A curious student learns more than a student who only wants good grades. This is why I develop lesson plans for increasing curiosity, before worrying about increasing test scores. The key to curiosity is open exploration and adventure. Sometimes Adventure Academy can’t…
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Stories and Soup
Posted in adventure academy, Back2School, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Motor Skills, Our World, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Science, Sensory, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, back to school, crafts, culture, Curriculums, fables, folktales, Meals, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, story telling, video
Folktale Food & FUN
I use to run a program called “Snack-time Stories,” which is just what it sounds like. The best part of the program wasn’t the concept though, it was that the kids choose the stories and created snacks that went with the theme,…
Posted in adventure academy, Back2School, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Providers, Reviews, Safety, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, child driven, Curriculums, dramatic play, felt boards, flannel boards, folktales, Homeschool, language and literacy, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, pancakes, paul bunyan, photos, preschool, Safety, snack time, story time, storyboard, video
Teachable Moments
“We can’t both be the teacher,” one of my boys said to the other. “Sure we can, we’ll just have the stuffed animals be the kids. They’ll listen good, because they can’t talk.” Click arrow above to see our school…
Posted in adventure academy, All About Reading, Back2School, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Math, Math-U-See, Mother Goose Time, Motor Skills, Organization, Parents, Providers, Reviews, RightStart Math, Science, Social Skills, Spelling You See, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, aesop's fables, All About Reading, childcare, curriculum, daycare, Homeschool, lesson plans, library, Math-U-See, Mother Goose Time, parents, providers, reading, right start math, spelling u see, teaching, Tutoring, video
Dive right in
Our last article ended with thoughts on how Michigan summers are perfect for adventures. I stand by that statement as I stand in Lake Michigan thinking about ways to encourage you to jump in and enjoy such adventures with your…
Posted in adventure academy, Education, Family, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Sensory, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, art, backyard adventure, camping, germs, Homeschool, lake michigan, lake superior, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, mystery of water, nature detective, preschool, Science, seasonal, social media, water animals, water pollution, weather
Future of the 4th
“For score and 7years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal…” In 1863 President Lincoln delivered such remarks through the Gettysburg Address. Years…
Posted in adventure academy, Back2School, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Holidays, Homeschool, Mi Families, Parents, Providers, rules, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, dads, debates, declaration of independance, disciple, father figures, fathers, forth of july, gettysburg address, grandfathers, Mi Families, peace, role models, spanking, violence
DADs & daycare
FINALLY! We are finally crossing the finish line, dotting our i’s and crossing our t’s… My Family is excited to open our doors for Mi Families (“my families”) newest program – Adventure Academy. Adventure Academy will be a unique program…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Parents, Providers, Uncategorized, Video Tagged with: Adventure Academy, dads, daycare, Education, fathers day, homeschooling
Who’s mom?
Our last article mentioned the importance of highlighting awareness days more than just one day a year. Should we honor our mom’s more than just on Mother’s day? Should we see commercials of dad’s and kids serving breakfast in bed, doing the…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Education, Family, Health, Holidays, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Parents, SIDS, Special Needs Tagged with: adoption, Adventure Academy, Education, foster care, history, mothers day, peace, sids, Special Needs
April is over, but…
This article was meant to be posted a couple weeks ago, but blogging gets pushed back when life gets complicated…and computers are broken… I had planned to share thoughts for April’s autism awareness month, and figured I’d move onto May topics,…
Posted in Autism Spectrum, Behaviors, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Parents, Providers, Social Skills, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Tutoring Tagged with: Adventure Academy, Homeschool, red flags, Social Skills, Spectrum, Tutoring
