There are some GREAT month long celebrations you can celebrate this month Better Breakfast Month
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Many people skip breakfast. Not only do you need the energy for a full day, but your body needs to get its metabolism going for the day. Teach your children about breakfast. Have them make a placemat with their favorite breakfast foods on it (covering it with clear contact paper keeps it from getting ruined)...or have them make a placemat with pictures of family, friends, and fun things they like to do, so it makes them think of all the wonderful stuff in their life while eating.
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, more than 100,000 people incur eye injuries each year and more than half of the victims of those injuries are children. September is Children's Eye and Health Safety Month, the perfect time to begin teaching your kids about the importance of taking care of their eyes. Make sure everyone gets a yearly eye examination.
Do you talk to your kids at dinner?? It is proven that this helps your kids' self esteem. Try talking about the following "sight" related questions one night with the family:
If you couldn't see, how different would such a world be? What sights would you miss the most? What activities would be more difficult? Which would be impossible? Just how does the eye help us see anyway?
Granparents Day - September 7
The impetus for a National Grandparents Day originated with Marian McQuade (now age 91), a housewife in Fayette County, West Virginia. Her primary motivation was to champion the cause of lonely elderly in nursing homes. She also hoped to persuade grandchildren to tap the wisdom and heritage their grandparents could provide. President Jimmy Carter, in 1978, proclaimed that National Grandparents Day would be celebrated every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day.
International Literacy Day - September 8
International Literacy day was started by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in 1965. Today, communities and countries throughout the world observe International Literacy Day in a variety of ways.
Some 774 million adults lack minimum literacy skills; one in five adults is still not literate and two-thirds of them are women; 72.1 million children are out-of-school and many more attend irregularly or drop out.
In particular, International Literacy Day 2008 has a strong emphasis on Literacy and Epidemics with a focus on communicable diseases such as HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria, some of the world's most important public health concerns.
Teddy Bear Day - September 9
A poem for your Teddy Bear
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, show your shoe.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, that will do.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, go upstairs.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say your prayers.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn out the light.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say "Good night."
Hug your teddy bear today - he misses you
TV Dinner Day - September 10
Gerry Thomas is the man who invented both the product and the name of the Swanson TV Dinner. In 1954, Swanson TV Dinners fufilled two post-war trends: the lure of time-saving modern appliances and the fascination with a growing innovation, the television. More than 10 million TV dinners were sold during the first year of Swanson's national distribution. For $.98 per dinner, customers were able to choose among Salisbury steak, meatloaf, fried chicken, or turkey, served with potatoes and bright green peas; special desserts were added later.
The food groups in a TV dinner were displayed neatly in a divided metal tray. A representative tray was placed in the Smithsonian Institution in 1987 to commemorate the trays impact on American culture. Celebrity figures from Howdy Doody to President Eisenhower touted the dinners.
Swanson removed the name "TV Dinner," from the packaging in the 1960s. The Campbell Soup Company replaced the aluminum trays of Swanson frozen TV dinners with plastic, microwave-safe trays in 1986. That same year, the orginal aluminum Swanson TV Dinner tray was inducted into the Smithsonian Institute, sealing TV Dinners' place in American cultural history. In 1999, Swanson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Tonight, have a tv dinner while watching a movie with the family.
Patriot Day - 9/11
In the United States, Patriot Day occurs on September 11 of each year, designated in memory of the nearly three thousand who died in the September 11, 2001 attacks. Yet most Americans refer to the day as "Nine-Eleven (9/11)," "September 11th," "Nine-one-one,"(to a lesser extent) or some variation thereof.
National Chocolate Milkshake Day - September 12
I know my kids are going to LOVE this day.
Chocolate Milkshake Day is an opportunity for chocoholoics to savor. The weather may have cooled off. But, our appetite for chocolate, specifically chocolate milkshakes, hasn't cooled off one iota.
What a great day this will be! Simply combine a little milk with some chocolate ice cream, add some extra chocolate syrup, and mix it well in a blender. That's the fixins for mixin up a big, tall glass of chocolate milkshake.
Positive Thinking Day - September 13
All of our feelings, beliefs and knowledge are based on our internal thoughts, both conscious and subconscious. We are in control, whether we know it or not.
Aim high and do your best
We can be positive or negative, enthusiastic or dull, active or passive.
The biggest difference between people is their attitudes. For some, learning is enjoyable and exciting. For others, learning is a drudgery. For many, learning is just okay, something required on the road to a job.
