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
Sun Fun
“How many days are left of summer vacation?” a child asked another. “As many as it is warm,” was the answer. “I mean how many days til’ school starts again?” the first continued. “It never ended,” was the reply. The…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Science, Sensory Tagged with: adventure, air, animals, art, authors, books, crafts, curriculum, family, games, Heroes A2Z, Homeschool, kid heros, library, Mother Goose Time, nature, nature detectives, real heroes read, save the world, seasons, senses, social media, Summer, summer school, summer vacation, trees
NATURE DETECTIVES
Our last few articles touched on the important roles of moms and dads. Parenting influences a child’s outcome, but does nurture or nature have greater impact? What role does father-God’s creation or Mother nature’s evolution play in the development of…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: camping, crafts, creation, evolution, lesson plans, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, mystery in trees, nature, nature detective, nurture, parents, unboxing video
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!…
Posted in Autism Spectrum, Education, Family, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Special Needs, Tutoring Tagged with: ABA therapy, Christi Morgan, health insurance, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Special Needs, teamwork, Tutoring, workshops
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…
Posted in Curriculums, Homeschool, Math, Math-U-See, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Reviews, RightStart Math, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: Curriculums, Homeschool, Homeschool Dad, Khan Academy, Little Lincoln, math, Math-U-See, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Reviews, RightStart Math, TouchMath, Tutoring, Unemployment
