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Look for a homeschool association in your area. Through that, they will be able to have regular play dates, science fairs, spelling bees, co-op classes, etc. Ours also hosts an annual father-daughter Valentine dance, book clubs, and the like.
4H and Scouts would be a good outlet.
What programs are there in your community? Homeschooled children can still participate in mainstream programs, such as baseball, swimming, tennis, etc.
Our local YMCA has homeschool gymnastics programs-they are offered during the day when other children are in school.
Likewise, our local museum and zoos offer programs for homeschoolers. These are not only educational, but provide an opportunity to socialize as well.
You will not be moving, will you? Your siblings will still have their friends from school and your neighborhood. They will still have cousins and the like to play with. Most likely, they will socialize MORE if they homeschool, because they will make new friends and have more time for socializing.
Perhaps they could also spend time at a local hospital or nursing home, play with babies in the neighborhood-socialization need not only be with people born the same year you were. They will probably accompany your mother on outings and meet the mail man, meat cutter, etc.
It is not something you need worry about.
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