Colinsmum - intersting point, I actually veered away from putting ds into a international bacclaureate program here because although some stuff sounded great, I was told by several folk that there was a big emphasis on homework, lots of it. I just knew that this was not for ds. Not to be soft on him, he just doesn't need that, in the way I felt it was going to be done. He needs play time and lots of it, and to move forward at a fairly brisk pace through material. Some practice, yes, but not a couple years of addition. Sigh.