Use of language; the word I

[Guest guest]

We would sincerely appreciate your thoughts and ideas

on the following.

For preschool children, say those between 3 years and

3 1/2 years old, if they initiate speech on their own,

even if it's just to ask for things they want, like a

videotape, etc., and they say " Daddy, may I have the

XYZ (whatever videotape it is that they want at that

point) videotape, please " (which the child has been

taught to say), " Mommy, I want juice, please, " " I want

an ice cream, " and clap for themselves when they do

something right and say " I got it, yeah!, " and say " I

wanna see XYZ " (it's usually two family members that

are mentioned) -- what does this indicate about the

children?

If the children are also very good with counting

numbers, the alphabet, site-reading several words, and

writing a few words, what does this indicate?

We are very concerned that while they learn relatively

quickly and this leads us to believe that they are at

least of average intelligence, that the constant

motion, moving around, fidgetiness, and almost always

walking around in a circle while watching television

(which we try to stop by redirecting or asking to sit

down) will make it very difficult for them to learn in

a structured environment such as school.

Thank you for your input.

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