Summer is flying by in our discovery daycamp.  Although our days are filled with camp adventures, they are also filled with summer school lessons.  Summer school should not be a time a child is expected to sit at a desk…

The Forth of July is filled with festive fun …friends and family and food and fireworks…  participants came back to our programs tired from late night adventures and filled with memories to share. Mi Families facilitates programs for providers, parents…

Mi Families (“my families”) LLC facilitates programs for providers, parents, families and youth across Michigan.  All programs have an “education through recreation focus,” where participants learn through hands on fun.  Adventure Academy is our learning program for tots to pre…

What a warm week we had … good theme our summer theme starts off with lots of water activities.  One theme curriculum we are using is “Imagination Island” from Mother Goose Time.  We transitioned to this theme after learning about…

The official date of summer is getting closer, but it already feels like summer with schools ending for vacation and the sunny warm weather.  The kids at Adventure Academy have been outside lots this week enjoying the weather.  Many students…

Every month kids explore a new theme at Adventure Academy.  Through top rated curriculums, such as Mother Goose Time, infants to pre teens work together to learn about the world around them. This spring they explored topics of growth and…

Click for larger pics 🙂 As we finish up our BUG unit the children reflected on this months theme from Mother Goose Time.  Mother Goose Time provides us with a new themed kit each month filled with activities, manipulatives, stories, music……

Picture your children problem solving without adult interaction.  Adults should be supervising at all times, but too often I observe adults directing too much of their children’s play and learning activities.  Too often adults jump in to help children problem solve…

Spring is a transition season… not yet hot, but no long freezing. Many love the transition seasons of spring and fall, especially in Michigan with the changing colors of leaves falling or flowers growing.  Spring is a transition season where…

Bird month flew by! All month long the kids at Adventure Academy were learning about birds, eggs, nests … so Mi Families other programs hosted related themes for parents and providers.  From spring bird watching hikes to watching birds hatching out…