This year (his grade 5 year) we had a high school chemistry student serve as DS's tutor: they met in the HS science lab under casual supervision by the teachers and had an absolutely fabulous time. It was the highlight of DS's week to know a cool older guy who loves this stuff as much as he does. Since your DS doesn't have the attention/writing skills, maybe this kind of setup would work, since it could be tailored to his level?
At DS's request we are working on a science accel. for middle school. We'll see...
A similar option was suggested for DS which would be awesome - but hasn't happened yet - that I think is mired in scheduling issues!
I think science wouldn't be this tough if they weren't doing so little of it in elem to begin with - which I do not understand at all!
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