Anyone have any ideas on how I can help my 5 year old follow directions better in Kindergarten?

My child just started Kindergarten this year. He's doing really well, the only complaint the teacher has is that she has to tell him over and over to do stuff which is the same problem my husband and I have at home. It's like he just doesn't hear us sometimes and I know there's nothing wrong with his hearing. Does anybody have any suggestions or any websites that can maybe give me some exercises to go over with my child here at home to help him learn to follow directions better? He does well with everything else. If nothing else he's bored with his work because he already knows so much of the stuff they are learning now. This just really bothers me and I know he has the potential to do better. Please help if you can. Thanks!!

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My son just started Kdg. and has trouble with talking too much. They use a rainbow chart system for behavior. Kids start out on orange and move across to yellow, blue, green, purple if they are bad, and can move to red if caught doing something good. The first few days he was always on yellow. Once he understood how things worked and we bribed him with a trip to the go carts if he could stay on orange he has had no problem. Does your child's teacher have a behavior chart? Can you offer rewards? Good luck! I am also employed at the school he attends so I have also talked to him about embarrassing mom. Like don't walk into the lunchroom, take a big sniff and announce "it smells just like a margarita on the rocks in here" (he did this!!!!!)

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Anyone have any ideas on how I can help my 5 year old follow directions better in Kindergarten?

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