I love that DS8 has so many interests and cares so much about learning but I feel like I am nearing the end of the usefulness that I can be in helping him along. There is only so much I can fake being interested in topics that don't interest me very much. Yesterday he launched into what was basically a dissertation of the Crimean War, and drew a map of the area to illustrate his points (from memory). Dh and I were just sitting there gaping at him. At first, we couldn't remember when the Crimean War was. And pretty soon I'm not going to be of much help with math either (he goes to 6th grade for math). The other day I was watching a documentary with him and I got bored after about a half hour, so I went to the bathroom hoping he would keep watching it. I came out of the bathroom, and there he was standing there in the hallway. He said "I paused it. So are you ready to finish it now?" Sighing, I went back to watch the rest of it with him even though I really wanted to just curl up in bed with a silly novel. Or make dinner. I don't know if the teacher is even aware that he is like a walking encyclopedia and that he surpasses most adults in terms of knowledge in some areas. I will bring it up at conferences, but I don't know what they would do anyway. They can accelerate him in math, but what about social studies and history?
He is too immature to do a full grade acceleration and he is 2e so it would cause all kinds of complications. I guess I don't expect anyone to have the answers but just wanted to see if anyone feels the same way and if you have any tips.
