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…
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Fun in the Sun
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
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…
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
Safe-Summer
Adventure Academy is taking a summer break as I await the arrival of our family’s next lil’ adventurer. We will re open for child care and tutor time services next fall ~ and are currently enrolling tots to preteens (Discovery…
Posted in adventure academy, Back2School, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Health, Holidays, Homeschool, Meet our Director, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Motor Skills, Parents, rules, Safety Tagged with: adventure academ, child care, Mi Families, more literacy, more math, Mother Goose Time, news, reading, Safety, sports, sportsmanship, Summer, supervision, Tutoring
The ME in theme
I just realized I’ve been trying to cram in all the activities I want children to enjoy before closing Adventure Academy for summer vacation. I just realized that’s not the smartest teaching style as when we rush through anything we…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Holidays, Homeschool, Learning through Play, Mi Families, Michigan, Mother Goose Time, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Special Needs, Tutoring Tagged with: a-zoo, Adventure Academy, animals, curriculum, fall, fathers day, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, multi age classroom, Special Needs, Summer, theme, Tutoring
Summer School
As summer’s official start date get’s closer – so does my maternity leave! As the director of Adventure Academy I planned to have a year round program, but this surprise baby changed up this years schedule! Luckily she’s arriving during a convenient…
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Summer Smarts
As Memorial weekend approaches the students and weather remind me that summer is near. Students need more fun in the sun and less time sitting for subjects. This doesn’t mean we stop learning and skip the subjects – many subjects…
Posted in adventure academy, Child Development, Curriculums, Education, Family, Homeschool, Language/Literacy, Learning through Play, Math, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, Our World, Parents, Providers, Reviews, Science, Sensory, Social Skills, Tutoring, Video Tagged with: a-zoo, Adventure Academy, animals, basic skills, boats and floats, bubbles, curriculum, memorial weekend, Mi Families, Mother Goose Time, school subjects, social media, Summer, theme
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…
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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…
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
SAME team
There are lots of mommy and me playgroups …and clubs …and magazines and… but not enough daddy focused services, yet more and more dad’s want to be (or are) involved on that level. Mi-Dad’s express gratitude that our programs are…
Posted in Family, Holidays, Mi Families, Parents, Social Skills, Special Needs Tagged with: dads, fathers day, moms, parents, relationships, Summer, team builders
