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Transportation Station

  The last couple weeks have flown by … or driven by … as we learned about “Things that go” and explored the vehicles used for different forms of travel and different jobs.  We played with school buses and police

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You’re a piece to our puzzle

Each and every child at Adventure Academy is an important piece to our puzzle.  A puzzle is something that “tests ingenuity or knowledge” and we gain more knowledge – together! When a child misses a session we miss them! We still have

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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

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Beyond the orchard

  There are lots of resources for helping children through transitions, which is great because times of change are often times of chaos for little ones.  Learning to handle times of change is an important piece of the developmental puzzle.  During

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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

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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

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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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Teachable Moments

“We can’t both be the teacher,” one of my boys said to the other. “Sure we can, we’ll just have the stuffed animals be the kids.  They’ll listen good, because they can’t talk.” Click arrow above to see our school

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NATURE DETECTIVES

Our last few articles touched on the important roles of moms and dads.  Parenting influences a child’s outcome, but does nurture or nature have greater impact? What role does father-God’s creation or Mother nature’s evolution play in the development of

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Adventure Academy

In this months news: ADVENTURE ACADEMY is OPENING SOON! Looking for an educational childcare option or ideas for developing one? Adventure Academy is going to be a unique program for 2-12 year olds…their families…the parents…their other providers… Adventure Academy is being designed

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