Things Homeschoolers can do in Septemberby Andrea Hermitt | More from this Blogger 26 Aug 2008 11:40 AM September is a great time to go to the beach as it is not too cold to enjoy the water, but the crowds are gone. Children collect shells and where they came from. They can lean about the tide, they can also learn about beach and water safety. Learn about labor day. For many kids labor day is just a day off of school, or a signal that school is about to start. Homeschoolers should understand that it was founded to celebrate the social and economic achievements of American Workers. Teach them what that means as well as how the country was built due to the hard work of everyday people. Get your gardening done. This is the best time of the year to do your fall gardening and to get your cool winter flowers in the ground. This is also a good time to get your homeschoolers involved in gardening. If they are not interested in helping you with the hard work, you can have them make a scarecrow, help you put a few bulbs in the ground, press and study different flowers, or start compost or worm bin. Do not forget to teach a lesson on how plants grow while you are at it. Make a big deal about Grandparents day. Grandparent's day is the first Sunday after Labor Day. Have your homeschoolers spend some time making Grandparents gifts and then visiting with their grandparents. Have them write out a list of questions that they would like to know about their grandparents like what they were like when they were kids. They way they also get a bit of a history lesson. Learn the Star Spangled Banner. The Star Spangled banner was written September 14. What better time to learn more about it. Also, teach the students about Francis Scott Key who wrote it. Celebrate the first day of Fall (September 23) with a trip to a park where children can observe nature. Bring a book on changing seasons that you can read together over a picnic lunch. Teach older children about photosynthesis. Read: Creative Celebrations: Homeschool Activities for August Creative Celebrations: Home School Activities for July Learn more about Andrea Hermitt  Andrea Hermitt is a native New Yorker currently residing in GA. She has been married for over 16 years and has two teenage children. Relevanthomeschooling tags User Comments Nola Redd (7081) 12 Sep 2008 10:36 AMOoh, didn't realize the national anthem was written September 14th. We talked about that last year when we visited Ft. McHenry (in Baltimore), but it looks like we'll be bringing it up on Sunday! Side note of random dates, since we're learning about Columbus: Columbus left the Canary islands on the 10th of September for his first voyage to, er, the Indies. Good date to point out, and then consider how much time passed before they reached the Americas. Discuss this article
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