Most of our local school districts are on Spring Break this week, which means many parents are starting to plan summer break! I’ve been getting lots of requests for summer care and tutoring services, but due to our baby girl’s…
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U belong in our groUp
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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…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Holidays, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Meals, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Motor Skills, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Safety, Science, Sensory, Social Skills, Special Needs, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, family, food and fitness, healthy foods, love, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, students, sweets and treats, unique kids, valentines
Winter Sounds Like
The kids at Adventure Academy used their senses all month long and discovered “Sights and Sounds of Winter,” using the Mother Goose Time curriculum! Here’s a short video of some of the fun we had with the sounds of music: Discussing music…
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Winter sounds like…
“Winter sounds like wind.” “Winter sounds like Christmas songs.” “It is not ‘beginning to look a lot like Christmas’ though.” This is how the conversation led into “What happened to the snow?” “Is it spring now?” “Listen to the birds!” Listen…
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Sense of sound
Our last article shared how LOUD our transportation theme got, but couldn’t predict the noise of “Orchestra” week! I’m sure anyone who has or works with kids can imagine though – the joyous noise created by exploring the sounds of…
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Over the river and through the woods
Some of our ADVENTURES this week: The last couple weeks have been LOUD at Adventure Academy. Transportation theme lessons have led to a center filled with kids honking and beeping. Not always music to my ears, but the sounds of happy children…
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Skins&Shells
I woke up to snow and realized we didn’t get through our “to do” list yet this week. This last week of October always seems to be a busy one, trying to keep up with work and home life while preparing for…
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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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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…
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