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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Teachable Tools: Language and Literacy
Posted in All About Reading, Autism Spectrum, Curriculums, Education, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Reviews, Social Skills, Special Needs, Spelling You See, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: All About Reading, Autism Spectrum, Christi Morgan, curriculum, Education, Homeschool, Language, Literacy, Mi Families, Reviews, Social Skills, Special Needs, Spelling You See, Tutoring, video
Summer isn’t over
Recent survey shows that about ¼ of the families out there haven’t taken a “vacation” this summer. But there is still time…summer isn’t over yet! You don’t need much time, or money, or even travel plans. You can enjoy a…
Posted in Back2School, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Our World, Parents, Providers Tagged with: back to school, book swap, camping, Christi Morgan, family, Homeschool, Mi Families, Michigan, Summer, vacation
Summer Smart
Last weekend Mi Families (“my families”) asked children what holiday they were celebrating … almost every kid answered “Cherry Festival!” I think Traverse City area needs to consider that message. Still, those kids were seeing “independence” in action and many…
Posted in Education, Family, Holidays, Homeschool, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Motor Skills, Sensory, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay Tagged with: 4th of July, Education, family, home-made T-stool, Homeschool, Mi Families, Special Needs, Summer
it’s a SPRING thing
Although our “Swing into Spring” event started with flurries – It was the last of our winter weather (which is good since it’s almost summer)! No more hats or mittens – but I wouldn’t put away your kids boots –…
Posted in Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Meals, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Organization, Parents, Providers, Science, Sensory, Social Skills, Special Needs Tagged with: Christi Morgan, Education, Health, Homeschool, Meals, Mi Families, Organization, Science, Social Studies, Special Needs
Putting FUN in FUNctional
Mi Families (“my families”) facilitates various events and workshops for families (and those who work with families). One program we host is called “Fun Fam” ~ but all our programs incorporate the “Fun Fam” philosophy. What does that mean? Well,…
Posted in Family, Health, Learning through Play, Meals, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Organization, Parents Tagged with: adoption, Christi Morgan, family, foster care, Health, Mi Families, mothers day, Organization, schedule, team builders
In love … with LEARNING
Last time I rambled about Mi Scheduling so following the resolution order lets dive into Mi Education! “We” is used in the past blogs since “we” are all about team-work, but today I write from the point of “I”. This…
Posted in Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Organization, Parents, Providers, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Tutoring Tagged with: Christi Morgan, Daily Routine, Education, Homeschool, Mi Families, Special Needs, Tutoring
Mi School
Did summer seem to fly by to you? Or linger to long? Did the cold then hot temps and dry then rainy weather make it difficult to plan outings – or were you able to fill your days with summer…
Posted in Back2School, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Parents, Providers, Tutoring Tagged with: Back2School, Christi Morgan, Mi Families, Tutoring
Mi Programs
Since our last post a few parents and providers have contacted us wanting to know more about Mi Families – history and services. We are often asked “what other trainings to do you do” and our answer is – if…
Posted in Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Parents, Providers, Special Needs, Tutoring Tagged with: Child Development, curriculum, Education, events, Homeschool, Special Needs, trainings, Tutoring, workshops
your family and Mi Families
How’s your summer going? Are your kids staying busy or startin’ to get bored? Are your kids keeping toooo busy or do they have a nice balance between activities and rest times? Are activities balanced between motion movers and brain…
Posted in Education, Family, Learning through Play, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Organization, Parents, Providers Tagged with: Camps, Christi Morgan, learning through play, Mi Families, Summer
Reaching GOALS
Everyone needs to have goals, and if one is too young to create their own goals – that becomes part of your job. The tough part of making goals for someone is remembering that you are building goals for them…
Posted in Autism Spectrum, Child Development, Education, Health, Learning through Play, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Organization, Parents, Providers, Social Skills, Special Needs, Uncategorized Tagged with: Child Development, Education, Goals, Mi Families, Social Skills, Special Needs
