Each child is loved for who they are at Adventure Academy. Each child is valued for their uniqueness and encouraged to share their gifts, talents and creativity with each other. Each child comes from a different family dynamic, with different…
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healthy hearts
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Holidays, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Meals, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Motor Skills, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Safety, Science, Sensory, Social Skills, Special Needs, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, family, food and fitness, healthy foods, love, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, students, sweets and treats, unique kids, valentines
Food Fun
Each new month means a new learning adventure at Adventure Academy. As we transitioned out of our Safari adventure we discussed the different foods animals eat compared to human diets. This week we studied the 5 food groups and encouraged…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Math, Meals, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Science, Sensory, Social Skills, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, circle time, dairy, fitness, food, fruits, grains, handwriting, Language, manipulatives, math, Mi Families, mother goose timea, multi age classroom, my plate, observation, prepackaged curriulum, protein, Science, sensory bins, Social Studies, vegetables
Safari Animal Adventure
This week Adventure Academy has been gone on Safari. Instead of hibernating like our local bears, we left snow filled northern-Michigan to visit the animals of Africa. We roared like the lions, sprayed water like elephants, wrestled with rhinos,…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Math, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Science, Social Skills, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, animals, books, child care, Curriculums, manipulatives, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, safari, subjects, Tutoring, winter
Skins&Shells
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…
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
Links2Language
Some songs get stuck in your head and some stories your children want read over and over and over … and although it’s annoying you – it’s linking language for them. Books and music are the number one links to…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Little Lincoln, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: academic, Adventure Academy, animals, communication, comprehension, confidence, crafts, developmental screenings, diversity, dramatic play, Education, fall, families, felt board, field trips, games, Goals, Language, language disability, lessons, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, nature, reading, recipe, resilient, respectful, responsible, seasons, slp, social media, speaking, Speech Delay, storytelling, survial, team, video, weather, writing
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
Community
Towards the end of our last article I wrote “…They have goals, and these goals include becoming responsible and respectful members of our future community…” I was asked if kids even understand the concept of community: A 9year old answered…
Posted in adventure academy, Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Meet our Director, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay Tagged with: Adventure Academy, autism, back to school, communication, community, friends and feelings, Homeschool, kwl chart, learning through play, make believe, Mother Goose Time, Social Skills, Speech Delay
Socialize me
Classrooms are finally starting to get the school year rhythm down. Peeking inside a classroom you’ll see kids sitting at desks and teachers standing up front explaining the lessons. As teachers figure out the keys to help their new students learn best,…
Posted in adventure academy, All About Reading, Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Behaviors, Child Development, Chores/Housekeeping, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Little Lincoln, Math-U-See, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, RightStart Math, Social Skills, Special Needs, Spelling You See Tagged with: Adventure Academy, bullies, classrooms, friends, friends and feelings, Homeschool, mentors, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, respect, responsibility, roll models, students, teachers, vocabulary
me, my friends and our feelings
Tis the season for back 2 school subjects, study skills and test taking. In believing that these academic achievements mean nothing without a love of learning, Mi Families went inside classrooms to ask students what makes them like school. The number…
Posted in adventure academy, Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Math, Meals, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Motor Skills, Organization, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Sensory, Social Skills, Special Needs, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, allergies, art, back to school, basic skills, child care, curriculum, emotions, expressions, feelings, friends, identity, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, multiple ages, portfolio, social media, Social Skills
me,myself,I & U
At a recent conference I overheard “If you show your child you love them too much they will become conceited.” Too many providers and parents believe this, even though research tells us different. Of course I don’t want my children…
Posted in adventure academy, Autism Spectrum, Back2School, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Social Skills, Special Needs, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: accommodations, Adventure Academy, all about me, autism spectrum disorder, Carter Oosterhouse, confidence, curriculum, Education, emotions, friends and feelings, homeschooling, label, Mother Goose Time, parents, providers, respect, responsible, self esteem, Social Skills
