The thought of being able to stand up while learning would be, I suspect, revolutionary for Charlie. He seems to have an internal clock that notes when 50 minutes past and he is ready for something different; running around and other physical activity makes a huge difference for him.

Some schools recognize that boys have different learning styles and have developed creative strategies for this: lab work, standing at counters to learn, moving between different teaching ’stations’.

Often private schools do not accept children into kindergarten until they are six years old; in public schools, children as young as four are in kindergarten. They may be academically ready, but not neccessarily as developed in ’social skills’. The curriculum is also accelerate more quickly than when many of us parents were children.

Quiet soothing music often helps children to focus as well as structure, e.g.,”loving limits”.

This would help all children with sensory disfunction, attention issues, and a need to work off some normal kid energy in order to be open to learning effectively.