Any thoughts on how to get a 6 year old boy back to the point where he again ENJOYS the things that he used to? This summer started out with DS6 telling me that he was "kind of sad" to not be in school and now he tells us that he "doesn't like" math or reading, or pretty much anything else remotely academic. I'm not quite sure what to do about this. He has made friends with the little boy across the corner from us and has been spending most of his time playing with him (he's a year younger and is the total opposite of DS6- very loud, outgoing, physical, etc...). I'm all for spending as much time playing outside, developing friendships, and having fun as possible in the summer but I hate to see him turning his back on who he has always been too.

He spent part of last year going from K to the 2nd grade classroom for math and reading and finished the year doing 2nd grade work in the K classsroom. He will be starting 1st grade in the fall but the school wants to meet with us ahead of time to decide what sort of accomodations that we may need to make. They have finally agreed to let him do MAP testing in the fall so we can kind of try to get an idea of what he knows already and what we can still teach him but I'm a little worried that with his current attitude he might not show us his true ability when it comes down to it.

Right now my thoughts are the following- 1.setting aside time every day that is technology free 2. We went through his bookshelf yesterday and decided which books he no longer wanted and would donate and which ones he wanted to keep (I'm hoping that seeing all of the cool books that he has either read and enjoyed before or that he had looked forward to reading will remind him that he DOES enjoy reading) 3. Starting a "reading chart" where he can earn a sticker for every 10 pages read and a small prize for every 10 stickers. 4. Insisting on him wearing his glasses consistently (I think they "get in his way" when playing but I know that reading and 'book work' is much more difficult when he's not wearing them.

If anybody has any other thoughts, I would love to hear them.