I woke up to snow and realized we didn’t get through our “to do” list yet this week. This last week of October always seems to be a busy one, trying to keep up with work and home life while preparing for…
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Skins&Shells
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Holidays, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Math, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Science, Sensory, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: brain development, caeers, child care, costumes, Curriculums, fall, halloween, Homeschool, jobs, learning through play, lesson, make believe, Michigan, observation, october, problem solve, pumpkin patch party, role play, schedule, skins and shells, to do list, Tutoring, winter, work
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…
Posted in adventure academy, All About Reading, Back2School, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Holidays, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Little Lincoln, Math-U-See, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Motor Skills, Organization, Our World, Parents, Providers, Reviews, RightStart Math, Social Skills, Spelling You See, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, adventures, All About Reading, astronomy, back to school, career, child care, Child Development, children, Curriculums, dance n beats, dreams, Education, explode the code, family services, film making, freedoms, friends, fun in the sun, Goals, handwriting without tears, Holidays, Homeschool, job, Labor Day, Little Lincoln, love learning, martial arts, Math-U-See, Mi Families, mom, Mother Goose Time, occupations, parents, providers, resources, right start math, schedule, social media, spelling u see, teacher, Tutoring
resolution revelation
How is your 2015 starting off? Holding true to those resolutions? Statistically the highest percent of resolutions are health based, but almost 90 percent of those goals will fail ~ many by the end of the first month of making…
Posted in Child Development, Education, Family, Health, Meals, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Parents, Providers, Uncategorized, Video Tagged with: breakfast, budget, dinner, exercise, food facts, Goals, Health, healthy habits, kids video, lunch, meal plan, resolutions, schedule, sides, smoothie recipe, snacks, teaching, worksheets
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
Putting FUN in FUNctional
Mi Families (“my families”) facilitates various events and workshops for families (and those who work with families). One program we host is called “Fun Fam” ~ but all our programs incorporate the “Fun Fam” philosophy. What does that mean? Well,…
Posted in Family, Health, Learning through Play, Meals, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Organization, Parents Tagged with: adoption, Christi Morgan, family, foster care, Health, Mi Families, mothers day, Organization, schedule, team builders
choosing choices
Last week we were stuck living outta suitcases in a hotel. I say (or rather write) “stuck” because it was not a vacation plan. We came back from our spring break vacation to a home that was without heat and…
Posted in Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Holidays, Learning through Play, Organization, Parents, Special Needs, Uncategorized Tagged with: Child Development, Education, Holidays, routine, schedule, Vacations
SCHEDULING your chaos
It’s been a bit over a week since we did the whole “spring forward” time change, but I still hear parents talking about how it’s affecting their homes. Kids are having a hard time falling asleep and even a harder…
Posted in Behaviors, Child Development, Family, Health, Learning through Play, Michigan, Organization, Parents, Providers, Safety, Uncategorized Tagged with: Challenging Behaviors, Child Development, Health, routine, Safety, schedule, Sleep
