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anyone doing any special activities tomorrow? DD (4yrs) will be staying up late to see it. We have been reading the picture book, & we plan to paint it for our nature notebooks...anyone have any other ideas to share?
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What a fabulous idea!
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One year when we were teenagers, my dad let us stay up really late and we did an hours worth of work out in the garden in the dark under the moon, even if it was just putting things away, etc....because by that time, most of the veggies were in. Then we went for a long walk.
We came in and had Apple Cider, corn on the cob and caramel corn. It was REALLY FUN!
We went to school late the next day and the note he wrote actually said, "Suzanne is late this morning because we worked late under the Harvest Moon last night." 
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Forgot to add: We are staying up late too......we'll have to go for a drive to see it early, as our trees are so tall around our house. Can't wait! Hope it's not cloudy!
As the 3-year-old says, "We wuv da moon!"
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Ah, what a lovely memory, Suzanne. & dont the little ones say the seetest things!
Thanks, Theressa 
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SuzanneG wrote:
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What a cool dad! That sounds like a really neat experience.
This is a fun activity to do whenever there is a full moon - but the harvest moon always seems particularly large when it rises so would be perfect for this activity to illustrate the illusion of moon size.
The Ponzo Illusion and the Moon
And how about moon themed foods for a treat - lots of round (gold or white foods) like cookies,crackers, cheese, biscuits, mooncakes, etc...
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We'll be observing the tide as well as the moon, it is exceptionally high on the Harvest Moon and is called a Spring Tide (like springing up out of a chair, not like the season). For reasons behind that I think Astroprof's Tidal page is fairly clear and easier to read than some articles. It's a pretty fascinating phenomena and we'll be loosening the dock lines as the day goes on.
NOAA's Tide Lessons are pretty nice and are written for the upper grades.
Suzanne, I remember going for a crisp moonlit walk one harvest moon with my dad, we settled down in a pile of leaves on the edge of the woods and listened to owls calling. It was so amazing! But just to confuse our sense of the seasons down here, we now have these spring peeper sounding frogs going off at night. It must be due to all this rain we've been having but sounds so odd. 
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OOHHH That's tonight!! Thank you for the reminder.  Yes we too will be staying up late. And what a great Art activity!! 
Thank You.
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Sing Shine On Harvest Moon??
It's a cute little turn of the century tune.
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thanks everyone for your ideas & suggestions...we went to a local hill top. & gazed...but it was too dark to paint! LOL! So, on the way home, I told E to keep a picture of the moon in her mind...& we painted this morning. She was tired, though, so plan to do more moon themed ideas next week (off to the zoo tomorrow)
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Bumping this....Harvest Moon this year....Sept. 15.....Monday!
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Thanks for bumping, Suzanne. I see Maryan already was thinking the same thoughts as me:
When I saw the title, I started humming it. I love that song.
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Bumping yet again....mark your calendars....Oct. 4 this year!
And, I put a couple books on hold at the library from perusing the results of this search:
Books about Harvest Moon
There are some I haven't seen.
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There was a new picture book out last year that I saw at a bookstore recently:
By the Light of the Harvest Moon
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Harvest Moon is this weekend! Sept 29-30
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Yay, Suzanne. Thanks for the reminder.
Farmers Almanac - harvest moon cycle
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