I have no advice and I'm sure I'm doing everything wrong; but I do sympathize. My son tells me everyday that he doesn't want to go back. He has even told me that he wants to go to first grade, because he knows everything in kindergarten. I've tried to tell him it's only the beginning and there will be things to learn. Ds has also said he spends his days reading the walls. Also, he was allowed to be mystery reader the first day he could bring a book to school. His teacher was pleasantly suprised he could read so well. His teacher explained at curriculum night, how she put them in groups and differentiated. However, when I went to parent teacher conference, she stated she had not grouped them by ability yet, just by who worked well together. Also, homework came home the day before the conference. I just about lost my mind. It was so inappropriately simple. I brought this up and the teacher said she knew it was too easy for him. Also, she said he has good behavior, 1st to raise his hand, help friends, help teacher; thus she doesn't understand why he would be unhappy. She said I should be happy I have a smart kid. Umm- no. But she did say to stay in touch, that she wanted him challenged. I spoke to the principal after a talk she gave for parents to get her take on what I should do. She said to just stay intouch with the teacher and try to get DS to focus on 1 positive of each day. I guess I am frustrated that school has been in school 7 weeks and although recognizes somewhat that DS is ahead, it seems she is not doing anything. My desire for DS to be challenged comes from not wanting this boredom to become behavior problems ( his teachers last year said it wil and was starting last year). Hoping things get better soon since I don't think there is anything else I can do right now.
