Saw this article today in a nursing home industry news letter: A kindergarten everyone should attend.
The author is amazed at how well both the children and the residents do when the two generations spend so much time together. Hmm. Sounds familiar. Sounds like something we've been saying for years. (That's the collective "we" the homeschool fanatics.)
Maybe the crazy idea of not isolating children only with other kids of the same age will catch on.
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When will they learn. All answers can be found with a quick email to a home school Mom. ;-)
Ohhh, you mean that whole socializing-with-people-of-a-variety-of-ages thing? That?
We're "right"? Oh my. Don't let that one get out.
No, Ms. Berger,
It doesn't get any better than that. :o)
Thanks for sharing this! HUGS
I'm getting twitchy thinking about sending this to my parents -- aka "the people who sold their house and moved into a 'retirement community' so they could just be around people their own age'. Which DRIVES ME NUTS, especially since they now act OLD since they're only around OLD people all day. GOD FORBID the ages mix it up and interact, you know. GAH1
Dealing with this equation on the other end, here....
Blondie is writing up some of his essays for scholarships. One of them is: Give an example of a time when you did more than what was expected of you.
He is writing about the time he spends with his elderly friends, even though it's not expected that teens have anything in common with older folks.
Yes, I would say that homeschoolers have known about this concept for a long time.
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