Sometimes it is during the hardest of holidays you are given the best of gifts. These gifts are rarely physical things wrapped up in a package, but sometimes they are. Sometimes it’s a treasure passed down generations, sometimes it’s an…
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thankful hearts
Posted in Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Holidays, Homeschool, Little Lincoln, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Parents, Prometheus Motion Pictures, Providers, Reviews, SIDS, Special Needs, Sutton's Bay Virtual, Video Tagged with: Christi Morgan, Christmas, Curriculums, Education, family, Health, Holidays, Homeschool, Little Lincoln, Mi Families, parents, Reviews, Sutton's Bay Virtual, Thankful Hearts, Thankful Tree, Thanksgiving, video
Entitlement?
Another month has flown by! As Mi Families continues to build up clients and consultation gigs we are trying to keep up with articles and video posts, but we may need to bring in the troops to keep up with demands!…
Posted in Autism Spectrum, Education, Family, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Special Needs, Tutoring Tagged with: ABA therapy, Christi Morgan, health insurance, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Special Needs, teamwork, Tutoring, workshops
Teachable Tools: Language and Literacy
While recently training a handful of teens/young adults I was surprised at how entitled they felt. I listened to their conversation about needing immediate gratification and their “stress” for selfish wants. As the discussion grew into a debate of wants…
Posted in All About Reading, Autism Spectrum, Curriculums, Education, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Reviews, Social Skills, Special Needs, Spelling You See, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: All About Reading, Autism Spectrum, Christi Morgan, curriculum, Education, Homeschool, Language, Literacy, Mi Families, Reviews, Social Skills, Special Needs, Spelling You See, Tutoring, video
Homeschool-life madness … and MATH
The last article promised curriculum reviews and I’ll deliver those, but with a different take than originally intended. You see our world got flipped upside down this week when my husband became the homeschool teacher. I feel extremely blessed to…
Posted in Curriculums, Homeschool, Math, Math-U-See, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Reviews, RightStart Math, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: Curriculums, Homeschool, Homeschool Dad, Khan Academy, Little Lincoln, math, Math-U-See, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Reviews, RightStart Math, TouchMath, Tutoring, Unemployment
A reason 2 homeschool
As the excitement of “back to school” wears off I hear many parents question the best plan for their children’s education. Kids in schools are coming home in tears because of a bully or frustrated at night with their homework. …
Posted in Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Homeschool, Organization, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Video Tagged with: Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Children's Therapy Corner, Homeschool, Organization, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay
Our Back2School Story
At some point you look through the case-history and decide to accept labels. Red flags were there the times one appeared “clumsy” and when the other stopped talking. Red flags were thrown in your face when you were the director…
Posted in Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Education, Parents, Providers, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay Tagged with: Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Education, parents, providers, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay
Summer isn’t over
Recent survey shows that about ¼ of the families out there haven’t taken a “vacation” this summer. But there is still time…summer isn’t over yet! You don’t need much time, or money, or even travel plans. You can enjoy a…
Posted in Back2School, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Our World, Parents, Providers Tagged with: back to school, book swap, camping, Christi Morgan, family, Homeschool, Mi Families, Michigan, Summer, vacation
Summer School
When working with students to avoid the “summer slide,” I try and make “summer school” feel more like “summer camp.” Through fun themes such as “Phineas and Ferb” we work on reading, writing, math, science, social studies … We work…
Posted in Curriculums, Education, Family, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Our World, Parents, Providers, Science, Social Skills, Special Needs, Uncategorized Tagged with: CAMP, character, Education, Mi Families, NMC college for Kids, Phineas and Ferb-tastic Activities, Science, Social Studies, Special Needs, virtues
Summer Smart
Last weekend Mi Families (“my families”) asked children what holiday they were celebrating … almost every kid answered “Cherry Festival!” I think Traverse City area needs to consider that message. Still, those kids were seeing “independence” in action and many…
Posted in Education, Family, Holidays, Homeschool, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Motor Skills, Sensory, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay Tagged with: 4th of July, Education, family, home-made T-stool, Homeschool, Mi Families, Special Needs, Summer
SAME team
There are lots of mommy and me playgroups …and clubs …and magazines and… but not enough daddy focused services, yet more and more dad’s want to be (or are) involved on that level. Mi-Dad’s express gratitude that our programs are…
Posted in Family, Holidays, Mi Families, Parents, Social Skills, Special Needs Tagged with: dads, fathers day, moms, parents, relationships, Summer, team builders
