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Archives for January 2019

๐ŸŽต NOTABLE NOTES: Franz Schubert and Name-Dropping

31 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Happy homeschool birthday wishes to the great classical composer Franz Schubert, born on this day in 1798. (With an added note on the educational importance of name-dropping.)

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿš€ REMEMBERING CHALLENGER

28 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

“And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.”

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families โ€“ Week of 27 January 2019

27 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: Groundhog Day, Franklin Roosevelt, Jackie Robinson, the Turkwel River, a toast to old friends, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Alabama, Jordan, Kiribati, and More

27 January 2019 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: Alabama, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, and Kiribati.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐ŸŒน WONDERFUL WORDS: Happy Birthday to Robbie Burns (1759โ€“1796)

25 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

“Till all the seas gang dry, my dear, / And the rocks melt wiโ€™ the sun; / I will love thee still, my dear, / While the sands of life shall run.” (Happy birthday to Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland, born on this day in 1759.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿž HOMESCHOOL NATURE NOTES: Real Live River Otters

25 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

As every naturalist knows, if you don’t look, you won’t see. And if you do look, you may just see our River Houses mascot in the flesh: a real live North American River Otter.

Filed Under: Homeschool Natural History, Our River Houses Mascots

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช READING ALOUD: In Memory of W.B. Yeats

22 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

“Earth, receive an honoured guest; / William Yeats is laid to rest: / Let the Irish vessel lie / Emptied of its poetry.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Auden, for Yeats, who died eighty years ago this week.)

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

โœ๏ธ RIGHTEOUSNESS Like a Mighty Stream: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

21 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Why not pay a virtual homeschool visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in Atlanta on this Martin Luther King holiday.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History, Homeschool Museums & Monuments

๐ŸŒ• RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschool Students โ€“ January 2019

21 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Our January 2019 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

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families โ€“ Week of 20 January 2019

20 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: an eclipse, Martin Luther King, Robbie Burns, the Po River, a toast to wealth, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Illinois, Israel, Japan, and More

20 January 2019 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: Illinois, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, and Japan.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐ŸŒ™ WONDERFUL WORDS: โ€œThe stellar gauge of earthly showโ€

20 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

“Is such the stellar gauge of earthly show,ย / Nation at war with nation, brains that teem,ย / Heroes, and women fairer than the skies?” (An extra homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Thomas Hardy, for this week’s lunar eclipse.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

โ˜€๏ธ ๐ŸŒ ๐ŸŒ• LUNAR ECLIPSE Sunday Night and Monday Morning (20โ€“21 January 2019)

19 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Don’t miss the homeschool astronomical event of the season: a total lunar eclipse on the night of 20โ€“21 January 2019.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿฆ NATURE NOTES: The Great Backyard Bird Count is Coming!

18 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Start making plans for the annual Great Backyard Bird Count, coming on 15โ€“18 February. It’s an ideal homeschool science and nature event!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ“œ ON EXHIBIT: Tolkienย โ€“ Maker of Middle-Earth

16 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Discover the history of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Middle-Earth” through a major museum exhibition coming up this month.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐ŸŽต WONDERFUL WORDS and Music!): Lift Every Voice and Sing

15 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

“Let our rejoicing rise / High as the listening skies, / Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from James Weldon Johnson, for Martin Luther King’s birthday.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families โ€“ Week of 13 January 2019

13 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: Cowpens, Queen Elizabethย I, a lunar eclipse, the River Shannon, a toast to living, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Mississippi, Indonesia, Ireland, and More

13 January 2019 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: Mississippi, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, and Ireland.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒ• HOMESCHOOL ASTRONOMY: The Moon’s Far Side (and a Lunar Eclipse)

11 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Visiting the far side of the moon with the Chinese Chang’e 4 lunar lander (and Horace the River Otter).

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

๐Ÿ–‹ โ›ธ WONDERFUL WORDS: A Winter Poem for Homeschool Dads

9 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

“In the warming house, children lace their skates, / bending, choked, over their thick jackets. / A Franklin stove keeps the place so cozy / itโ€™s hard to imagine why anyone would leave.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Gail Mazur, for all homeschool fathers.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ“š LIBRARY TUESDAY: The 116th Congress at the Library of Congress

8 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

If your homeschool students want to learn about the operations of the U.S. Congress, there’s no better place to look than on the website of the Library of Congress itself.

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families โ€“ Week of 6 January 2019

6 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: Cinderella, crossing the Rubicon, the Galilean moons, the Choluteca River, a toast to liberty, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Indiana, Honduras, India, and More

6 January 2019 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: Indiana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, and India.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŽต ๐ŸŽญ HAPPY TWELFTH NIGHT!

5 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

“Long long ago the world begun, / With a hey, ho, the wind and the rain. / But that’s all one, our play is done, / And we’ll strive to please you every day.” (Shakespeare helps us bring the Christmas Season to an end.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŽต ๐ŸŽ„ HOLIDAY MUSIC MONTH: A Partridge in a ๐Ÿ ๐ŸŒณ

5 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

One of the deepest purposes of a liberal education is to enable people to get jokes.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿฆ NATURE NOTES: A Free Beginnerโ€™s eBird Course Online

4 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

This free online introduction from Cornell University will help you and your homeschool students get started with bird study in your local area.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ”ญ ๐ŸŒœ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES โ€“ January 2019 Lunar Eclipse Edition

4 January 2019 by Bob O'Hara

A homeschooling review of the northern hemisphere night sky for January 2019, with special notes on the upcoming lunar eclipse!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

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