Don't underestimate the feelings the child may also be having about the move and living with you. The social worker/mom/step-mom in me says to ease off and let your fiance take the lead in this, for now. Read to her, for sure. Let her see the two of you reading, too. But taking the lead in an activity she might not be enthusiastic about (for whatever reason), could go on hold. She will not be the only child who turns up the first day in kindergarten as a non-reader.
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