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Your above statements remind me of my DS11. Sooo hard to motivate unless he has an interest in a topic , and a dislike for math facts, showing steps etc.
Anyway, he was very interested in origami (still is a bit, but is on the back burner). I have been meaning to read more about; wholemovement. It is a paper folding mathematics program that SENG is presenting at their summer children's program this summer. Here is their link just in case you want more info. It sounds like a nice combo of math and origami.
http://www.wholemovement.com/
