Highlighting the age difference

It's hard to remember sometimes that Luke and Ben are not the same age, because they aren't very different in size, they can do a lot of the same things physically, and they both communicate pretty well. This leads to frustration for us grownups sometimes when Ben can't do something that seems like it should be easy and that Luke has been doing for a long time. We have been assured that Ben's skills are commensurate for his age.

Today the age difference was highlighted when we played a new game. The game is called Noodleboro Learning to Listen Pizza Palace. The object is to remember what the "orderer" orders (using picture cards) on their pizza and make the pizza correctly. There are cards that show the toppings ordered and tokens that match the cards to be used as toppings. Luke can remember 3 or 4 items accurately after seeing them once and then having them hidden, and make the matching pizza. Ben can match the toppings to the cards, but he can't accomplish the multi-step task of ending up getting those matching toppings onto the pizza. I even hid the cards from Luke and let Ben see them the whole time. Ben couldn't, or didn't want to, do it. Crazy! The differences in those skill levels is amazing to me.