Hi Effiekins - Welcome!
Here's a link to a discussion of books:
http://giftedissues.davidsongifted....The_Ultimate_Book_Thread.html#Post101621

Good luck to your DD with her skip - it is scary! But the reasoning behind it seems sound. With her tendency to feel devastated for missing a single point, there may be a rough patch in the beginning - so don't be surprised if you are 'parenting her through it.' OTOH, she may just give a sigh of relief and relax instantly. At the very least you are teaching her that it's ok to try something 'unusual' if it's needed - a very powerful lesson indeed.

I hope you got more out of the testing than the Mirman suggestion.(Although some of us have found private schools to be very generous with finanial aid - did you have any luck with that?)....perhaps there is some 'jr. engineer's club' that you could find a mentor or peer-group for your son? Check with the tester and see if they have any contacts.

Have you looked at http://www.usfirst.org/? I see that there is a 'jr. FLL' that is for his age-group, but you may find a FLL that allows him to join an older kid's team.

Well, Welcome effiekins! Perhaps to start a seperate thread about ides for the
'breed it, build it, destroy it' kind of kid! So well put!

Love and More Love,
Grinity

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