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Archives for September 2018

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Connecticut, Belgium, Bhutan, and More

30 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Connecticut, Belgium, Belize, Benin, and Bhutan.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 30 September 2018

30 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Quick Freshes are our regular Sunday notes on the homeschool week ahead. This week: Connecticut, Belgium, Family History Month, a toast to youth and age, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🏞 HOMESCHOOL NATURE NOTES: Follow the Crows

28 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Have you found any crow roosts in your neighborhood? Tracking them down makes for an excellent homeschool science expedition.

Filed Under: Homeschool Natural History

πŸ–‹ 🍁 WONDERFUL WORDS: Song at the Beginning of Autumn

27 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Elizabeth Jennings’ “Song at the Beginning of Autumn” is a wonderful poem for homeschool high-schoolers (and for mom and dad) at this time of year.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ“š πŸ§™ β€œWHEN IN DOUBT, go to the library”

25 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

[Phoenix]

Explore a spell-binding exhibit at the British Library all about Harry Potter and the history of magic.

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music, Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Language & Literature

πŸŒ• RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschool Students – September 2018

24 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Our September 2018 full-moon report on the real scientific and scholarly projects, investigations, transcriptions, analyses, and computations that your students can work on in your little home academy.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Georgia, Bahrain, Belarus, and More

23 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Georgia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, and Belarus.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 23 September 2018

23 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Quick Freshes are our regular Sunday notes on the homeschool week ahead. This week: Georgia, Bahrain, Old Possum, a toast to happiness, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ πŸ‚ FALL IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)

22 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

It’s the first day of fall in the northern hemisphere (and the first day of spring in the southern hemisphere).

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🏞 NATURE NOTES: Fall Bird Migration is Underway!

21 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Friday is homeschool natural history day in the River Houses. This week: fall bird migration.

Filed Under: Homeschool Natural History

πŸ–‹ πŸƒ WONDERFUL WORDS: β€œOur Summer made her light escape”

19 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

[Emily Dickinson Homestead]

“A Quietness distilled / As Twilight long begun, / Or Nature spending with herself / Sequestered Afternoon.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emily Dickinson, for summer’s end.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ“š LIBRARY TUESDAY: Discovering Dictionaries

18 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

[Samuel Johnson]

On your next library visit, show your homeschool students the many wonderful kinds of dictionaries that are available to them β€” more than they probably realize!

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Holidays & History

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Constitution Day 2018

17 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Pay a homeschool visit to the National Archives in Washington to celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on 17 September 1787.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: New Jersey, Australia, the Bahamas, and More

16 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: New Jersey, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, and the Bahamas.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 16 September 2018

16 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Quick Freshes are our regular Sunday notes on the homeschool week ahead. This week: New Jersey, Australia, Sandra Day O’Connor, and a toast to contentment, arrrr!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ¦… NATURE NOTES: Start a Bird List for the New Homeschool Year

14 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Sign up for the free eBird website (ebird.org) sponsored by Cornell University, and start a homeschool bird list for the new school year.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

βš”οΈ REMEMBERING the Battle of Marathon, 490 B.C.

12 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

The Battle of Marathon was one of the most consequential battles in the history of the Western world. It’s an event every homeschool student should know.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History, Homeschool Language & Literature

πŸ“š FINDING LOCAL LIBRARIES With WorldCat

11 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Homeschool Library Tuesday: Using the WorldCat Library Finder to locate all the libraries in your local area.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸŒƒ REMEMBERING 9/11

11 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

The Star-Spangled Banner, in London and New York.

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music, Homeschool Holidays & History

πŸ–‹ πŸ¦‹ WONDERFUL WORDS: The Tuft of Flowers

10 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“‘Men work together,’ I told him from the heart, ‘whether they work together or apart.'” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Frost, for our common labor through the year.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Pennsylvania, Angola, Armenia, and More

9 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Pennsylvania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, and Armenia.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 9 September 2018

9 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Quick Freshes are our regular Sunday notes on the homeschool week ahead. This week: Pennsylvania, Angola, the Battle of Marathon, a toast to liberty, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ”­ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES – September 2018

7 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

A homeschooling review of the northern hemisphere night sky for September 2018.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ“š LEARNING THE LIBRARY: Introducing Dewey

4 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Teaching your students to use the library independently is one of the best educational gifts you can give them.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ–‹ 🏑 β€œA HANDSOME HOUSE to lodge a friend”

3 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“A river at my garden’s end, / A terrace walk, and half a rood / Of land, set out to plant a wood.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Horace, for the new River Houses year.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Delaware, Afghanistan, Andorra, and More

2 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Delaware, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, and Andorra.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 2 September 2018

2 September 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Quick Freshes are our regular Sunday notes on the homeschool week ahead. This week: Delaware, Afghanistan, the fall of Rome, a toast to freedom, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

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