When my son was a little younger than yours, he also denied that he could read, despite evidence to the contrary - turns out he was horribly afraid that we would stop reading books aloud with him if we knew. Once we convinced him that we would still read together, he loosened up about it. (We kept the promise, BTW, and still read books aloud together as a family - my son is now 14!)
Yes, I thought that and we had a huge conversation about it. Maybe he doesn't believe me, LOL!
I like the games idea, he's pretty motivated by games at the moment.
