Missing pieces

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Whever I find a missing piece to something, anything, I just have to ask my son. He knows. I am going on a cleaning spree and have been finding missing pieces to so much stuff. I just want to throw the pieces away but I ask my son first. He knows where every single piece goes. It doesn't matter if it's a piece to my vacuum (I was going to throw that away, glad I didn't) or a piece to a toy.

I had this strange looking plastic piece that I seriously thought was to some cheap toy. he told me it went underneath this dog piano that our other son absolutely loves. I looked and couldn't see. He showed me. I asked him how he knew that. He stated, "Because I took it apart with a screwdriver but I don't know where the screws are anymore." It is definitely his hobby. I just need to convince him to put them back together when he is done. I think half the missing pieces are because he took things apart. Even if there is something he didn't take apart, he still knows what the missing piece goes to.

What would I do without him?

I don't understand how he just knows where certain pieces go to if he didn't take them apart. That occurs at least half the time.

It is pretty incredible.

I think he does thing like that, too!! Thanks for mentioning that. It is pretty incredible. I asked him how he knew that a certain piece went to the vacuum, he said "I don't know, I just knew." He often says things like that.

I love seeing how his mind works.

His intelligence is higher than mine already with that type of stuff. He is only five years old. His visual - spatial skills are extremely high. Mine are pretty low. I can't even park a car straight or write on an envelop straight. I wouldn't be surprised if I have a disability in that area - seriously. Nate already knows to ask his father when he can't figure something out. I am pretty sure his father, my husband, is on the spectrum.

Just incredible.

My son seems to always know, too. But I am not sure he could figure out something that wasn't a toy of his or his sister's. I think he needs some familiarity with the item.

Their minds are amazing. As long as they can make use of it, and get support on the weak areas, it seems like there is little limit to what they may eventually do.

That all is the trick, of course. Channel, support. To bad it isn't as easy as it sounds, eh? But I'm hopeful. So hopeful. I think we can do it with our kids. We're paying attention, and that's a start, right?

Are you ladies single by any chance because this is actually a male trait rather then an aspie thing.

In Australia blokes have sheds. My shed has about 20 years worth of stuff in bottles/boxes/hanging from the walls etc as do all my mates.

sounds like your little bloke has taken an interest in mechanics.. might wanna see if he is interested in electronics or cars and use that as a concentration point

We do have a circuit set and he loves it. He has shown an interest in cars. We are reading a book about wheels. Next week sometime, we are going to make some pulley's.