A roll of blue painter's tape is an AMAZING thing at this age.
My DH used to come home to find the entire living room floor covered with hopscotch, four-square, and "floorplans" for a variety of purposes.
For what it is worth, the rote memorization and focus on writing was a terrible fit for our gifted kid. It was an insult to his creativity and thirst for learning. It was the worse of school imposed at home.
Yup. That sums up our experience with most of it, too.
DD liked Reader Rabbit when she was 2 to ~4. She used to play on my computer while I worked in the lab. At home she was more free-range.
