Anyone else's child ask what they can do now ALL the time ?

[ohhmydododah]

My DS is 5, he wants me to suggest what to do or do something with him constantly. He's an intelligent, kind boy, but it's all the time and drives me insane, I'm not feeling well today and want some peace. He mainly wants to company, if you set him up with something, he might last 5 minutes on his own. "What can I do?" he whines. "What should I do now Mum?"'or "I don't know what to play next ?" He's in reception so school is great for him he loves the activity time.

He has a younger sibling, but they only age 1 so don't really play together much yet more like a destroyer of games

Sympathies. Our DD does this, constantly (except when she’s watching TV!)
She’s 6.
Our DS didn’t do this as much at all, so I do think it’s personality as well as something they grow out of.

Get him to pair the socks and sort the clean laundry into piles (clothes type or person).
Cleaning the windows was a favourite at that age. As was dustpan and brush.
Sadly, I suggest it now and they disappear off to their rooms for an hour or more

Would setting him up to play and putting an audio book on encourage him and make him feel not so alone?

I bought a child safe chopping board and impossible to cut yourself kid knives for my friends boy, he absolutely loves helping chop his lunches!

I don't have children but I was de-tangling coathangers today and I wondered if you could get kids to do it but with only one-hand - like a really shit game of pick-up sticks?