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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the op you say she's "expressing some interest." But then you go on to describe normal 3yo behavior with regards to books. You also say you are not a good teacher, not patient enough, and your dd is stubborn when it comes to be instructed.

No. Kumon is a bad idea. As is any form of direct instruction by you.

You go on further to say she is a sponge and loves learning.

Great. Let's keep it that way. She is doing fine being read to and playing with books. Why mess with that?  She has already learned the alphabet this way.

You say you were hoping for her to pick up reading on her own.

She will if you let her. She is still 3. Give her until at least 5!  Some kids pick it up earlier. They are just better at decoding. You've got a good thing going with the love of books. It is not a race. [/quote]

I agree with this PP 100%. I think OP sounds like she desperately wants her daughter to be motivated and ready and is trying to convince herself that it's her daughter that wants to be taught whereas that contradicts DD being stubborn and wanting to do things her own way, etc. I have nothing against early reading and even parents who try to teach their kids to read early but something about OP's story sounds not right.[/quote]

You guys are relentless with the belief that I'm pushing her.  She wants to learn how to read, she tells me this every other day!!!  She (nor I) doesn't really know what that will involve, but I AM willing to learn how to teach her if she expresses interest in learning.  Once she starts, I think she would immensely enjoy being able to read.  However, if it turns out that she's not enjoying the learning process, I'm not going to push it.

By stubborn, I mean that in general terms. She is a contrarian.  She doesn't like being corrected and will insist on doing things her way.  For example, if she puts her shirt on backwards, and I say "The tag goes in the back, let's turn your shirt around," she'll refuse and say "No I like it backwards," and will wear it backwards all day.  If I try to teach her to the right way to hold a pencil or scissors, she'll say "No, I like holding it this way" and continue doing it her way.  It's her personality, but yes, it can make it challenging to teach her things.

Also, if her obsession with books is totally typical for her age, that would honestly be a surprise to me.  She is insatiable when it comes to books. After we read to her for 30 minutes at bedtime, she will often "read" to herself at night for up to 2 hours. The books we read to her now include Alice in Wonderland, The Little Prince, Winnie the Pooh short stories, the Magic School Bus series, Choose Your Own Adventure series, and on audiobook, the Magic Tree House series.  If that is typical, OK fine then, she is a girl with a typical interest in books who is ALSO telling me she WANTS to learn how to read.  What's the harm in following through with HER request?

-OP[/quote]

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