This Friday, 9/11, is the National Day of Service and Remembrance. I’d like to do something with my 3 year old and some friends with young kids, but I’m having trouble coming up with something appropriate. I’ve checked out a few local websites that are designed to connect you to service projects in your area, but I can’t find anything that would allow me to bring a young child. Basically, I’ve got nothin’. Any ideas?
A day honoring 9/11. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Who came up with that stinker of an idea?
Huh? It’s not a day “honoring 9/11.” It’s a day to remember the people who died and were injured and a day to devote to doing something for your community. That’s a bad thing? Good grief, people really will complain about anything.
Plant a tree? I don’t know. Three seems a little young for concepts involved in commemorating a terrorist attack that happened before they were born. Does your town have a community center? Maybe they’d have things to do, or have some ideas.
Visit disabled veterans.
Sheesh, this is a tough room. I wasn’t planning to go into detail about the planes hitting the towers, I was just trying to think of a simple little thing that a three year old could do with me on Friday afternoon, that would provide a service to our community. Maybe I’ll just get him some gloves and we’ll pick up trash or something.
How about some courtesy and remember you don’t need to post. This thread is asking for activities to do with a three year old.
If it’s about 9/11, why is a day of “service and remembrance” rather than just “remembrance”? And what does “doing something for your community” have to do with with remembering 9/11? Why throw “service” in there at all? Putting it and putting it first looks more like an attempt to de-emphasize the remembering.
Folks, I think a debate about the merits (or the name) of a national day of service and/or remembrance should go in a separate thread.
My kids are a bit older, but how about the local animal shelter? They can always use volunteers to walk/feed/socialize with the animals. I know my two love to do this.
Thank you! That’s a great idea…I’ll look into that.
That is about the only thing for a 3 year old. The stuff i thought of was not age appropriate.
Picking up trash is good, and a three year old can do it.
Visiting a retirement home is a wonderful thing. The retirement home will have a social director.
Another thing is going through their old toys and clothes and donating them.
Agree with all three. My kids at that age might have had a problem with number three, mainly because they wouldn’t understand fully about giving up their toys. But all outstanding ideas!
These are all great ideas - thanks! I’ve talked to my friends and we’re going to go to our church and have the kids help us sort and organize the clothes bank (which is always a little unorganized, because people usually just leave their bags). We’re going to bring food to put in the food bank barrels, too.
I’m going to keep all your other ideas in mind, though, because I want to have a service day for my other son’s YRE class soon and MLK, Jr. Day is coming up, too.
When did this happen, and who started it?
A Day of Silence. Give us adults a day of rest from the endless yammering of kids.