It’s Homeschool Library Tuesday! This week: a new digital collection of classic children’s books, all online and free to read from the Library of Congress.
Archives for April 2019
💰 🇲🇵 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: American Memorial Park, Northern Mariana Islands
Explore American history and geography with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the American Memorial Park in the Northern Mariana Islands.
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 28 April 2019
Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: Bird Migration Month, Duke Ellington, George Washington, electrons, eclipses, the Empire State Building, the Ucayali River, a toast to life, and more.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: West Virginia, Peru, Portugal, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: West Virginia, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, and Portugal.
🌳 NATURE NOTES: Happy Arbor Day!
It’s Arbor Day! Why not plant a tree in honor of your homeschool this week.
🌏 🇵🇬 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Kuk Agricultural Site in Papua New Guinea
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week. This week: the Kuk Early Agricultural Site in Papua New Guinea.
🎉 🎭 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILL! (Shakespeare, that Is)
Happy birthday to the Bard! Why not celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday by exploring some of the excellent free teaching materials available from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
🖋 🌸 WONDERFUL WORDS: Loveliest of Trees
“And since to look at things in bloom / Fifty springs are little room, / About the woodlands I will go / To see the cherry hung with snow.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Housman, for spring.)
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 21 April 2019
Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: Shakespeare’s birthday, falling stars, Watson and Crick, the loveliest of trees, the Fly River, Morse Code, a toast to our friends, and more.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Kansas, Palau, Paraguay, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Kansas, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, and Paraguay.
🇺🇸 AMERICAN ICON: The Concord Minuteman
Teach your students to recognize one of the most famous artistic symbols of the American Revolution: Daniel Chester French’s Concord Minuteman.
🌕 RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschool Students – April 2019
Our April 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.
🖋 🏇 🇺🇸 WONDERFUL WORDS: Paul Revere’s Ride
“A cry of defiance and not of fear, / A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, / And a word that shall echo forevermore!” (A bonus poem-of-the-week, from Longfellow, for the beginning of the American Revolution.)
🌍 🇳🇴 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Rock Art of Alta in Norway
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week. This week: the Prehistoric Rock Art of Alta in Norway.
🖋 🇺🇸 “HERE ONCE the embattled farmers stood”
“By the rude bridge that arched the flood, / Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, / Here once the embattled farmers stood / And fired the shot heard round the world.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emerson, for the Nineteenth of April.)
📚 TUESDAY TEA: Wonderful Libraries on Google Earth
It’s Homeschool Library Tuesday! This week: exploring some wonderful libraries around the world with the Google Earth geography application.
🇫🇷 REMEMBERING Notre-Dame de Paris
This masterpiece of Medieval art and architecture has been heavily damaged by fire.
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 14 April 2019
Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: Romulus, Leonardo da Vinci, Paul Revere’s Ride, the Concord River, embattled farmers, a toast to reason, and more.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Oregon, Nigeria, Pakistan, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Oregon, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, and Pakistan.
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Regulus for April (And a New Star Calendar)
Make the acquaintance of Regulus in the constellation Leo the Lion this month, one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere sky, and make it your homeschool friend for life. Print a copy of our new monthly star calendar, too, and follow along with us!
🐦 NATURE NOTES: Spring Bird Migration in Real Time
Spring bird migration is underway across much of the United States. Give your homeschoolers a window into what’s happening with the wonderful birdcast.info website, sponsored by Cornell University.
🌍 🇳🇪 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Historic Center of Agadez in Niger
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week. This week: the Historic Center of Agadez in Niger.
📚 LIBRARY TUESDAY: A Lesson Plan on Thomas Jefferson’s Library
Saturday is Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, so why not spend some time this week learning about Jefferson’s personal library, which became the core collection of the Library of Congress.
🖋 ☀️ WONDERFUL WORDS: Calmly We Walk through This April’s Day
“Each minute bursts in the burning room, / The great globe reels in the solar fire, / Spinning the trivial and unique away. / (How all things flash! How all things flare!)” (Our homeschool poem of the week, from Delmore Schwartz, for April.)
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 7 April 2019
Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: Appomattox, Yuri Gagarin, Delmore Schwartz, giant hailstones, Venus de Milo, the Amstel River, a toast to reason, and more.
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Minnesota, the Netherlands, Niger, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Minnesota, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, and Niger.
🔭 WATCHERS OF THE SKIES – April 2019
A homeschooling review of the northern hemisphere night sky for the month of April 2019.
