Yeah-- the one thing that I could ALWAYS count on from DD was reading. At least half of our "homeschooling" activities were "read ______."

I also gave her daily LISTS for school-- that way it wasn't ME verbally TELLING her what to do. A sample list from age 6:

Quote
-- Do problem 48 in Challenging Math Problems workbook
-- Complete pages 23-27 in "Complete Science" workbook
-- Read Ch 16 and 17 in Caddie Woodlawn
-- Read what you like! (Please put finished books into the book box)


I have to be honest here and tell you that this was not ideal in terms of developing written expression (which she resisted), but it saved my sanity somewhat.

I recorded what she read. When she was six, she read thousands of pages a month. Many thousands, actually-- like 4-8K. I just tried to sprinkle reasonably good historical fiction, classics, and non-fiction her direction, and that DID more or less work. Her attention span wasn't the problem.

She was different from your guy in that she could be still for HOURS.

Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.