He was also a late reader. He did not read at all until he was nine. He was homeschooled and I had done enough reading by then to let him develop at his own rate. Once he started reading, he progressed quickly. By age ten, he was reading adult level books.
He scored in the top 10% on the ACT and got into college easily. He graduated with a degree in journalism.
Not all children develop there language abilities at the same time or at the same rate. I am glad I was able to let my son progress according to his own timetable.
I've posted my own story in this thread in re my "late talking son". I also post later in the thread methods I used with him and many other "late talkers" around the San Francisco Bay Area which were successful in guiding them to speak, articulate, and thereby escape the gauntlet of the state entrapment programs.
I’m laughing, reading your post. My son and I went through hell together over math. I homeschooled too. He just wasn’t interested until he was 9 or 10. Well, turns out he’s a math wiz. And he doesn’t care that he’s a math wiz. lol. I’m certainly not a math wiz...