I recently placed my son into preschool because my mother, who has always kept him for me, passed away. He is a sweet kid, very hands-on, loves to play. When it comes to practicing writing his letters or coloring a picture, he refuses or does very little. This was explained to his new teacher and we knew it would take him time to adjust. He was there less than 2 weeks. She claims she can't make him do what she asks of him in regard to coloring or writing and asked that I take him out of her care. She told me herself she would try to "make" him take a crayon or she would put him in time out when he wouldn't color or write. To me, this was doing more damage than good. Is there a positive way I can get him interested, again? I am contemplating holding him back a year to start kindergarten because I feel he needs more time to develop his fine motor skills. I have him in another pre-k program and they don't make him color, but he seems to be the only kid playing during table time.
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