“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” It sounds simple – yet in today’s packed classrooms where teachers are given their curriculum guidelines it is a challenge to individualize lessons.…
Yearly Archives: 2016
The way I learn
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It’s all about ME
While facilitating provider trainings at centers and schools I’m often told how “individualized” their program is. Yet during observations I feel that many teachers and caregivers are individualizing their classrooms for their own needs and goals. Often their own instruction…
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Going = Growing
“I’m getting so big” was the response almost every child had after checking their height and weight this week during our Going = Growing HEALTH WEEK. Using the Mother Goose Time curriculum for “Food and Fitness” we explored topics like…
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Healthy = Happy
“Because it’s fun to run and jump and play catch and I can’t wait for the ice to melt so we can swim at the beach too!” … When I overheard a 6 six year old student make this comment…
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healthy hearts
Each child is loved for who they are at Adventure Academy. Each child is valued for their uniqueness and encouraged to share their gifts, talents and creativity with each other. Each child comes from a different family dynamic, with different…
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Food Fun
Each new month means a new learning adventure at Adventure Academy. As we transitioned out of our Safari adventure we discussed the different foods animals eat compared to human diets. This week we studied the 5 food groups and encouraged…
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Indoor Safari
The laughing started when I announced that this weeks theme was “Backyard Safari.” An observation that “it’s a blizzard outside” meant our backyard safari would be indoors. Schools were closed due to the icy roads and blowing snow conditions, so some…
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Greener Grasslands
“Their grass might be greener, but our grass has snow on top so we can sled.” This was one response to asking what students thought when they heard the grass is greener phrase. I love how many children chose to look at…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Chores/Housekeeping, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Our World, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Reward Chart, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, african safari, animals, basic skills, culture, curriculum, lesson plans, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, motor skills, multi age classroom, music, people, problem solving, travel, winter
Safari Animal Adventure
This week Adventure Academy has been gone on Safari. Instead of hibernating like our local bears, we left snow filled northern-Michigan to visit the animals of Africa. We roared like the lions, sprayed water like elephants, wrestled with rhinos,…
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Winter ROARS
The sounds of music have changed to the sounds of animals as we explore the safari at Adventure Academy. As we transitioned into winter we discussed how our local animals used migration, hibernation or adaptation to survive the weather…
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