He is getting another teacher in his preschool room and some more kids. We will see how that goes. In addition we are planning on:
1. Occasional Ferris Bueller style "days off" where we can play, do field trips etc. I realize we are playing with fire with this - he may want to do it every day. Hopefully school will not seem as much of a grind with the occasional break. We have limited vacation time but this seems a worthwhile way to spend some of it.
2. Other enrichment. There are some part time gifted preschool programs that we are actively investigating that could be used to supplement preschool. Also during the summer it's easier to get babysitters for weekday mornings. We can work from home and just let him play at home 1-2 days a week.
3. We are (gently) teaching him to read. I really don't care whether he reads at 3 or 6 or whatever. But if he can read a bit on his own it is another tool to fight boredom.
His current school works in some ways (naptime, playground time etc. gifted and non gifted can all have fun together). It is one of the best programs we could find - and I don't want to discard it without really trying to make it work. The grass is always greener and another program might be better but could very well be much worse.
The other schools that were recommended to us do not have openings for several months so it seems not much harm in trying this for now as my little guy is getting to the open revolt stage about going to school.
