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'An attachment village is an invisible matrix in which children mature, developing a sense of rootedness, belonging, and connection. Children look up to and orient around adults in these communities, and many surrogate caregivers abound.' Source: https://www.neufeldinstitute.org/editorials/cultivating-attachment-villages For more information read Hold on to your Kids by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté

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​Learning activities are repeated within different settings..
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Children love to repeat an activity which they enjoy. We give them time to repeat the same activity within different settings. By learning cyclically, the child gains multiple chances to grasp the activity and to deepen his/her knowledge within a short time span.

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Positive character is forged over the years by making deliberate choices and receiving positive input, coaching and guidance.
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A positive character is a good basis for gaining knowledge and learning skills. A child needs practice to make positive choices. Natural surroundings provide him/her with many challenges that need to be overcome.
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Our goal is that children become interdependent learners.  In order to accomplish this, they need to practise with different tools to unlock the wealth of skill and knowledge available.
 
We provide tools for learning whether formal or informal. Children need to know how to analyse, ask critical questions, search for answers, teach others, find similarities across the broad spectrum of subject matter. We give them tools with which to learn together in multi- generational groups. This affords them insight into a rich environment involving a number of learning styles. 

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A society is a group of people who interact with each other. It could either be an open, closed or half-closed system. In our programme children take part in an  open and thus often complex society. Characteristics of an open society is the constant interaction with the surrounding without loosing its characteristics. Our programme has been designed with the Four-Component Instructional Design model (4C-ID model) Jeroen Merriënboer, that is specifically designed for complex learning. 
 
We give children many opportunities to contribute to nature. the family, group(s), a local community and provincial and national communities. This is symbolised by a rock dropped in a pool of water causing ripple effects that expand from the center outwards. A child moves further outwards when he/she is ready to take the next step.
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Enjoying Nature

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The need to conserve and to live with nature instead of opposed to it are challenges that urgently require action. We need a generation of experts who delve deeply into microscopic details and at the same time have general knowledge and morality. This begs for an educational approach in which teachers as well as learners need
to test their knowledge and talents within a real-life context.

Children are naturally very open to learn in real-life-situations. Daniel Quinn wrote: 'Children are the most fantastic learners in the world'.  and we agree. It is a privilege to be their guide and introduce them to the complexity of this world. 
 
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