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Last week, I had a conference with Emmalynn’s preschool teacher during which she informed me that Emmalynn can’t hold her pencil or crayon the correct way.

 

 

And that she doesn’t know her letters.

 

 

Well, of course, she does…

 

 

…but only when she wants to.

 

 

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Denise
From start to finish, Denise is Run DMT, a Tampa Bay homeschooling mom on the run trying to maintain an easy pace through it all between races and raising three beautiful, brilliant adultish kids (ages 23, 19, 14). In 2007, I discovered a passion for running and in February 2015, I completed my tenth marathon. I continue to train for a variety of races and even host annual 5K. In 2023, I became a certified group fitness instructor and teach P.E. in my homeschool co-op.

50 comments

  9. Auntie E says:

    My daughter still doesn’t hold the pencil the way the teachers wanted her to, she is 15 and she still writes okay. Looks like yours is writing like a kindergartner to me.

  14. Mellisa says:

    That’s too Funny!! I guess her teacher will just have to find a way to make her want too!!

    Oh how I remember the pinch your pencil technique…

  17. Tiaras & Tantrums says:

    oh I heard the same thing from my daughter’s teacher! She left handed and doesn’t want to hold her pencil the way they want her to. I told her to write in the way it is comfortable to her! Teachers – you know – they DO NOT know everything!

  22. Ms. Latina says:

    Good for her! She is doing great!

    I’ve learned that teachers are not always right. My nephew’s teacher was trying to claim that he was developmentally challenged. His mother refused to believe it and had the school test him. Turns out he was GIFTED! He is now in a better school and no longer fidgeting in class because he is challenged and excited about his day!

  24. Kimberly@PrettyPinkMomma says:

    I get just the opposite! At home my boys won’t do a thing but at school the teachers tell me how great they are doing! I am always amazed at what they can accomplish at school vs. home. I think that they would like for me to think that they are helpless – just like their father, lol!

  31. jen@ourdailybigtop says:

    Isn’t it funny that kids will do what they want to do on their own time? I think it’s quite smart of them and looks to me like your daughter knows exactly how to write/hold a pencil.

  34. Michelle @ One Crafty Mama says:

    LOL! My oldest daughters preschool teacher told me I should hold my daughter back from starting K because she didn’t hold her pencil the right way!

    Are you kidding me? I don’t hold my pencil correctly and I graduated from college!

  35. Kara @ His, Hers, and Ours says:

    When we took our 18 month old in for her 1 year appt, the doctor showed us how to show her how to hold a crayon. Really? At one? As far as I’m concerned, she’ll hold it how she wants to! And it looks like Emmalynn is doing the same thing.

    :p~ to the teacher! She showed her, huh!?! lol

  40. Momisodes says:

    She is so cute. And she sounds JUST like my daughter. In fact, her recent progress report from preschool says that she participates in activities, “when she wants to…”

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