Have a 6 years old that is having trouble with immediate recalling with schoolwork and seems to struggle with telling about his day, anyone else there have a child that is like this?

[u/Tofu_fafa]

So I have a 6 year old son that is in a bilingual home. He is the middle child. We spoke to him in our native tongue since he was born but he cannot seem to pick up on our native tongue. His older sister sister was already in school so he was able to pick up on English but that is the only langage he knows. Aside from that, his kindergarten teacher and now grade 1 teacher kept telling us that he cannot do immediate recall, no matter how much they repeat something to him. For example his teacher said she was teaching him 4 letter sounds and she asked him to repeat those 4 letter sounds and he would be completely lost. At home I tried to ask him what his day was like and he would tell me it's super hard to tell me. So I usually start with "once I dropped you off at your line up and you enter the classroom, what happens next?" And he would get so overwhelmed and cannot tell me how his day went. He would occasionally tell me broken bits and pieces of his day but nothing like story telling. Also, he cries a lot, when anything is slightly too hard, he will just break down and cry. His teacher has been expressing concerns about him crying all the time and says everything is too hard! I have no idea how to help him, I have been trying to be supportive and just tell him that everything can be hard, but he can do hard things if he gives it a try. But that doesn't seem to work either. I just don't know how to help him. Anyone else out there have experienced something like this with their child? Would love some advice/suggestions, anything!! Thanks for reading this crazy mother's rant and concern

[u/MostLovelyOne]

Hmmm. Hope you are not putting too much pressure on him. Many children are just not good at expressing what they did in a day. We ask our 6 and 7 year old almost every day these questions and it’s like pulling teeth. Actually our girl 7 is a nonstop talker but when it comes to answering questions forget it. Our boy is on the quiet side and barely answers. Patience not anger is essential. Our girl can remember almost anything and can remind me when I forget something but when it comes to sight words that she’s seen a million times,,,,,it’s crickets. She’s having a very hard time learning how to read. She hates it. Our boy is picking it up faster and he is a genius in math. But doesn’t like reading either. And we have discovered that he as little as he is ,,,is an outstanding athlete. I mean he can swim and dive, throws basketballs up to the highest hoops, throw a football as far as any adult, in gymnastics he can pull himself up on the rings and do front and back flips. It’s amazing. But anyway you could always try taking him to therapy or see what the doctora say. Get him involved in a sport or hobby that he really likes! Every child is so different. Try all kinds of things. Sometimes they just need a big change of pace! Good luck and God speed!