6 Year Old Boys!!

Talk to his teacher directly. While SOME of that is pretty normal boy behavior, the teacher has a pretty good idea (since they've dealt with numerous 6 year old boys) of whether his inattention is abnormal or excessive.

For inattentive and hyperactive boys (like mine, who are now 8 and 10), I STRONGLY suggest some physical activity in the morning before school. My boys walk to school and then are able to run around the playground for a while until breakfast. This helps them to get some of that wiggle out and allows for socialization and a little fun. I've noticed that they tend to be less trouble and have better behavior in class when they do this.

It's hard on a kid to tell them "you have to go straight from home to sitting in class for several hours before you can get some wiggle time in." And I think it's simply ridiculous to tell a hyperactive kid not to fidget if you don't let them get some energy out!

Good luck!

Sounds like a normal 6 y.o. boy.

My son hasn't had any comments about this from his teacher, but I definitely see a difference in him at home just recently. He used to sit and eat lunch and dinner nicely, and in the past few months (he is 6 1/2 right now) it is like he CANNOT sit still.
I have to remind him thoughout the whole meal to keep eating, sit on your bottom, come back to the table. It got to the point that I had to set consequences for leaving the table at meal time, and all summer I served "picnic" lunches outside which seemed to help.
Also when we read at night he is bouncing all over the couch, when he used to sit quietly next to me. This may be because we are now reading chapter books without pictures to study - but I know he is listening because the next day he recaps everything he heard and he remembers thing I *don't*!
He may be bored with his school work or knows that if he blasts through it he gets to do fun stuff afterwards. Keep communicating with his teacher and see if things improve as the weeks go by and he gets used to the routing of school.

Does this teacher have a lot of experience with this age group? Does your son have a lot of chances for physical activity??

I'm hoping that's pretty normal behavior. Theough I have considered what Christy says. If it weren't outside the norm, teacher probably wouldn't mention it.
My 5 yr old just started school. He seems to do a good job up until lunch time. That's when he starts horse play and being silly, not paying attention to teacher, not sitting still, getting into general hyper mischief. I like Christys idea of letting them run it out before school, but my little guy gets hyper AFTER the physical activity of recess. After his chance to run, he has a hard time refocusing on school work. Me and dad aren't there to remind him to settle down and listen to teacher. So, if anyone has any ideas for us please let me know.