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Hi all again. One of the recommendations i was given in my introductory post was finding a mentor for my 7yr old son. This was also a recommendation by his psychologist who does his IQ testing as well.

After some tries at the colleges, i was able to convince a Chemistry and Mathematics professor to take our boy in. He will be doing an "apprenticeship" with our son on what a mathematician should be doing and thinking, he will also be "tutoring" him in Chemistry which our son has developed a strong interest in the last 6 months

Hopefully this will work out great for our boy since he will have an intellectual outlet with a "peer' who can answer and understand what he is thinking


Now the next big hurdle is finding a high school that will accept him come the fall after next. Hopefully his mento will assit in advocating for him as well.

Great news Cawdor!
Did you use any of these articles?
http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/browse_articles_201.aspx

Sounds like you got a few 'nos' in the begining but found a good match.
Smiles,
Grinity

His first day was yesterday and they covered graphing points with tangents and then worked with my son on how to use heat and chemicals to make a penny change colors and explain the process.

Our boy was so excited to be going to "college"

That is wonderful news!

To your question, this was the first i have sen those articles. The wife and I have been "winging" it with our boys getting advice from here ( lurking) and from doctors and educators.

It seems to me that you've been "winging it" very well! wow.

Thanks. So far so good. The biggest challenge with our 7yr old is a lack of "common sense" due to his high level thinking.


Drives us crazy sometimes because it contrasts so drastically with his "smarts"