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Fun in the Sun

Posted on July 28, 2025 by Mi Families — No Comments ↓

As we head into the last week of July it’s time to recap our sun-fun and plan out fall-fun!

Here’s some pics from the fun in the sun over the past few months …

Our summer services were filled with caregiving services, tutor times, mini camps, family hikes, meet ups at parks and beaches, sports, martial arts, supply swaps … and planning out our fall fun. We’ll have another supply swap at our annual NOT-BACK-2-SCHOOL beach bash the Wednesday after Labor day, for those who sign up for our fall programs. This fall we will have ME TIME on Mondays for parents to get resources or a break while their kiddos get 1on1 services. There will also be Monday Martial Arts for tweens, teens, and adults. Tuesdays tots to teens are invited to TEAM TIME where there will be time for outdoor EDventures, gym activities, board games, and hang out time. There will also be limited Tutor Times on Tuesday afternoons. Wednesdays we’ll be at the HEN co-op. Our WORLDLY Wednesday co-op class is already full. Our classes often fill quickly so if you’d like to sign up or have questions email Christi@MiFamilies.com about the classes mentioned above or the ones below like THEMATIC Thursdays where we’ll explore the same themes through different subjects at different locations, such as literacy at the library and art at the Dennos … Thursdays afternoons there will also be some spots for therapeutic services. FRIENDSHIP Fridays are for parents and primary peers to build up supportive friendships. STREAM Saturdays are for 1on1 and small group study and skill builders. More info about these great skill building and friendship building programs are in the pic posts below. These programs start the week of Labor day and run until Christmas break. There will be about a month break between Christmas and the next semester classes. Those who sign up for these classes get first spots saved for next semester.

Click the pics for detailed program info or email Christi@MiFamilies.com for more info. You can also contact us via Facebook. Please note spaces are limited for all programs and program payments are needed to save student spaces. Payments are non refundable, unless programs are canceled.

Posted in Back2School, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Holidays, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Michigan, Motor Skills, Parents, Social Skills, Special Needs, Tutoring Tagged with: classes, co-ops, fall, field trips, friends, Homeschool, Summer

the 1st half of 2025

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Mi Families — No Comments ↓

WOW! What a busy first half of the year. Mi Families facilitated gym classes, outdoor ed, STEAM programs, art and board game sessions, volunteer projects, plus tutor times and developmental therapies. We had many field trips and EDventures, our teens went to dances together, and we were able to get access to discounts for community activities, museums, even free concerts … and Friday we’re going to our annual FREE pit spitters game to start off our summer semester. As we spring into summer we’re preparing for Makerspace Mondays, Tutor time Tuesdays, Wilderness Wednesdays, Therapeutic Thursdays, and Friendship Fridays – with a special mini camp on the first day of Summer (Friday, June20th), and summer self defense classes on Monday and Friday evenings! Scroll to the bottom for more info on those activities activities, but first scroll through our Winter&Spring semester “year book.”

Email Christi@MiFamilies.com for more information about our year round tot-teen programs. Join us for our fun fall programs for homeschoolers! Meet some of our homeschool friends this summer …

Groups like self defense, tutor times, and field trips meet year round.

Get in touch to learn how you can join us before we fill up –

some programs already have wait lists!

Posted in Back2School, Child Development, Education, Family, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Michigan, Motor Skills, Parents, Safety, Social Skills, Tutoring Tagged with: Homeschool, Spring, Summer

Ready to DIVE into 2025

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Mi Families — No Comments ↓

As we get ready to DIVE into 2025 – some of Mi Families and my family members are reflecting back on the fun had throughout 2024. Below are pics from the last half of this past years classes, field trips, volunteer services, etc… Some of what we have planned for 2025 is posted after the pics. We have lots of EDucational EDventures planned for babies through senior citizens! Half way through this upcoming year we’ll celebrate this years senior students graduating our homeschool programs. If you are a homeschool family looking for an active community or a parent looking for supportive resources – scroll down!

The flyers above are some of what we’re preparing for the new year!
Last year we enjoyed different classes for tots thru teens throughout the year…
We enjoyed field trips to science centers, concerts, museums, ball games…
We made friends volunteering with senior citizens and caroling…
It was a wonderfully fun and busy year and all programs were full.
As I post this all programs are over half full and will start soon,
starting with a winter adventure Wednesday, January 22nd.
If you’d like to join in the fun email Christi@MiFamilies.com

Posted in Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Michigan, Parents, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Tutoring Tagged with: families, Homeschool, parents, Tutoring

Our story: The past and the future

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Mi Families — No Comments ↓

As we wind down our fun in the sun – summer programs, and prepare for fall – I’m sitting here thinking back to all the programs we’ve facilitated over decades. I’m especially thankful for the unexpected EDventures over the past decade.

