“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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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
April is over, but…
This article was meant to be posted a couple weeks ago, but blogging gets pushed back when life gets complicated…and computers are broken… I had planned to share thoughts for April’s autism awareness month, and figured I’d move onto May topics,…
Posted in Autism Spectrum, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Parents, Providers, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, Homeschool, red flags, Social Skills, Spectrum, Tutoring
Happy Hearts
Last month our team worked hard encouraging others to be their own Valentine. That’s how I realized I needed to practice what I preached. But what practice would make my heart happiest? A year ago I was working just as hard, yet…
Posted in Autism Spectrum, Child Development, Education, Family, Homeschool, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Motor Skills, Parents, Providers, Social Skills, Special Needs, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, Christi Morgan, daycare, flood, happy heart, Homeschool, labels, Mi Families, remodel, Special Needs, Tutoring
The Balancing Act, scene 2015, take 43
The last couple articles touched on entitlement and made me consider ways I feel entitled. After all, it’s not nice to judge and toss my opinions out there if I’m not considering my own actions… so I took an honest…
Posted in Chores/Housekeeping, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Holidays, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Little Lincoln, Math, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Organization, Parents, Prometheus Motion Pictures, Providers, Reviews, RightStart Math, Safety, Special Needs, Sutton's Bay Virtual, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: Chores, Christi Morgan, curriculum, health and safety, Homeschool, Little Lincoln, math, Mi Families, Organization, parents, providers, review, Right Start Mathematics, routine, schedule, video, worksheet
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
Homeschool-life madness … and MATH
The last article promised curriculum reviews and I’ll deliver those, but with a different take than originally intended. You see our world got flipped upside down this week when my husband became the homeschool teacher. I feel extremely blessed to…
Posted in Curriculums, Homeschool, Math, Math-U-See, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Reviews, RightStart Math, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: Curriculums, Homeschool, Homeschool Dad, Khan Academy, Little Lincoln, math, Math-U-See, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Reviews, RightStart Math, TouchMath, Tutoring, Unemployment
A reason 2 homeschool
As the excitement of “back to school” wears off I hear many parents question the best plan for their children’s education. Kids in schools are coming home in tears because of a bully or frustrated at night with their homework. …
Posted in Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Homeschool, Organization, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Video Tagged with: Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Children's Therapy Corner, Homeschool, Organization, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay
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
