Seth is Progressing

Last night was Open House at Seth's school. We learned two incredible pieces of information: 1.Seth can read more of the alphabet than about half of his class (made up of other 5-year-olds, none of whom have Down syndrome). This amazes me because Joel, Makenzie, and Luke could READ before they started kindergarten! But no one but me seems all that surprised at this information. I'm very glad that Seth's doing so well and enjoying his school experience, but I'm concerned for all these other kids. What have they been doing at home or in pre-school all these years? Even kids' tv shows teach the alphabet! anyway -- 2.Seth has progressed to the social development of at least a 3- or 4-year old. After we had been in Seth's classroom for about ten minutes, he realized that his teacher had probably never met Joel, Makenzie, and Luke. SO HE INTRODUCED THEM! In a Seth kind of way that I had to translate, but STILL! His speech therapist told me today that the concept of realizing that someone doesn't have all the necessary information in the immediate circumstance and being able to rectify that is a social skill usually seen in 3- or 4-year-olds. In some areas, he's still at about the 2-year-old level; but in others, he's really growing!