just in cases some insidious problem is there beginning to rear its ugly head. But I did want to share that "watch that big first step" syndrome that just about trip me up. My close friend in Baltimore who started her family late slammed into that wall. Her oldest had to go for special tutoring at a special school because he was not reading up to par in "prefirst" grade. Baltimoreans with kids in private schools will know that term--it was new to me. For kids who just miss the cutoff or are a bit behind for first grade, I guess you redshirt the kid a year to make him stellar later on (I did have one of mine repeat kindergarten whis is the same thing, and for athletics, wow, it does have an effect, especially as he was talented that way anyways). So my friend was paying for a special program along with a pricey private school, the kid was diagnosed with a bunch of syndromes all that vaporized in the next several years. He is now in middle school and is doing fine, and his mom has no idea whether he really had learning issues then that were "cured" or if he just needed a developmental lift off that the school did not want to provide. Sylvan makes a bundle off of that "big first step".
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