Ever a work-in-progress, here are our September plans thus far:

Folklore:

• Gemstone: Sapphire
• Flower: Aster
• "Fair on September first, fair for the month."
• "Nuts in September, cold winter."
• "If the north wind blows on Michaelmas Day, the month of October is sunny and gay."

• Saint Gregory the Great (3)
• Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (5)
• Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary (8)
• Saint Peter Claver (9)
• Exaltation of the Holy Cross (14)
• Feast of the Archangels/Michaelmas (29)

• New pajamas, slippers and flannel sheets for fall
• Revise and distribute new chore charts
• Re-organize baking cupboard

• September is National Honey Month
• The Full Corn Moon (4)
• The Autumn Equinox (22)
• Michaelmas Daisies (New York Asters)

• Mother Teresa* by Demi (5)
• Good Queen Bess by Diane Stanley (7)
• Mary, The Mother of Jesus by Tommy dePaola (8)
• Peter Claver, Patron of Slaves* by Julia Durango (9)
• The Tale of Three Trees* by Angela Elwell Hunt (14)
  
• Johnny Appleseed by Will Moses (26)
• St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges (29)
• St. Jerome and the Lion* by Margaret Hodges (30)
• Christopher's Harvest Time by Elsa Maartman Beskow
• Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
• Brother Bartholomew and the Apple Grove* by Jan Cheripko
• Apple Cake by Nienke Van Hichtum
• Life and Times of the Apple by Charles Micucci
• Life and Times of the Honeybee by Charles Micucci
• Children of the Earth by Freddie Langeler
• Flower Fairies of the Autumn by Cicely Mary Barker
• The Story of the Wind Children by Sibylle Von Olfers
• A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston

• Roots & Shoots Learning Safari
• Monarch Week class at Botanica
• Louisburg Cider Mill
• Apple picking
• Great Plains Renaissance Festival

• Honey
• Apples
• Apple cider
• Hot Cross Buns for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross (14)
• Blackberry Crumble for Michaelmas (29)

• Make herbal honey
• Sample raw honey comb
• Make beeswax crayons
• Make beeswax candles (an alternative kit can be found here)
• Apple crafts
• Apple science
• Make portable flower presses
• Plant fern spores
• Set up the early autumn nature table
• Begin work on fall felt gnomes and gnome sleeping bags
• Make mosaic stepping stones (alternate mold ideas)
• Assemble this Roman Arch Set and Coliseum Set
• Make this Roman Villa Model
• Listen to Learning About Gregorian Chant
• Make new aprons with Maddie for fall baking

• Order Mexican sugar skull kits and El Día de los Muertos craft supplies
• Order owl pellet dissection kits
• Order Tapestry of Grace Y2/U1 + books