Thanks for the suggestions!!

cym - I have 2 boys, one 9 and one 6. I wasn't familiar with the talent searches you mentioned. What are those?

Kriston - girl, if I had only HALF the money back that I spent on all the "passions" that didn't last. LOL!!!! I'm older and wiser now - but it is still hard to know which interests they will keep for a while and which will just hang around for a very short time. My DS6 is really into mazes too and I think the foreign language idea sounds great. I had 4 years of Spanish and don't know nearly as much as I should. I hope you enjoy working with your kids on that! :-)