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04:00 PM, Saturday, October 13, 2007 .. 4 comments .. Link
scene setup: dh taught ds5 "Bug" how to make paper cups out of  a sheet of paper about 6 weeks ago, and we have been deluged with paper cups made out of EVERYTHING and they are all over the house.
Bug has the part of Tiny Tim in our homeschool production. 
so yesterday we were at rehearsal, hosted by a local Baptist church, which has a nursery filled with toys for the younger siblings of the cast.  I was visiting with other moms in the nursery when Bug comes running in.
"Oh, Bug, are you done?  should we go?"
"No, I am not done."
"Then why are you in here?  go back to the rehearsal."  at this point I notice 2-3 young teens, about 13-15 also enter the nursery room.
"I am going to show these guys how to make a paper cup."  and he grabs a piece of paper from the stack left for the littles to color.
And then I watched as these teens watched Bug make a paper cup and instruct them how to do so as well.

about half an hour later (did you know that Tiny Tim doesn't do much in the play?) I noticed these same teens and Bug (on a stool) in front of a whiteboard, all drawing, and these teens totally accepting 5-yo Bug as a companion.
yup, my son is NOT being socialized.  not if that means his only friends are other 5 year olds.
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05:33 AM, Sunday, October 14, 2007 .. Posted by gokings13
It is amazing to watch!!!
What a great story. Thanks for sharing.
Laura

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08:47 AM, Sunday, October 14, 2007 .. Posted by desertoasis
What a wonderful example! That is exactly what should be happening! Keep up the good life :)

I have a 6yr old and all the people who sit next to us in church constantly tell us how smart and trained he is lol. We don't send our kids to the "babysitting" Sunday School classes (I didn't realize they allow just anyone to teach, even of different faiths), he learns the Truth along with his older siblings :)

Thanks for commenting on my blog. Do you have a blog on Homeschoolblogger as well?
Denise
aka http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/CuriousCat and /HeartnSoul

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08:41 AM, Monday, October 15, 2007 .. Posted by cdorsey
Thanks for visiting my extremely new blog. I stumbled across your blog this week-end as I was browsing and loved this post. So true! I have found that my kids are well socialized to ALL people. Great post.


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10:20 AM, Wednesday, November 14, 2007 .. Posted by Anonymous
Wonderful example of socialization! This story should me sent to every newspaper in the country!
Melanie

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