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Having a REALLY Hard Time with My 3 Year Old

Hi! I am having a very hard time with my very smart, loving, little boy. He is three years old---The main issues we are facing are: Listening---he ignores what I say or tells me he is flat out not going to do what I say Following directions---He will say I am going to listen and I am going to behave but then when he gets to whatever place we are going, he does the exact opposite. I prepare him before we go anywhere what I expect him to do: Stay by mom, quiet voices in the library or hold my hand and then we will go do___________...

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Recommend Books or Tools That Help Kids Learn to Read?

I have a 6 yo daughter in Kindergarten. My question is 2 folds: 1. What books or series do you recommend for a beginning reader? I see a lot of different series from Scholastic, but don't know which one is good. Is there a series that you would recommend? 2. Another Mom recommended the LEAP FROG handheld reading game. I'm hesitant to get a computer game, but she swears it helped her kids learn how to read really quickly and they love it. Have you tried it? What was your experience?