They might calm themselves easier with weight vests. In a classroom environment, this would enable the kids around them to be more distration-free and keep calmer as well,.
I've seen something like that work. Didn't look oppressive to me.
But I'd have to know more.
The bigger picture is that boys at an early age, I think, should not be doing "desk work" at all, or very little of it. Let the little 'uns recite their addition and multiplication facts while jumping on a bed, or listen to Mom read "The Chronicles of Narnia" while they crawl and climb on a simple, improvised bedroom-constructed obstacle course. That was a genius homeschool tactic for us!
Little boys and desks are just not a good fit.
Long story short, my grandson managed to not do one assignment in a whole grading period n 2nd grade. The teacher said if he would do them all over the weekend she would grade them.
I ended up with him that weekend and we did 15 minutes at a time and he could sit or stand and then 15 minutes to play. We got them all done.
I’ve long been a proponent of keeping boys out of kindergarten until they 6 y/o. From experience. Both on a personal level and professional level. They have too much *play* in them to sit still for very long. It’s asking the impossible.
With both parents *needing* to work, school gets to cope as best they can, as boys are sent off B4 they are ready for a school experience.
This does not even address the small percentage of kids who have a true attention deficit problem.