WOW! What a busy first half of the year. Mi Families facilitated gym classes, outdoor ed, STEAM programs, art and board game sessions, volunteer projects, plus tutor times and developmental therapies. We had many field trips and EDventures, our teens…
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the 1st half of 2025
Posted in Back2School, Child Development, Education, Family, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Michigan, Motor Skills, Parents, Safety, Social Skills, Tutoring Tagged with: Homeschool, Spring, Summer
Our story: The past and the future
As we wind down our fun in the sun – summer programs, and prepare for fall – I’m sitting here thinking back to all the programs we’ve facilitated over decades. I’m especially thankful for the unexpected EDventures over the past…
Posted in Back2School, Education, Family, Homeschool, Mi Families, Michigan, Parents Tagged with: art, fall24, gym, Homeschool, Special Needs, Tutoring
Time to plan programs: Fall23
I thought we were still in the middle of the summer – so I was surprised to get messages asking what fall programs are planned. Then I realized next week is August and fall programs start in just over a…
Posted in Back2School, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Holidays, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Math, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Motor Skills, Our World, Parents Tagged with: Homeschool
me & my community
Some of my students are interested “in a galaxy far far away.” The make-believe world of Star Wars is being watched and played out by this next generation and it awesome how much they learn about society and communities from such…
Posted in adventure academy, Back2School, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Our World, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Social Skills, Speech Delay, Tutoring Tagged with: apples, behavior, bullies, character, child care, community, conflict, curriculum, emotions, expressions, family, farms, feelings, field trips, friends, Goals, Homeschool, keys, language dely, lessons, me, recipee, Special Needs, star wars, Tutoring, world
Making Friends
I’ve been asked to write about “social stuff.” Most people count “social stuff” as making friends, and at “Adventure Academy” we make friends when we make a mess and make believe together. Infants to pre-teens play together and learn together in…
Posted in adventure academy, Back2School, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, rules, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, character, children, community, emotions, expressions, family, feelings, friends, Homeschool, infants, me, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, multi age classroom, nature, season, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay
All about ME
Adventure Academy is back in business after my maternity leave. Old friends joined us last week and we’ll meet new friends this week. We’ll continue learning “all about me,” as well as learn about our friends and families. Everyone who…
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Back 2 School
And just like that, the next school season has started. Every fall I find myself asking how summer flew by so quickly – but as we head into this next fall season I feel as if I completely skipped summer…
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My maternity leave
My maternity leave is coming to an end. Although most mommies take a longer break, most mommies don’t get to do most of their work from home … with their baby and big kids at home too! I love the…
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My Family
Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile – I have a good excuse though – a new baby has taken up a lot of my time! From bed rest from pregnancy complications to bed rest from delivery complications I haven’t been able…
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