DS (just 4, reading at gr3 level) said to me this morning - "I don't want to go to pre-school - its not fun." When pressed further he said "its not fun being with the other kids - I don't like playing with kids." He was in a montessori kindy (not attached to a school) last year with mostly 4-5 year olds, and his main friend was a highly+ gifted boy 1 year older than him. We are trying somewhere different this year (purely play based) as he had outgrown most of the activities last year, and his friends/teachers were all changing. Does it make it harder to cope with 5 days a week at school if you have had a year at home compared with 5 days a fortnight of preschool? I will pull him out if need be. And I thought all the agonising would start next year at school with acceleration etc on the cards...