World Schooling has allowed our family many opportunities to grow socially and expand our community as we go. We genuinely love meeting new people and soaking up the time we have available with each individual we meet. Honestly, we pray that our hearts can grow in size with each new introduction.
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When our kids discover a new playground, they are unified under one unspoken goal, “Recruit as many other kids as you can for a game of tag.” Once all the kids are rallied together they vote to determine which version of tag they will play. There’s freeze tag, bridge tag, banana tag, treehouse tag, monster tag… the list goes on.
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So many amazing things happen during this common scenario. They are motivated to make new friends, they organize the teams, negotiate the rules, and they will continue to adjust said rules in order to keep the game going as long as possible (otherwise kids are free to quit the game).
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Our oldest son, Ilijah, is usually the last one standing, with sweat dripping from his face, begging everyone to keep playing. He’ll often bribe them by changing up the rules or the teams to make it more fun for the others. In the end, they’ve all swapped names and interests and have made plans to meet up again.
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Learning is often a social activity, not something that happens in isolation from others. In the same way adults “network” to grow in their field (on their own accord), kids also connect and learn from each other.
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What is another way you have seen where social learning supports intellectual advancement?
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