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Autumn Assessment

I had to laugh when everyone was crying about snow last week. I think many forget that northern Michigan often has snow in October.  Seasons are simply dates on a calendar here.  But, seasons help us with festive lesson planning.

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Healthy homes

Mi Families (“my families”) LLC has been busy facilitating programs in homes, schools, libraries … and everywhere we go we are hearing people talking about germs.  As Autumn activities continue we Fall into flu season and often providers/parents are calling to cancel

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Socialize me

Classrooms are finally starting to get the school year rhythm down.  Peeking inside a classroom you’ll see kids sitting at desks and teachers standing up front explaining the lessons.  As teachers figure out the keys to help their new students learn best,

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Sunrise or Sunset

“I know our fun in the sun ends with back to school,” was the answer a child gave to “what is Labor Day”.  Labor day is the holiday to honor the labor / union movements.  It’s a day to celebrate

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Teachable Moments

“We can’t both be the teacher,” one of my boys said to the other. “Sure we can, we’ll just have the stuffed animals be the kids.  They’ll listen good, because they can’t talk.” Click arrow above to see our school

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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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