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Originally Posted by MysticCat
He loves video games (though has made clear to us and to his teacher that he doesn't want to design them; I still wonder, though). He loves to read, he takes walks and runs (but we can't get him interested in track), and he takes karate, which he really enjoys. (It's the only sport-like physical activity we've been able to get him involved in.)
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From the video game angle ... a lot of the problem-solving in video games is figuring out the pattern or the unknown from a series of known "variables". For example, you know that there are 5 pieces to the puzzle, and 5 caves to explore - if you don't find that puzzle piece in Cave C, you can be pretty sure you missed something, so you backtrack, find what you missed, fill in the gaps, etc.
Even in something like a first-person shooter, you're constantly examining where you know people are, and what you don't know, to see if you can figure out what's going on from the context clues.
What kinds of games does he like? He may be using related critical thinking without even realizing, and that might be your hook.
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