Here I am to gain more insight for my 3 year old son. He’s exceptional… playing music by ear, knowing all his times tables and other math, interested in different languages, reading, science. He’s non conversational so he won’t have a back and forth with you but he is speaking so he will talk math, science, music all day to himself or people he’s comfortable with.
Before getting his ASD diagnosis “everyone develops at their own pace, he’ll catch up, boys develop slower.” Was said to me constantly, I would snap back because I felt like the only one seeing what was so obvious.
Now everyone is like “he’s only three! It’s years away before you have to think about stuff like that! Just let him be” I feel like people aren’t considering how fast he learns, that even putting him in preschool where kids are learning letters could be to his detriment. He will get bored and have a negative relationship with school. I don’t want that, he loves learning so school should be fun!
Homeschooling is his version of playing so we’re constantly home schooling, giving him access to instruments and kindergarten work sheets, he knows the recipes for cooking muffins and cookies lol, everything is a lesson.
I want him to have an academic outlet out side of home that he will enjoy. Yes, at 3. Every child deserves a space where they feel free to be themselves and do what they enjoy.
Do these places exist? For kids this young? I’ve reached out to homeschooling co-ops and they have said he’s too young.