For one thing, my kid has the book home while the tutor doesn't and you can't really share It live as you would do if you were simply sharing your screen. Maybe I am overthinking it...

I bought several of the AOPS books but we are still doing the tutoring online so it's not neccessarily practical to follow them. I thought the Elements of Math program online could be something they follow and expand on (or digress from) as needed.

I hear you. I don't care too much about IQ tests myself. We have tried to go with the Growth Mindset thing (though I realize there may be some conflicting evidence about it and in all likelihood both Nature AND Nurture play a role). In our case our son had taken an IQ test when he was much younger. For years he never knew about the test or what it purportedly showed. I think it is better that way.

I meant to reply to your post: You are right. I have unfortunately missed the Happy hour zoom calls due to my job. I hope there are still one or two left I can get on.

You are right. I have missed those due to my job. I hope there is still one or two I can catch.

Thanks... It's just that the tutor Is a mathematician, not a teacher I guess. So the lessons dont neccessarily follow a curriculum. This can be good as it allows my kid to direct learning to his interests (like spending several weeks studying combinatorics while learning how to solve Rubik's cube). But can also make some lessons dull... I guess there is also the sense of not having More of a structure to the learning. A good solution might be to keep the tutor but give them a curriculum to follow (as well as the freedom to expand on it or go on digressions or tangents). For what it's worth he is really enjoying Epsilon even though It is a lot of work.

My son Is 9 years old. At 2.5 years of age we noted His precociousness at Maths. Has had one on one math tutoring from age 3 (mostly through ganes at first, more formally for a couple of years). Attending Epsilon Camp 2021. Would like for him to start a More organized program. His current tutoring is 5 days a week and given by a mathematician but a bit disorganized. What are the PROs AND CONs of these two programs?