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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

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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

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In love … with LEARNING

Last time I rambled about Mi Scheduling so following the resolution order lets dive into Mi Education! “We” is used in the past blogs since “we” are all about team-work, but today I write from the point of “I”.  This

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A is for Autumn

It’s still pretty warm some days tricking us to think we still have time to swim, but as kiddo’s climbed outta the great lake shivering this week it forced us parents to realize that summer weather is ending quickly.  As

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Mi School

Did summer seem to fly by to you? Or linger to long? Did the cold then hot temps and dry then rainy weather make it difficult to plan outings – or were you able to fill your days with summer

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Mi Programs

Since our last post a few parents and providers have contacted us wanting to know more about Mi Families – history and services.  We are often asked “what other trainings to do you do” and our answer is – if

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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

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