It sounds just like one I have. She is talkative about 1 day in 30 for me. She wants to be begged to play, and I won't do it. The parents hang on her every word when they pick her up, and funniest thing- the dad's voice gets all squeaky and girly and he does the 'baby talk'....arrrgh, no wonder she isn't interested in hearing me.
She will open up more if I'm alone with her. She responds to one- on-one, but shrinks away in a group setting. What I try to do is not ask, I tell her, "We are going to do ___." She will say no, or no thanks, and I tell her, "This is what we are doing. It is not free play time. If you aren't going to play, you can sit at the table with your head down until you are ready, but we will not wait for you. Come join us or go to the table until we are done."

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