Last month we focused on our friends and families and how we impact them and how they influence us. Although we talked about others – it was a pretty egocentric focus re-titled as “All about ME.” However the me focus…
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Communication
Septembers focus was “me, my family and friends” at Adventure Academy. We talked about ourselves, those closest to us, discussed extended family members, learned about stranger danger, talked about bullies … We learned how behaviors affect relationships and how emotions influence…
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me & my community
Some of my students are interested “in a galaxy far far away.” The make-believe world of Star Wars is being watched and played out by this next generation and it awesome how much they learn about society and communities from such…
Posted in adventure academy, Back2School, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Our World, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Social Skills, Speech Delay, Tutoring Tagged with: apples, behavior, bullies, character, child care, community, conflict, curriculum, emotions, expressions, family, farms, feelings, field trips, friends, Goals, Homeschool, keys, language dely, lessons, me, recipee, Special Needs, star wars, Tutoring, world
Making Friends
I’ve been asked to write about “social stuff.” Most people count “social stuff” as making friends, and at “Adventure Academy” we make friends when we make a mess and make believe together. Infants to pre-teens play together and learn together in…
Posted in adventure academy, Back2School, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, rules, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, character, children, community, emotions, expressions, family, feelings, friends, Homeschool, infants, me, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, multi age classroom, nature, season, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay
All about ME
Adventure Academy is back in business after my maternity leave. Old friends joined us last week and we’ll meet new friends this week. We’ll continue learning “all about me,” as well as learn about our friends and families. Everyone who…
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Going = Growing
“I’m getting so big” was the response almost every child had after checking their height and weight this week during our Going = Growing HEALTH WEEK. Using the Mother Goose Time curriculum for “Food and Fitness” we explored topics like…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Motor Skills, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Safety, Social Skills, Special Needs, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, development, doctors, emergencies, exercise, families, fitness, food, friends, Goals, growing, health curriculum, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, motor skills, multi age child care, parents, providers, rest, social development, Tutoring, video
Socialize me
Classrooms are finally starting to get the school year rhythm down. Peeking inside a classroom you’ll see kids sitting at desks and teachers standing up front explaining the lessons. As teachers figure out the keys to help their new students learn best,…
Posted in adventure academy, All About Reading, Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Behaviors, Child Development, Chores/Housekeeping, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Little Lincoln, Math-U-See, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, RightStart Math, Social Skills, Special Needs, Spelling You See Tagged with: Adventure Academy, bullies, classrooms, friends, friends and feelings, Homeschool, mentors, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, respect, responsibility, roll models, students, teachers, vocabulary
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…
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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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