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[quote=Anonymous]Both of my kids were like that -- down to the "Please just read!" when I point out words on the page -- and I didn't force it.  My older one is a voracious reader despite me not doing academic work with her.  My younger one is not yet, but he's getting there (first grade) and he loves books.  I don't think there is a need to "force" academic learning before K.

I should note that both my kids (and this may go for your kid as well) hate being "taught" by mom or dad, but they are perfectly good with being taught by teachers.  That's pretty common.  So I get lots of resistance if I say hey let's practice writing, but in K with the teacher and all their classmates, they were willing and eager to do so.  That's partly why this year of Covid has been so hard -- parents have been forced to play teacher to their kids who do not want their parents in that role.

You might be pleasantly surprised with K when your academic-resisting kid happily does academics with her teacher in person.  [/quote]

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