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Happy Hearts

Last month our team worked hard encouraging others to be their own Valentine. That’s how I realized I needed to practice what I preached. But what practice would make my heart happiest? A year ago I was working just as hard, yet

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The Balancing Act, scene 2015, take 43

The last couple articles touched on entitlement and made me consider ways I feel entitled.  After all, it’s not nice to judge and toss my opinions out there if I’m not considering my own actions… so I took an honest

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thankful hearts

Sometimes it is during the hardest of holidays you are given the best of gifts. These gifts are rarely physical things wrapped up in a package, but sometimes they are. Sometimes it’s a treasure passed down generations, sometimes it’s an

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Entitlement?

Another month has flown by! As Mi Families continues to build up clients and consultation gigs we are trying to keep up with articles and video posts, but we may need to bring in the troops to keep up with demands!

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Teachable Tools: Language and Literacy

While recently training a handful of teens/young adults I was surprised at how entitled they felt. I listened to their conversation about needing immediate gratification and their “stress” for selfish wants.  As the discussion grew into a debate of wants

Posted in All About Reading, Autism Spectrum, Curriculums, Education, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Reviews, Social Skills, Special Needs, Spelling You See, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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 isn’t over

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 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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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

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it’s a SPRING thing

Although our “Swing into Spring” event started with flurries – It was the last of our winter weather (which is good since it’s almost summer)!  No more hats or mittens – but I wouldn’t put away your kids boots –

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