Yearly Archives: 2014

The Balancing Act, scene 2015, take 43

The last couple articles touched on entitlement and made me consider ways I feel entitled.  After all, it’s not nice to judge and toss my opinions out there if I’m not considering my own actions… so I took an honest

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thankful hearts

Sometimes it is during the hardest of holidays you are given the best of gifts. These gifts are rarely physical things wrapped up in a package, but sometimes they are. Sometimes it’s a treasure passed down generations, sometimes it’s an

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Entitlement?

Another month has flown by! As Mi Families continues to build up clients and consultation gigs we are trying to keep up with articles and video posts, but we may need to bring in the troops to keep up with demands!

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Teachable Tools: Language and Literacy

While recently training a handful of teens/young adults I was surprised at how entitled they felt. I listened to their conversation about needing immediate gratification and their “stress” for selfish wants.  As the discussion grew into a debate of wants

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Homeschool-life madness … and MATH

The last article promised curriculum reviews and I’ll deliver those, but with a different take than originally intended. You see our world got flipped upside down this week when my husband became the homeschool teacher. I feel extremely blessed to

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A reason 2 homeschool

As the excitement of “back to school” wears off I hear many parents question the best plan for their children’s education.  Kids in schools are coming home in tears because of a bully or frustrated at night with their homework. 

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Our Back2School Story

At some point you look through the case-history and decide to accept labels.  Red flags were there the times one appeared “clumsy” and when the other stopped talking.  Red flags were thrown in your face when you were the director

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Summer isn’t over

Recent survey shows that about ¼ of the families out there haven’t taken a “vacation” this summer.  But there is still time…summer isn’t over yet! You don’t need much time, or money, or even travel plans.  You can enjoy a

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Summer School

When working with students to avoid the “summer slide,” I try and make “summer school” feel more like “summer camp.” Through fun themes such as “Phineas and Ferb” we work on reading, writing, math, science, social studies … We work

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Summer Smart

Last weekend Mi Families (“my families”) asked children what holiday they were celebrating … almost every kid answered “Cherry Festival!” I think Traverse City area needs to consider that message. Still, those kids were seeing “independence” in action and many

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