History Day is scheduled for Tuesday, October 30, 2018!
We will meet in the morning at 9:30am at Historic Saranac Lake's Laboratory Museum for kids' presentations, which will start at 10am. Then, we will all share a potluck lunch together at noon. In the afternoon, we will caravan over to the Bela Bartok Cabin to learn about this famous historical musical visitor. We will most likely be done at 2:30-3:00pm. Here's what you need to do to participate:
1. Please RSVP by October 16 so that we have a complete head count.
2. Kids are NOT required to prepare a presentation (because being in the audience is an important role too!), but if they would like to choose a historical person, place, or thing to dress up as and present about for about 5 minutes, it really is a fun way to practice no-pressure public speaking!
I have gone up with my kids to act as their interviewer to prompt them for facts about what they researched. One year, my older son was being interviewed and my younger son just stood there next to him dressed up as the historical person's sidekick. (Hee hee hee. Oh memories!) The point is, anything goes, and there is no pressure. Just fun and pride in getting to share cool information with other homeschoolers.
3. If you are able, please bring a small treasure to put into each child's goody bag that they get at the end of the day. In the past, people have brought things like pencils, stickers, apples, etc.
4. Please bring a dish to pass. Please let us know if your kids have any allergies we should be aware of.
Thanks!