Well, school went a little better this week.  Not as much fussing as last, although he still tells me "he hates school" and "school is boring".  It just might be.  His phonics book and his math book came home for some homework on Wednesday and, except for the writing part, the last lesson in each book is not a challenge for him at all.  I don't think they use these books all year, at the rate so far, so review and writing practice will not hurt him any before he gets to new stuff.  I told him to concentrate on the things he does like.  Today when I picked him up, I asked him to tell me three good things that happened at school today....he came up with six, so it can't be that bad!

So, here is what we did to make learning more interesting, even if school is not: