Some songs get stuck in your head and some stories your children want read over and over and over … and although it’s annoying you – it’s linking language for them. Books and music are the number one links to…
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Links2Language
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Little Lincoln, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: academic, Adventure Academy, animals, communication, comprehension, confidence, crafts, developmental screenings, diversity, dramatic play, Education, fall, families, felt board, field trips, games, Goals, Language, language disability, lessons, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, nature, reading, recipe, resilient, respectful, responsible, seasons, slp, social media, speaking, Speech Delay, storytelling, survial, team, video, weather, writing
Communicate
Parents and providers recently discussed how resources regarding growth and change are provided throughout spring themes, but not throughout other seasons. Considering all the changes and transitions the fall season brings Mi Families (“my families“) reached out with resources, and…
Posted in adventure academy, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Little Lincoln, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Social Skills, Speech Delay, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, babysitting, child care, classrooms, Curriculums, daycare, Education, environment, fall, families, field trips, friends and feelings, hands on learning, Homeschool, imagination, in the orchard, library, Little Lincoln, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, parents, providers, resources, schools, seasons, teachers, team, trnasitions, Tutoring
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
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…
Posted in adventure academy, All About Reading, Back2School, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Holidays, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Little Lincoln, Math-U-See, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Motor Skills, Organization, Our World, Parents, Providers, Reviews, RightStart Math, Social Skills, Spelling You See, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, adventures, All About Reading, astronomy, back to school, career, child care, Child Development, children, Curriculums, dance n beats, dreams, Education, explode the code, family services, film making, freedoms, friends, fun in the sun, Goals, handwriting without tears, Holidays, Homeschool, job, Labor Day, Little Lincoln, love learning, martial arts, Math-U-See, Mi Families, mom, Mother Goose Time, occupations, parents, providers, resources, right start math, schedule, social media, spelling u see, teacher, Tutoring
DADs & daycare
FINALLY! We are finally crossing the finish line, dotting our i’s and crossing our t’s… My Family is excited to open our doors for Mi Families (“my families”) newest program – Adventure Academy. Adventure Academy will be a unique program…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Parents, Providers, Uncategorized, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, dads, daycare, Education, fathers day, homeschooling
Who’s mom?
Our last article mentioned the importance of highlighting awareness days more than just one day a year. Should we honor our mom’s more than just on Mother’s day? Should we see commercials of dad’s and kids serving breakfast in bed, doing the…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Education, Family, Health, Holidays, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Parents, SIDS, Special Needs Tagged with: adoption, Adventure Academy, Education, foster care, history, mothers day, peace, sids, Special Needs
thankful hearts
Sometimes it is during the hardest of holidays you are given the best of gifts. These gifts are rarely physical things wrapped up in a package, but sometimes they are. Sometimes it’s a treasure passed down generations, sometimes it’s an…
Posted in Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Holidays, Homeschool, Little Lincoln, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Parents, Prometheus Motion Pictures, Providers, Reviews, SIDS, Special Needs, Sutton's Bay Virtual, Video Tagged with: Christi Morgan, Christmas, Curriculums, Education, family, Health, Holidays, Homeschool, Little Lincoln, Mi Families, parents, Reviews, Sutton's Bay Virtual, Thankful Hearts, Thankful Tree, Thanksgiving, video
Teachable Tools: Language and Literacy
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…
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
Our Back2School Story
At some point you look through the case-history and decide to accept labels. Red flags were there the times one appeared “clumsy” and when the other stopped talking. Red flags were thrown in your face when you were the director…
Posted in Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Education, Parents, Providers, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay Tagged with: Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Education, parents, providers, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay
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…
Posted in Curriculums, Education, Family, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Our World, Parents, Providers, Science, Social Skills, Special Needs, Uncategorized Tagged with: CAMP, character, Education, Mi Families, NMC college for Kids, Phineas and Ferb-tastic Activities, Science, Social Studies, Special Needs, virtues
