The one thing that I did with both boys before the start of the year was to ask them for specific things that they wanted to learn. I wanted them to be invested in their education, excited about learning, and feel like their desires were very important to me. I think we've been able to accomplish most of what we started out doing.
My oldest is doing fine, and it seems like I'm not challenging him at times and it drives me crazy. I have days where I feel like he does nothing, and doesn't do anymore than I ask for and then we have days where I feel like we accomplish alot.
I keep a journal of the things we do daily, and when I feel like we haven't done much I start thumbing through the past entries. I write in this every single day and log everything we do, and keep a separate entry for each boy.
My youngest is 5, and he is a total challenge in that he doesn't have any intense interests other than locks and keys, and building. He hides his knowledge so much, and we don't realize he can do something until it just pops out. I don't think he knows how he's learned it either, and we heard "I just have it in my head" for years. He is totally exasperated with math because "it's boring", but isn't willing to put much effort into moving ahead but he totally gets it once we cover it for a minute or so.
I think you're doing an awesome job with homeschooling him! This first year is hard, but I've heard you hit your stride after the first year.
