Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Age or Ability Specific Forums Pre-school Am I "hothousing" my DD?

I think hothousing is really pushing a child. It is normal and natural for a mom to teach a child things so showing your child things and encouraging her to learn, esp. with the goal of easing her way through school are laudable endeavors if you ask me. I never used to sit down with my DD3.11 and
"work" on anything, but I recently bought a few workbooks and she flew through them. The reason I did them it to help her get used to doing paper work since her preschool will do a little bit next year even though it is a play based preschool whose academics are way behind where she is, and to also strengthen her hand muscles since the books require her to write things in them. We maybe sit down with the books once or twice a week for as long as she is in the mood to do them. I don't consider that hothousing because she likes it, we don't do it often, and the material is actually things she already knows for the most part and I am just getting her used to reading directions, circling things, etc. My DD won't put up with being forced to do things, and wouldn't perform like a trained poodle if I begged her to, so she wouldn't let me hothouse her even if tried!