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Archives for December 2018

πŸ–‹ πŸ”” WONDERFUL WORDS (and Sounds!): Ring Out, Wild Bells!

31 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“Ring out the old, ring in the new, / Ring, happy bells, across the snow: / The year is going, let him go; / Ring out the false, ring in the true.” (Join Tennyson and some skillful bell-ringers to ring in the new year.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

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

30 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: the New Year, the planet Vulcan, Louis Braille, the Cacheu River, a toast to war, peace, and betterment, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Louisiana, Guinea, Haiti, and More

30 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Louisiana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, and More.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🎡 πŸŽ„ HOLIDAY MUSIC MONTH: The Sussex Mummers Carol

29 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“God bless your house, your children too, / Your cattle and your store; / The Lord increase you day by day / And send you more and more.”

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music

πŸ¦† NATURE NOTES: If You Don’t Look, You Won’t See

28 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

On homeschool natural history day it’s good to remind your students that the only way to discover something new is to go look β€” even if it’s cold and raining.

Filed Under: Homeschool Natural History

🎡 πŸŽ„ HOLIDAY MUSIC MONTH: The Shepherd’s Carol

25 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“We stood on the hills, Lady, / Our day’s work done, / Watching the frosted meadows / That winter had won.”

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music

🌊 β€œIT WAS a short, cold Christmas”

25 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Herman Melville reminds us that even on Christmas Day, somewhere in the world there are sailors setting out to sea.

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

πŸ–‹ πŸŽ… ’TWAS the Night Before Christmas

24 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“So up to the housetop the coursers they flew / With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Clement Clarke Moore, for Christmas of course!)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🎡 πŸŽ„ HOLIDAY MUSIC MONTH: Walla Walla, Wash., an’ Kalamazoo!

23 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“Nora’s freezin’ on the trolley, / Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo!”

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music

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

23 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: Apollo 8, murder in the cathedral, the American Cincinnatus, the Suchiate River, a toast to Christmas, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Ohio, Ghana, Guatemala, and More

23 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Ohio, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, and Guatemala.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸŒ• RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschool Students – December 2018

22 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Our December 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—“ ⛄️ WINTER IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)

21 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

It’s the first day of winter in the northern hemisphere (and the first day of summer in the southern hemisphere). A crossword puzzle from NASA will help your homeschoolers learn all about it.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ–‹ 🎡 WONDERFUL WORDS (and Music!): In the Bleak Midwinter

20 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; / Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, / In the bleak midwinter, long ago.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Christina Rossetti, for the midwinter season.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

β˜„οΈ LIBRARY TUESDAY: Discovering Comets

18 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

I bet there’s a homeschool student out there somewhere who will one day follow in the footsteps of history’s great scientists.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

🎡 πŸŽ„ HOLIDAY MUSIC MONTH: IΒ Wonder as IΒ Wander

17 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Introduce your homeschool students to an American folk tune that has now become an internationally famous Christmas carol.

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music

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

16 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: Beethoven, the Christmas Comet, the Winter Solstice, the Gambia River, a toast to love, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Tennessee, Gabon, Germany, and More

16 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and travel the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Tennessee, Gabon, The Gambia, Georgia, and Germany.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ“š BOOKS: A New World Almanac for the New 2019 Year

15 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

The 2019 edition of the World Almanac and Book of Facts is a one-volume desk encyclopedia that every homeschooling family should have.

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries

β˜„οΈ THE CHRISTMAS COMET: 46P/Wirtanen 2018

14 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Comet 46P/Wirtanen, dubbed the Christmas Comet of 2018, is now brightening in the southern sky. Be sure to spend some quality homeschool time out after dark this week and see if you can find it!

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

🎡 πŸŽ„ HOLIDAY MUSIC MONTH: Introducing Vince Guaraldi

13 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

The American jazz musician Vince Guaraldi (1928–1976) wrote some of the best-loved Christmas music of our time. Why not introduce your students to his wonderful work this month.

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music

πŸ–‹ πŸ“– WONDERFUL WORDS: Happy Birthday to Emily Dickinson!

10 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“He ate and drank the precious WordsΒ β€” / His Spirit grew robust.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emily Dickinson, for her birthday.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

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

9 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Smart homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: the South Pole, Emily Dickinson, the Boston Tea Party, the River Seine, a toast to striving, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Kentucky, Ethiopia, France, and More

9 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

Tour the United States and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Kentucky, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, and France.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🎡 πŸŽ„ HOLIDAY MUSIC MONTH: Introducing John Rutter and His Carols

8 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“How do you capture the wind on the water? / How do you count all the stars in the sky? / How can you measure the love of a mother? / Or how can you write down a baby’s first cry?”

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music

πŸ”­ β˜„οΈ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES – December 2018

7 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

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

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🎡 πŸŽ„ HOLIDAY MUSIC MONTH: All Those Christmas ClichΓ©s

6 December 2018 by Bob O'Hara

“I want the tree full of toys and tinsel, I want the wreath on the red front door, / I want the elves in the yard and each sentimental card dripping glitter on the floor.”

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music

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