Mi Families (“my families”) LLC started our fall session this week! Our schedule is filling up fast with requests for provider trainings, parent workshops, family events, elementary tutoring, child development screenings and resources, playgroups, child care, homeschool programs … One of our new homeschool programs includes Christi Morgan (me) teaching “Kids Kitchen” at Northern Michigan Homeschool Partnership. Before cooking with elementary students I’ll be facilitating a “Parent and Me” class for preschoolers … and since many came with Grandma, or mom’s friend, or even big-brother we might need a new name for that group!
Scheduling different groups, Back2School activities, sports, church functions, appointments etc… can get complicated during this time of year so I spent last week developing a visual schedule for my family to follow, which included color coding to show who’s where/when. The visual schedule helps everyone know what’s expected, from breakfast to bedtime. Even though we all have different schedules, we try and keep the same routine, so things stay as predictable as possible. Often we have extra kiddos at our house for child care or tutoring and they get to know our routines as well, making it easier for them to transition from one activity to the next.
One lil’ guy said “at the Morgans we eat, play, learn, then eat play and learn again.” It’s a system that works for us. Every home, every school needs to find the system that works best for their goals / needs. Sometimes kids join us with different goals / needs so our system shifts a bit and that’s ok! Everyone has different goals / needs and that’s a good thing. Everyone has different strengths and different struggles. Our strengths and struggles make us who we are. We can use our strengths to help others and use our struggles to challenge us to reach goals. Everyone has different things they can teach others and different goals to work towards.
Everyone is different – even twins – according to twins in one of our programs this week. This week we talked about our differences and what’s is unique about us during ALL of our Back 2 School programs. We talked about what makes us unique and also what makes us the same as our friends and family members. We talked about the support family and friends give us at school and in the different programs we’re involved in this fall. Mi Families has lots of great programs being offered this fall. Adventure Academy is one of our youth programs providing education through recreation for tots to pre teens in Kingsley. We have a couple spaces left for enrollment if you know a kiddo who’d like to join us for theme based fun!
Email Christi@MiFamilies.com for more information on Adventure Academy or visit www.MiFamilies.com for info on our other programs. Also feel free to network with us on LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, and Facebook to see what we’re up to! This month we’re up to scheduling our programs and meeting new friends. Friends and families get to explore many great resources through our programs. Many of our children programs include top rated curriculums, such as Mother Goose Time. Many pics in this article showcase MGT materials and supplies. CLICK HERE to learn more about Mother Goose Time.
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