Thanks Chris - when he spoke with me he said he wanted to go back to school so that he could find other kids that were "like him" and so he can start learning some really hard stuff. Right now he is SUPER social...the homeschool group here is huge and there are NO issues with get togethers or outings...the hardest part, and we have searched this whole year...is finding other kids who are gifted and are on the same "page" as he is. Someone he can just hang out with and talk about the VEI index of volcanos or playing monopoly all day long. There are several other gifted kids in the homeschool group but they are in 6-10th grade and are not very interested in hanging out with a 6 year old and vice-versa. When I get together with other moms in the group and ask about trying to find mentors or methods on how to help teach him the higher math and science he wants they look at me like I am weird and I actually had one mom come out and say that she had no idea because of the kids in this group "are really not very motivated to learn". I know that I am not meeting his needs math wise - not even close....and have tried reaching out to look for mentors and tutors there just aren't a lot of choiced in our area...blah!
