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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You’re a piece to our puzzle
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U belong in our groUp
Most of our local school districts are on Spring Break this week, which means many parents are starting to plan summer break! I’ve been getting lots of requests for summer care and tutoring services, but due to our baby girl’s…
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we’re all “special”
Mother Goose Time suggests topics for their blog ambassadors (like myself) to discuss. This month we’ve been sharing thoughts on “Individualizing Instruction” regarding our students interests, developmental levels, learning styles and “adapting for inclusion.” During a discussion on inclusion I was surprised how many…
Posted in adventure academy, Autism Spectrum, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Motor Skills, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Tutoring Tagged with: adapting for inclusion, Adventure Academy, Blog, curriculum, delays, desert, developmental levels, emotional, gifts, Goals, individualizing instruction, infant, intellectual, interests, labels, learning, learning styles, lesson plans, medically fragile, mental illness, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, multi age program, physical impairments, preschooler, resources, social, social media, Special Needs, talents, teaching, toddler
Healthy = Happy
“Because it’s fun to run and jump and play catch and I can’t wait for the ice to melt so we can swim at the beach too!” … When I overheard a 6 six year old student make this comment…
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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…
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
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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Feel the love
How many of you are still holding strong to your 2015 resolutions? As mentioned in the last article most plans fail within the first month. That fact gets many down, so many have already given up, BUT if we’d only realize…
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