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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me, my friends and our feelings
Tis the season for back 2 school subjects, study skills and test taking. In believing that these academic achievements mean nothing without a love of learning, Mi Families went inside classrooms to ask students what makes them like school. The number…
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me,myself,I & U
At a recent conference I overheard “If you show your child you love them too much they will become conceited.” Too many providers and parents believe this, even though research tells us different. Of course I don’t want my children…
Posted in adventure academy, Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Social Skills, Special Needs, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: accommodations, Adventure Academy, all about me, autism spectrum disorder, Carter Oosterhouse, confidence, curriculum, Education, emotions, friends and feelings, homeschooling, label, Mother Goose Time, parents, providers, respect, responsible, self esteem, Social Skills
Future of the 4th
“For score and 7years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal…” In 1863 President Lincoln delivered such remarks through the Gettysburg Address. Years…
Posted in adventure academy, Back2School, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Holidays, Homeschool, Mi Families, Parents, Providers, rules, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, dads, debates, declaration of independance, disciple, father figures, fathers, forth of july, gettysburg address, grandfathers, Mi Families, peace, role models, spanking, violence
April is over, but…
This article was meant to be posted a couple weeks ago, but blogging gets pushed back when life gets complicated…and computers are broken… I had planned to share thoughts for April’s autism awareness month, and figured I’d move onto May topics,…
Posted in Autism Spectrum, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Parents, Providers, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, Homeschool, red flags, Social Skills, Spectrum, Tutoring
Feel the love
How many of you are still holding strong to your 2015 resolutions? As mentioned in the last article most plans fail within the first month. That fact gets many down, so many have already given up, BUT if we’d only realize…
Posted in Autism Spectrum, Behaviors, Child Development, Family, Health, Holidays, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Organization, Parents, Providers, Special Needs, Video Tagged with: adventure, confidence, delay, disability, Goals, inspirational quotes, interests, labels, resiliant, resolutions, resources, respect, responsibility, self esteem, social media, success, talents, valentines, view points
healthy=happy
As we live and learn we discover what lessons are the most important …and for each person it’s a different answer. For some it’s book knowledge, for others it’s life skills, for some it’s dealing with complex situations, for others…
learning to be a healthier me
Mi School’s focus is to encourage a love for learning. During Valentines I rambled about falling in love with knowledge ~ and to do that you should start with learning about yourself. If becoming a smarter and stronger you is…
Posted in Behaviors, Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Meals, Mi Families, Motor Skills, Organization, Our World, Parents, Providers, Science Tagged with: Education, family, Health, Homeschool, Meals, Science, Social Studies
Happy Home Days
Lots of people are planning winter celebrations and vacations, but lots more are planning on a quiet holiday at home. believing “busy is better than bored” is a great mind-set, but by the end of the year a little boredom…
Posted in Behaviors, Child Development, Education, Family, Holidays, Organization, Parents, Providers, Uncategorized Tagged with: Christmas, craft ideas, gift ideas
Scheduling Summer
It’s officially summer and Michigan seems to be finally warming up. Kids who complained it was too cold the other day are now complaining it’s too hot. Kids who were recently complaining about being in school are now complaining they…
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