Over a decade ago Mi Families facilitated early education programs, trainings for early ed providers, and parenting classes in classrooms and homes. I worked with kids and adults while my boys were to school. Like many mom’s I worked while they were on “traditional” school paths… until my husband asked me to try homeschooling them. One needed to “catch up” and the other needed to “slow down.” One was getting lost in a system that was pushing him ahead when he wasn’t ready, and the other was literally getting lost because he was a “runner” and wouldn’t stay in the classroom – or even the building.

The runner had 3 years of special ed programs and traditional classrooms with group speech therapy before homeschooling. Within months of us taking him out of classrooms and getting him 1on1 speech he began to talk and lost most of the “red flags” that labeled his needs. As he began to talk we realized he could read. He was fast at learning new skills and still fast at running, so we put him in lots of sports and found groups through community and church programs, etc. We found homeschool groups for him and his brother and they found friends and thrived.

My boys would have survived school, but they thrived with homeschool. This fall the 100mph boy has been accepted into an Engineering Academy where he’ll be doing “early college” through the community college and career tech center. His brother just finished a graphics arts program at the career tech center, where he was awarded Student of the Quarter and Honor Roll multiple times. He will continue at CTC for their Writers Studio program. My boy who had multiple learning labels, including dyslexia, has plans to be an author / illustrator! This boy went from needing multiple therapeutic services and other services to finding his gifts and talents as an artist and storyteller. He started homeschooling in 2nd grade and is starting his senior year.

This year we will have a senior, 11th grader, and 2nd grader. My kids have spent their educational years doing their core subjects at home in their own timing and own learning styles. They spent their educational years having opportunities to travel, having opportunities to learn to fly, having opportunities to take classes of interest and meet friends with similar interests – instead of just friends based on same age classrooms. They spent this past decade with many of the same friends who weren’t separated into different classrooms every year. They have friends who have become family. We are friends with their friends families. I’m so thankful for the unexpected EDventures over the past decade and the supportive friends we have met along the way.

If you are looking for homeschooling support email me at Christi@MiFamilies.com. Email me if you’d like to join our homeschooling groups and meet more friends as you navigate such unexpected EDventures. Here are the EDventures we are prepping for this fall.

Heads up – ALL programs have limited spots so if you’d like to save a spot get in touch soon!

Hope to see you this fall!!!

Posted in Back2School, Education, Family, Homeschool, Mi Families, Michigan, Parents Tagged with: art, fall24, gym, Homeschool, Special Needs, Tutoring

Jan-May24’Review w/Summer Preview

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Mi Families — No Comments ↓

Mi Families (“my families”) facilitates programs for families. All sorts of programs! Check out our website to learn more AND click the pics below to see what some of our programs looked like this past spring. From 1on1s to group EDventures our programs include tot thru teen developmental services, preschool-high school classes, field trips, and more! This past semester we had fun in tutoring sessions, life skill challenges, gym & self-defense classes, STEAM studies, outdoor ed … We explored museums, enjoyed performances, met up to skate, sled, bowl… and our teens even met up at dances. Take a look at our fun below and the upcoming “fun in the sun” summer programs attached to end of pics! At the end of our summer programs we’ll have a “not back to school” party and back to the books-swap before starting our 24-25 “school year.” Tomorrow we’ll end our spring programs at the Pit Spitters game!

We always have so much fun together during the school year that we don’t want to stop in the summers! Our summer programs are not just for homeschoolers 🙂 They are for anyone who wants to have fun in da sun with us! Click the pics above for more info on: Mi Mini Camp Monday Mornings (like outdoor ed for 3-8yr olds), Team Time Tuesdays (sport camp afternoons for 7-12&13-18 yr olds), Wilderness Wednesday (hikes for the whole family), Therapeutic Thursdays (& Tutor times), AND Free fun Friday’s for those enrolled in the other programs. At summers end we’ll have our annual not-back2-school party and a school supply swap (August 21st) before starting our fall programs after Labor Day! Those in our 24-25 school year programs will be invited to more field trips and activities such as a graduation party this time next year! Hope you can join us for all the fun. Any questions? Email Christi@MiFamilies.com

Posted in Education, Family, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Mi Families Tagged with: family, Homeschool, kids, Mi Families, summer camp, teens

…There’s more in store for 2024

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Mi Families — No Comments ↓

2023 was an unpredictable year, but we still had lots of fun in all our programs. Here’s some pics of what we were up to the last half of the year … and info on what programs we’ll have starting off this new year!

