oh and just to clarify ... it's not that I'm worried about the academics part of it because I'd expect them to teach him something new ... at this age I take it as my responsibility to give him the opportunity to learn and explore ... my worry is that unless he's challenged, he won't cooperate with them at all and will just run around trying to find something that would entertain him (like taking whatever mechanical thing he can find apart).

the friend whose daughter goes in showed me a picture ... a traced letter that the kids worked on for 30 minutes ... that's great but it will only entertain him the first 2 minutes he'll work on it and then he'll be off to find something "better" to do. Which is why I wonder if it wouldn't be counter-productive?