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Archives for October 2018
π STUDENT RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES at the Library of Congress
Just the thing for history-minded homeschool students.
π πΊπΈ SUNDAY STATES: New Hampshire, Central African Republic, China, and More
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.
π QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families β Week of 28 October 2018
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.
π π WONDERFUL WORDS: Turning Toward the Morning
“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.)
π NATURAL HISTORY PROJECTS for Homeschoolers
It’s homeschool natural history day! This week: real online research projects for your students to join.
βοΈ βFROM THIS DAY to the ending of the worldβ
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.” (On Shakespeare and memory.)
π RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschool Students β October 2018
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.
π¨βπ¦ βTHIS STORY shall the good man teach his sonβ
βHe that shall live this day, and see old age, will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, and say βTo-morrow is Saint Crispian.ββ (A toast to offer from this day to the ending of the world.)
π LIBRARY TUESDAY: Teaching Shakespeare at the Folger Library
It’s Homeschool Library Tuesday! This week: online teaching resources from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. (Forsooth!)
π πΊπΈ SUNDAY STATES: South Carolina, Cabo Verde, Canada, and More
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.
π QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families β Week of 21 October 2018
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.
π΅ π WONDERFUL WORDS (and Music!): βMy Orchard in Linden Leaβ
“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.)
π¦ NATURE NOTES: Identifying Birds with MERLIN
It’s homeschool natural history day! This week: using the free MERLIN smartphone app to identify your local birds.
π π WONDERFUL WORDS: After Apple-Picking
“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.)
πΊ LIBRARY TUESDAY: Mapping the Longest River (at the Library of Congress)
It’s Homeschool Library Tuesday! This week: mapping the world’s longest rivers, the Amazon and the Nile, at the Library of Congress.
π πΊπΈ SUNDAY STATES: Maryland, Brunei, Burundi, and More
Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Maryland, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, and Burundi.
π QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families β Week of 14 October 2018
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.
π HOMESCHOOL ASTRONOMY: The Messier Objects
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.
π NATURE NOTES: Birds and Hurricanes
Friday is natural history day in the River Houses. This week: tracking birds scattered by Hurricane Michael.
π πΉ WONDERFUL WORDS: βThe Frosts were her conditionβ
“The Tyrian would not come / Until the North β invoke it.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emily Dickinson, for all late bloomers.)
π LIBRARY TUESDAY: Beautiful Classic Childrenβs Books Online
It’s Homeschool Library Tuesday! This week, explore some beautifully illustrated classic children’s books, all available online.
π πΊπΈ SUNDAY STATES: Massachusetts, Bolivia, Brazil, and More
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.
π QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families β Week of 7 October 2018
Quick Freshes are our regular Sunday notes on the homeschool week ahead. This week: Massachusetts, Bolivia, Demosthenes, a toast to friendship, and more.
π FRIDAY FIELD NOTES: Fairy Rings!
Friday is natural history day in the River Houses. This week: fall fungi are everywhere!
π WATCHERS OF THE SKIES β October 2018
A homeschooling review of the northern hemisphere night sky for October 2018.
π REMEMBERING Space Pioneer Robert Goddard (1882β1945)
Robert Goddard, the inventor of the liquid-fueled rocket and the father of modern space flight, was born 5 October 1882.