Both programs above will start with a meet and greet January 31st, and end with a park picnic and graduation celebration around Memorial week. Both programs include open play / hang out times as well as field trips. This is an extended winter-spring semester with lots of fun hands on and feet in activities planned! We hope you can join us for the activities, but spaces are limited so please find Mi Families on Facebook to message for more info OR email Christi@MiFamilies.com to hold student spaces! ( PS. New developmental assistance programs and tutor time spaces will be opening up soon as well. )

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Time to plan programs: Fall23

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Mi Families — No Comments ↓

I thought we were still in the middle of the summer – so I was surprised to get messages asking what fall programs are planned. Then I realized next week is August and fall programs start in just over a month. So I asked some of those in our summer programs what they’d like offered this fall. I got a lot of requests for more “active” learning, more hands-on-messy-learning… so scroll through the pics to see our summer learning and view fall programming options. (Click to see details)

Join us this fall for a 1st – 5th grade kid creation class, a teen time creation class, a teen team gym and games program, elementary gym and games, and an early ed program. We’ll also have a family craft and choir time in December with senior sing-a-long! It’s going to be a great fall semester. This summer we’ve been busy with mini camps and tutor times – and finding time for group adventures and field trips. Did you know that when you sign up for a class you get first invites that semester to private field trips? This summer our spring students got to go to a PitSpitters ballgame for FREE and we a had a lovely private tour of the bug/butterfly house! In the fall we usually do apple picking, pumpkin patches, corn mazes in the dark, holiday parties, the music house at Christmas time … We have such a great group of families and our small group classes really help kids get to know each other and build long lasting friendships. Some of our students have spent the past 7 years learning and growing together! If you would like such an experience for your family, email Christi@MiFamilies.com

Posted in Back2School, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Holidays, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Math, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Motor Skills, Our World, Parents Tagged with: Homeschool

2023 review & preview

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Mi Families — No Comments ↓

Well the first half of 2023 sure did fly by! Mi Families – families kept busy enjoying unique programs for tutoring services, early education opportunities, tot thru teen electives like art and gym, and private field trips … Below are some pics from our winter/spring EDventures AND information about our upcoming summer mini camps! Email Christi@MiFamilies.com for information about our summer mini camps &/or plans for next fall! The 23-24 school year will be here before you know it ~ between now and then join us for some fun in the sun!

More information about activities for the second half of 2023 will be posted soon 🙂

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’22Yearbook &’23Programs

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Mi Families — No Comments ↓

Here is what Mi Families programs looked like fall-winter 2022. Click pics for a better view –

and scroll down for info on what programs will look like during our spring 23′ semester…

February – May 2023 will be a busy one! Click images above for some details …

There are a couple tutoring spots for Mondays still available, Tuesdays we have PE classes for tots – teens, Wednesdays we’ll be offering lil’ learner programs through the HEN co-op, Thursdays will be all sorts of arts and smarts programming for tots – teens, and Fridays there is 1 tutoring spot left open. Most tutoring spaces and classes are full. Email Christi@MiFamilies.com for any information regarding our past, present, or future programs

or visit our programming page here …

…AND CHECK OUT OUR HANDBOOK HERE

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’21Yearbook &’22Programs

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Mi Families — No Comments ↓

As I prepare for the 2022-23 school year I thought I’d write an update …the plan for those asking what classes and programs we’re preparing for. I think many are preparing for this school year with high hopes that we’re done with the covid-chaos. Covid isn’t going to disappear, but most have made their personal decisions regarding masks, vaccines, etc – and are ready to move forward. Forward, into the future, feels unpredictable after the closing and cancelations covid caused, so we move forward with plans based on what if’s. What if it all goes as planned and we have an amazing year with this present plan? The present plan is to offer tutoring options Mondays, Tuesday mornings is a pre reading/writing/illustration class for little learners, and Tuesday afternoons there will be outdoor ed options for elementary groups and tweens/teens. Wednesdays we’re prepping for a fun art eXperience for teens at the HEN co-op (Homeschool Enrichment Network). Thursdays there will be gym classes, self defense / martial arts, arts, and acting. Friday’s are filling up with field trip options… (Click to read more about some of the program options below):

So, the present plan is to prepare for these future classes. Past classes during the last school year included a Rockin-Recorder Band, Self Defense programs, teen Skill builderZ, Gym classes for all ages, early EDventures, art smART, STEM/science studies, Tech Time (computer programing, video editing, 3d printing, robotics, rockets…), iLLUSTRATION and computer graphic arts, D&Drama storytelling … So many amazing classes with some amazing students! We also did a family program of “wandering in the woods” and offered opportunities for youth sports and playdates and field trips and so much more! Here’s last years “year book” – which is NOT an any particular order since there were too many memorable moments to get through! After you scroll through and see the moments made together – you’ll find contact info to sign up and join in the fun!

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If you made is this far you can see why I don’t consider my family or Mi-Students simply “homeschoolers.” We are world schoolers or life schoolers or whatever else you want to call us. Join us and discover a lifestyle that fosters a lifetime love for learning. You can join these upcoming classes and other HEN programs by visiting www.MiHen.org or by emailing Christi@MiFamilies.com

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2023 review & preview

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