Thanks everyone. I just reread my second post on this thread and realized I made it seem like we just watch TV all the time at home. That is what I get for trying to calm a baby and type one handed! What I meant is that I have not done classroom type worksheets or things like that. He just has never been interested in learning that way from me.
My local public school option includes a gifted pull out enrichment starting at third grade. The program seems poorly funded because it has been on the chopping block a few times when budget issues are covered in our local paper. The closest gifted school is almost an hour away. Not really possible for us.
The private school we have settled on has some drawbacks. First, it is where he went to preK and he has a bad rep. there. After the first few months he quit doing any academics there. It is a Montessori so he would spend his time washing things, arranging flowers, doing little crafts and stuff like that. It was only when they would touch on a science concept that he "couldn't help himself" and would really wow them. Even though they have accepted him for early K this year, I am worried they might be looking for him to fail. I would have the same concern for early 1 next year.
