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Archives for October 2018

πŸŽƒ HAPPY HOMESCHOOL HALLOWEEN from Horace the Otter!

31 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

The River Houses mascot hopes all his neighbors and friends have a Happy Halloween!

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History, Our River Houses Mascots

πŸ” STUDENT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES at the Library of Congress

30 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Just the thing for history-minded homeschool students.

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries, Lunar Society Bulletins

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: New Hampshire, Central African Republic, China, and More

28 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: New Hampshire, the Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, and China.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 28 October 2018

28 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Quick Freshes are our regular Sunday notes on the homeschool week ahead. This week: jewel thieves, Daniel Boone, the mighty Yangtze, a toast to liberty, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ–‹ πŸŒ… WONDERFUL WORDS: Turning Toward the Morning

27 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“If I had a thing to give you, / I would tell you one more time / That the world is always turning / Toward the morning.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week β€” and song-of-the-week! β€” from Gordon Bok, for October’s end.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🏞 NATURAL HISTORY PROJECTS for Homeschoolers

26 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

It’s homeschool natural history day! This week: real online research projects for your students to join.

Filed Under: Homeschool Natural History, Lunar Society Bulletins

βš”οΈ β€œFROM THIS DAY to the ending of the world”

25 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.” (On Shakespeare and memory.)

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

πŸŒ• RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschool Students – October 2018

24 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Our October 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‘¨β€πŸ‘¦ β€œTHIS STORY shall the good man teach his son”

24 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

β€œHe that shall live this day, and see old age, will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, and say β€˜To-morrow is Saint Crispian.’” (A toast to offer from this day to the ending of the world.)

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

🎭 LIBRARY TUESDAY: Teaching Shakespeare at the Folger Library

23 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

It’s Homeschool Library Tuesday! This week: online teaching resources from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. (Forsooth!)

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

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: South Carolina, Cabo Verde, Canada, and More

21 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: South Carolina, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, and Canada.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 21 October 2018

21 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Quick Freshes are our regular Sunday notes on the homeschool week ahead. This week: South Carolina, Cabo Verde, a toast to St. Crispin, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🎡 🍎 WONDERFUL WORDS (and Music!): β€œMy Orchard in Linden Lea”

20 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“I be free to go abroad / Or take again my homeward road / To where for me the apple tree / Do lean down low in Linden Lea.” (A bonus poem-of-the-week, from William Barnes, for apple season.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ¦‰ NATURE NOTES: Identifying Birds with MERLIN

19 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

It’s homeschool natural history day! This week: using the free MERLIN smartphone app to identify your local birds.

Filed Under: Homeschool Natural History

πŸ–‹ 🍎 WONDERFUL WORDS: After Apple-Picking

18 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“I am overtired / Of the great harvest I myself desired.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Frost, for the heavy apple trees of fall.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—Ί LIBRARY TUESDAY: Mapping the Longest River (at the Library of Congress)

16 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

It’s Homeschool Library Tuesday! This week: mapping the world’s longest rivers, the Amazon and the Nile, at the Library of Congress.

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Maps & Geography

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Maryland, Brunei, Burundi, and More

14 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Maryland, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, and Burundi.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 14 October 2018

14 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Quick Freshes are our regular Sunday notes on the homeschool week ahead. This week: the Battle of Hastings, Chuck Berry, the Mouhoun River, a toast to wants and comforts, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ”­ HOMESCHOOL ASTRONOMY: The Messier Objects

13 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Introduce your homeschool students to 110 of the most beautiful objects in the night sky with this fine video series from the University of Nottingham.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸŒ€ NATURE NOTES: Birds and Hurricanes

12 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Friday is natural history day in the River Houses. This week: tracking birds scattered by Hurricane Michael.

Filed Under: Homeschool Natural History

πŸ–‹ 🌹 WONDERFUL WORDS: β€œThe Frosts were her condition”

10 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“The Tyrian would not come / Until the North β€” invoke it.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emily Dickinson, for all late bloomers.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ“š LIBRARY TUESDAY: Beautiful Classic Children’s Books Online

9 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

It’s Homeschool Library Tuesday! This week, explore some beautifully illustrated classic children’s books, all available online.

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Massachusetts, Bolivia, Brazil, and More

7 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Massachusetts, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, and Brazil.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 7 October 2018

7 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Quick Freshes are our regular Sunday notes on the homeschool week ahead. This week: Massachusetts, Bolivia, Demosthenes, a toast to friendship, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ„ FRIDAY FIELD NOTES: Fairy Rings!

5 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Friday is natural history day in the River Houses. This week: fall fungi are everywhere!

Filed Under: Homeschool Natural History

πŸ”­ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES – October 2018

5 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

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

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸš€ REMEMBERING Space Pioneer Robert Goddard (1882–1945)

4 October 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Robert Goddard, the inventor of the liquid-fueled rocket and the father of modern space flight, was born 5 October 1882.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

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