The laughing started when I announced that this weeks theme was “Backyard Safari.” An observation that “it’s a blizzard outside” meant our backyard safari would be indoors. Schools were closed due to the icy roads and blowing snow conditions, so some…
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Indoor Safari
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Our World, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Sensory, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, African animals, Backyard Safari, blizzard, cultures, Curriculums, food, lesson plans, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, seasons, transitions, weather, wild life, yoga video
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…
Posted in adventure academy, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Holidays, Homeschool, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Motor Skills, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Sensory, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, animals, instruments, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, music, senses, sights, sounds, video
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
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…
Posted in adventure academy, Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Math, Meals, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Motor Skills, Organization, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Sensory, Social Skills, Special Needs, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, allergies, art, back to school, basic skills, child care, curriculum, emotions, expressions, feelings, friends, identity, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, multiple ages, portfolio, social media, Social Skills
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…
Posted in adventure academy, Back2School, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Motor Skills, Our World, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Science, Sensory, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, back to school, crafts, culture, Curriculums, fables, folktales, Meals, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, story telling, video
Dive right in
Our last article ended with thoughts on how Michigan summers are perfect for adventures. I stand by that statement as I stand in Lake Michigan thinking about ways to encourage you to jump in and enjoy such adventures with your…
Posted in adventure academy, Education, Family, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Sensory, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, art, backyard adventure, camping, germs, Homeschool, lake michigan, lake superior, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, mystery of water, nature detective, preschool, Science, seasonal, social media, water animals, water pollution, weather
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…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Science, Sensory Tagged with: adventure, air, animals, art, authors, books, crafts, curriculum, family, games, Heroes A2Z, Homeschool, kid heros, library, Mother Goose Time, nature, nature detectives, real heroes read, save the world, seasons, senses, social media, Summer, summer school, summer vacation, trees
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
