He is in Davidson Academy and finished DragonBox. He is fine with either type of instruction.
I'll brainstorm suggestions, then.
Ask him if there's a language he'd like to learn. If there is, provide him materials to learn the basics (grammar, alphabet, fundamentals) and promise to send him to a language school that immerses you for x months during a break.
Ask him if he'd like tutored instruction in a subject; if he would, then, as others suggest, enslave a grad student.
Gift him a "Learn X the Hard Way" book. Alternatives include Real Python; I don't know what else they include.
Ask him if he has any life goals. If they are scien
Although my 8-year-old son likes his teacher, he is frequently bored at school. He attends a high quality suburban public school in the United States. He has a lot of traits in common with LessWrong readers, and we would like advice for what he can do to counter his boredom. Many of you must have found grade school more or less tedious. What were your coping strategies?