weak palmar grip at almost 4yrs old!
wondered if any of you could give me some advice as I'm unsure which route to take :panic:
I have a little one who is 4 yrs old next month, starts school in September. He has been in my care since he was 18 months old. He's never enjoyed any kind of drawing/colouring/writing. It's always provided all day everyday and he will never approach it himself. If I do a one to one activity with him he will be happy to do the activity with my support but is only ever around 5 mins before he wants to stop.
I've always encouraged different fine motor skills such as playdough, fingerpainting, chunky chalks, threading, cutting etc. He loves playdough but everything else he's just not interested. He has great gross motor skills and is great at climbing, running, kicking a ball etc but he still holds his pencil in a palmar grip which is normally a grip that 2-3 yr olds would have and he still very much scribbles, obviously I'm concerned with him starting school soon and mum says she cant get him to even colour in a picture with her at home. He's also very behind on his speech and is not good in any social group.
I've had numerous conversations with mum and obviously worried he's going to go into school with speech, social and writing issues. any wise words from any of you that may of experienced similar?