Kids’ Almanac (Dec. 31-January 7)
“If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.” – Ram Das Get a jump on
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Kids’ Almanac: Attend a naturalization ceremony in Kingston
“Some of us have chosen America as the land of our adoption; the rest have come from those who did
Kids’ Almanac: Scavenger hunt for old-time gifts, light a bicycle menorah, build a hobbyhorse or visit a sparkle garden
“I remember, I remember how my childhood fleeted by. The mirth of its December, and the warmth of its July.”
Kids’ Almanac (Dec. 3-10)
Light a big menorah, stalk a moustache bandit, sculpt a watershed or be dazzled by a Christmas lightshow
Kids’ Almanac: Meet a real reindeer, build a LEGO Christmas City, bid Sinterklaas bon voyage
“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.” – Henry David Thoreau Volunteering for
Kids’ Almanac: Peer through a telescope, play a board game, make a crown, a menorah, an Advent calendar or a kissing ball
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert
Kids’ Almanac: Raise your lantern for St. Maarten’s Day or Diwali, practice your penmanship, play a board game or study snakes
“November always seemed to me the Norway of the year.” – Emily Dickinson Edible books in Poughkeepsie I find
Kids’ Almanac: Write a novel in a month, groom & ride a horse, build the Millennium Falcon out of LEGOs
“November comes and November goes, with the last red berries and the first white snows.” – Clyde Watson NaNoWriMo
Kids’ Almanac: Learn Algonquin lore, conduct a costumed orchestra, trick-or-treat at a ballpark
“Hold on, man. We don’t go anywhere with ‘scary,’ ‘spooky,’ ‘haunted’ or ‘forbidden’ in the title.” – from Scooby-Doo
Kids’ Almanac: Meet a monitor lizard, make a sugar skull, trick-or-treat on campus or explore a haunted mansion
“In October sun, it’s all gold – sky and tree and water. Everything just before it changes looks to be