“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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Winter sounds like…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Holidays, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Science, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, animal tracks, animals, crafts, Holidays, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, music, Science, sights, sounds, weather, winter
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…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Holidays, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Math, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Science, Sensory, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: brain development, caeers, child care, costumes, Curriculums, fall, halloween, Homeschool, jobs, learning through play, lesson, make believe, Michigan, observation, october, problem solve, pumpkin patch party, role play, schedule, skins and shells, to do list, Tutoring, winter, work
Stories and Soup
A curious student learns more than a student who only wants good grades. This is why I develop lesson plans for increasing curiosity, before worrying about increasing test scores. The key to curiosity is open exploration and adventure. Sometimes Adventure Academy can’t…
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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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Sun Fun
“How many days are left of summer vacation?” a child asked another. “As many as it is warm,” was the answer. “I mean how many days til’ school starts again?” the first continued. “It never ended,” was the reply. The…
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Summer School
When working with students to avoid the “summer slide,” I try and make “summer school” feel more like “summer camp.” Through fun themes such as “Phineas and Ferb” we work on reading, writing, math, science, social studies … We work…
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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
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…
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The Family Tree
Tis’ the season for football, food, friends and family… It’s the season for “Thankful Hearts” – which hopefully prepares way for a season of giving and not greed… How do you keep your family’s hearts on the “reason for the…
Posted in Education, Family, Holidays, Homeschool, Science Tagged with: Education, Homeschool, Science, Thanksgiving
