Field Trips

In most areas of the country the weather is either getting nice, or is still nice. Fall is a great time of year, and there are a wealth of field trips that can be done at this time of year that cannot be done at other times of the year.
Let me give you a few examples. Farms and orchards in many parts of the country open up their pumpkin patches, and apple orchards for do-it-yourself picking. Visiting one of these places, or both, will allow your family to create traditions.
I know that creating traditions is something I have to work on. When I was growing up, my family was not very traditional or sentimental and we did not do things that created the types of memories that traditions create. My best friend’s family had all sorts of traditions, ranging from canning apples and baking apple pies, to baking cookies and making gingerbread houses. I see the richness in her family, and try to incorporate some of that in my own family. They even had one day during the school year where her dad let them skip school for a day to go on the annual skip-school-to-go-fishing-with-dad-on-a-weekday outing. She has great memories of this.
Other outings with your homeschool child might be trips to the zoo or local wildlife park. Animals like the cool weather, and you will see many of them active in their exhibits. Consider field trips that would be miserably hot during the summer during this time of year as well, the example I can think of is visiting the local battle ship. Wow, a battleship is an extremely miserable place to visit in the heat of the summer!