Veterans Day & Remembrance Day Activities for Homeschoolers

Do you want to commemorate Veterans Day or Remembrance Day with your homeschooler? Check out these Veterans Day Activities / Remembrance Day activities. There are recommended books, videos, poppy crafts, and more.

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We are so fortunate to live in a country that’s not war-torn. Peace is something we can take for granted.

Remembrance Day is an important occasion to commemorate and explore with our children. It is a time when we honour those who have served and are serving in the military. It’s a time to remember and thank those who sacrificed their lives for the luxuries and freedoms we have today.

I decided to put together a list of activities which you could explore with your elementary-aged homeschooler. Feel free to pick and choose from this list and build your own unit study for Remembrance Day.

Books

Writing

Encourage your child to write out one of the following poems:

In Flanders Fields

Little Poppy

We Shall Keep the Faith

Your child can write the poems on regular loose leaf paper or they can be printed on special notebooking pages.

Watch

Remembrance Day (a Charlie Brown clip)

Sing

Singing is a wonderful way to commemorate this occasion.

National Anthem

Little Red Poppy (lyrics provided)

Painting Poppy Flowers With Balloons

Create

There are a variety of crafts you can make with your children too. Here are some of my favourites:

Painting Poppy Flowers With Balloons | Ruffles and Rainboots

Poppy Pinwheel Flowers | Mum in the Madhouse

Painted Coffee Filter Poppies | Happy Hooligans

Poppy Wreath | Oh Creative Day

Torn Poppy Craft | Housing a Forest

Melted Wax Poppies | Mum in the Madhouse

Poppy Art Paintings | Mrs. Landry’s Website

Poppy Field Printing | YouTube video lesson by wecreate lessons

Other Activities

Investigate if your city is hosting any commemorative ceremonies and plan to attend.

Watch a Remembrance Day / Veterans Day ceremony on television.

Visit a war memorial in your city.

Investigate one of these online war memorials / resources:

• Virtual tour of the Memorial Chamber in Ottawa
• The National WWI Memorial & Museum
• Explore the gallery of Veteran’s Week posters 

Scroll through this fascinating interactive infographic:

Remembrance Day – 18,000,000 Poppies and More Interesting Facts

Reflect:

It’s your turn. How do you explore Remembrance Day / Veterans Day with your homeschooler? Please tell us about it in the comment section below, and then share this post with your homeschool communities.

Jennifer Bly

Author of My Kitchen, My Classroom: An Introduction to Homeschool and creator of The Deliberate Mom. Jennifer writes about parenting, homeschooling, her faith, and life with her husband and two girls. Jennifer has a Bachelor of Applied Human Service Administration Degree with a specialization in Early Learning in Child Care.