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…
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Summer isn’t over
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 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
Putting FUN in FUNctional
Mi Families (“my families”) facilitates various events and workshops for families (and those who work with families). One program we host is called “Fun Fam” ~ but all our programs incorporate the “Fun Fam” philosophy. What does that mean? Well,…
Posted in Family, Health, Learning through Play, Meals, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Organization, Parents Tagged with: adoption, Christi Morgan, family, foster care, Health, Mi Families, mothers day, Organization, schedule, team builders
Proactive and Preventative Parenting
We’ve been dissecting each of the Mi-Resolutions 1by1. Have you been reading them? Taking the challenges? We are a fourth of the way through 2014 – are you reaching your goals? Our first resolution was to “Tell yourself that you…
Posted in Education, Family, Health, Meals, Motor Skills, Organization, Parents, Providers, Safety, Special Needs Tagged with: Education, exercise, family, Health, Meals, Organization, Parenting, Safety, Special Needs
learning to be a healthier me
Mi School’s focus is to encourage a love for learning. During Valentines I rambled about falling in love with knowledge ~ and to do that you should start with learning about yourself. If becoming a smarter and stronger you is…
Posted in Behaviors, Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Meals, Mi Families, Motor Skills, Organization, Our World, Parents, Providers, Science Tagged with: Education, family, Health, Homeschool, Meals, Science, Social Studies
5 NEW – New Year’s RESOLUTIONS:
Resolution #1 – Tell yourself that you DON’T haveta stick to your SCHEDULE: Mi Families programs encourage schedules and routines, BUT not at the expense of your anxiety level! Schedules and routines can help you predict what’s to come and…
Posted in Child Development, Chores/Housekeeping, Education, Family, Health, Holidays, Learning through Play, Meals, Mi Families, Motor Skills, Organization, Parents, Providers, Uncategorized Tagged with: exercise, family, Health, Meals, new year, Parenting, play, resolutions
making schedules = reaching goals
Wow does time fly by quickly when you’re busy! Sorry it’s been so long since we last posted a blog. No reason is good enough not to keep up w/ informative articles for you, but the reason is that Mi…
Posted in Chores/Housekeeping, Education, Family, Health, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Organization, Parents, Providers, Uncategorized Tagged with: family, Organization, parents, providers, Routines, scheduling
Kids & CHORES
Ideas and questions are rolling in and its’ hard to pick where to continue, but since a couple parents latched on to the kids taking care of their own belongings – we’ll go that direction. In the LAST BLOG I…
Posted in Chores/Housekeeping, Family, Organization, Parents, Reward Chart Tagged with: Chores, family, Organization, parents, Reward Chart
Subscriber Homework
Homework. Our kids have it and so should we. Like I said in the last blog “we never stop learning.” And apparently some of you want to learn about organization. So, I went back to the learning board myself –…
Posted in Chores/Housekeeping, Education, Family, Organization, Parents, Providers, Reward Chart Tagged with: Chores, family, Housekeeping, Organizing our home, parents, Reward Chart
It takes a village
“It takes a village” was a thought commented on by many after the last blog. Parents and providers have been discussing the importance of the sense of village. They have agreed that the village includes family, friends, neighbors, and communities…
Posted in Family, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Parents, Providers, Special Needs Tagged with: family, it takes a village, Michigan, parents, providers, Special Needs
