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Wow ladies!
Thank you very much. I forgot to add something though. My youngun has a developmental stutter. It comes and goes about every 2 months. When he comes out of what I call an "episode" he has lots of big new words to share. lol
When he has to tell me something he is thinking about on his own, he does it. Not really in response to questions when the answer is in the front of his mind.
The doctors (and my mom, a pediatrician) says that his mouth is catching up with his brain. I don't think he really notices it much, but sometimes if he is having a hard time he stops and says, "I gotta breathe, and think." My fiance was watching him in Sunday School class (they teach it like a kindergarten class), and told me that he is like a classical student by nature. You know how they say that some kids aren't meant for the classroom? He's not that kid. He is the one who sits still, and listens, and the teachers say what a joy he is. We know it isn't because he contributes so much, but because he doesn't say much and does what he is told.
Anyway, some people say that if he is around other kids, it will stop. Not his doctor, not teachers, just people. Since it comes and goes and he is so young, his doctor doesn't want him to do speech therapy.
I am not a trained teacher. The only thing I am trained to teach is manicuring. lol
But it is said that some kids benefit from that extra year or two at home to build their confidence in themselves for when it is time for them to go to school. I think that if he ran into an impatient teacher, or worse, a teacher who babied him, it could set him back. I mean, he is a cutie, and always tends to end up in some old ladies lap.
I did skip a grade, and I didn't like it at all. It took me a while to make friends, and I just didn't know the stuff the other kids knew. A chick blackmailed me for half the school year for reading "f--k" out loud when it was written in the bathroom. I didn't know what the word meant, and she said she'd tell on me if I didn't let her play with me and my friends. A year makes a difference in your reasoning. It really does. Shoot, I couldn't even legally drink until a few months before graduation! I went to a private black pre-school for a year where they had the old style of teaching. Little house in the south, all ages. We had a 3 year old who could read in my class. 22 years later that lady is still alive and kicking and turning out little baby geniuses, and I want my little one to go there, but the 10 hour drive would be a little hectic.
Anyhew... I thank all of you all for the feedback and advice (oh, and my youngun won't be shocked by cussing. I've forgotten to save a file or two for a client, and he's heard some choice phrases. he knows it's wrong, but he knows that when grown ups get mad, they do some stupid things.). I think I'll do it until first grade at least. Then if he still stutters, and it doesn't come and go, at least he'll have a good year to build his confidence in what he knows, and he'll be old enough for speech therapy if he needs it.
Again, thanks so much... ya'll are the best! Imma copy and paste this thread and email it to my fiance...
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