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visual discrimination
By Rachel Looper

I was hoping your post would be something I should know and didn't! When you were explaining your child, I thought he was at least 4, possibly in the middle of the year in pre-k. I am a pre-k teacher in Tulsa. I just tested
my students, and several only know 2 letters, while others know 24. Obviously, I am concerned about the former, and very excited about the latter. One of the children that only knows 2 letters, can name 4 friends and point to the first letter in their names. This visual discrimination means that she sees it and remembers it, but just cannot remember the "name" for it. All children do

not learn the same way. Slow down with your son and work on skills like same and different, put out groups of objects take one away and ask which is missing, use lots of comparisons (that looks like the shape we saw at...) Basically, get him to notice things visually, shapes and spatial relation. This will help him to discriminate among letters WHEN HE IS READY. Until then, play games. He might have a different type of intelligence i.e. musical, interpersonal, that would help to teach these things later!