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1,2,3 move with me

It’s cold and “beginning to look a lot like Christmas” outside, but that shouldn’t keep you indoors.  Everyone needs the fresh air and there are snowy adventures to have! Adventure Academy is planning winter adventures away from our center and inside our

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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

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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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Back 2 School

And just like that, the next school season has started. Every fall I find myself asking how summer flew by so quickly – but as we head into this next fall season I feel as if I completely skipped summer

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The ME in theme

  I just realized I’ve been trying to cram in all the activities I want children to enjoy before closing Adventure Academy for summer vacation.  I just realized that’s not the smartest teaching style as when we rush through anything we

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It’s all about ME

While facilitating provider trainings at centers and schools I’m often told how “individualized” their program is.  Yet during observations I feel that many teachers and caregivers are individualizing their classrooms for their own needs and goals.  Often their own instruction

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Food Fun

Each new month means a new learning adventure at Adventure Academy.  As we transitioned out of our Safari adventure we discussed the different foods animals eat compared to human diets.  This week we studied the 5 food groups and encouraged

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Greener Grasslands

“Their grass might be greener, but our grass has snow on top so we can sled.” This was one response to asking what students thought when they heard the grass is greener phrase.  I love how many children chose to look at

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