I am hoping some of you can give me some suggestions.

I homeschool my son--he is 6 1/2, essentially finishing up grade one right now. Because of the age gap between him and the majority of kids in my care, he is feeling excluded. I have two kids here under 2 years, so they require a lot of supervision/guidance. My son is wonderful with the other kids, he adores them, and plays with them, but it is still hard.

I try to spend time with him when the young ones are napping, so we have that together and he gets one-on-one time with me. And he has some sit-down school work that he does that keeps him busy/challenged for a while. But he needs more things to do during the day that challenge him. He is bored (and very smart). He has also said recently that he doesn't like going to the park because there are no big kids like him to play with. (I realize this will be different in summer, but for other times?)

I am trying to find a child to care for in September that is in school part-time, so he will have someone here closer to his age.

Any advice would be welcome.