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Archives for June 2019

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 30 June 2019

30 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: Independence Day, Ignaz Semmelweis, Thurgood Marshall, the Continental Army, the Historical 900s, the Chao Phraya River, Marc Chagall, SPAM, sliced bread, a toast to the Declaration, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Wyoming, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, and More

30 June 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: Wyoming, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Togo.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌏 πŸŒ‘ 🌞 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE: Watch Live on 2 July 2019

29 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

There’s a total solar eclipse coming on 2 July 2019 (Tuesday), but it will be visible only in South America. (Alas for North Americans.) But you and your homeschool astronomy students can still watch a live feed online!

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy

🐦 NATURE NOTES: Summer Bird Behavior

28 June 2019 by Horace the Otter 🦦

It’s homeschool natural history day! This week: are you and your students keeping an eye out for the birds that are breeding in your neighborhood this summer?

Filed Under: Homeschool Natural History

πŸ”­ β˜„οΈ CHARLES MESSIER and the Most Beautiful Objects in the Universe

26 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Happy birthday to the French astronomer Charles Messier (1730–1817), who cataloged some of the most beautiful nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies in the universe β€” so he could ignore them.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌏 πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡― WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Ancient Sarazm in Tajikistan

26 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week. This week: the Proto-Urban Site of Sarazm in Tajikistan.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS – World Heritage

πŸ“š BOOKS & LIBRARIES: The Carle Picture Book Museum

25 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

It’s Books & Libraries Day in the River Houses, so why not pay a homeschool visit to the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 23 June 2019

23 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: Little Bighorn, Paul Laurence Dunbar, children’s books, Messier Objects, Versailles, the Yaghnob River, Captain Kangaroo, a toast to virtue, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Idaho, Switzerland, Tajikistan, and More

23 June 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: Idaho, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, and Tajikistan.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ–‹ 🏞 WONDERFUL WORDS: β€œThe Swing” for Summer

22 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

“How do you like to go up in a swing, / Up in the air so blue?” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Louis Stevenson, for summer.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ β›± SUMMER IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)

21 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

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

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌍 πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Palace of Drottningholm in Sweden

19 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week. This week: the Royal Domain of Drottningholm in Sweden.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS – World Heritage

πŸ“œ A HISTORY CONTEST from the National Archives (Grades 4–6)

18 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Celebrate the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment that gave women the right to vote, and maybe win a trip to the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸŒ• RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschool Students – June 2019

17 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Our June 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

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 16 June 2019

16 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: Father’s Day, great seals, the summer solstice, Bunker Hill, Juneteenth, secret codes, the Maroni River, a toast to honest greatness, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Washington, Sudan, Sweden, and More

16 June 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: Washington, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, and Sweden.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ–‹ πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘§ HAPPY HOMESCHOOL FATHER’S DAY from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

15 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

“A whisper, and then a silence: / Yet I know by their merry eyes / They are plotting and planning together / To take me by surprise.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Longfellow, for Father’s Day.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ”Ž HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS – June 2019

15 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

A June 2019 roundup of some recent academic research and news about homeschooling worldwide, with links to sources. (A new monthly feature we’re trying out.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Research & News

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ HAPPY FLAG DAY 2019!

14 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Flag Day (June 14th every year) celebrates the date in 1777 when Congress established the Stars & Stripes as the national flag of the United States.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

πŸ’° FREE SUMMER LESSON PLANS from the U.S. Mint!

13 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

The U.S. Mint has a wide variety of educational resources and free lesson plans that you can easily drop into your homeschooling schedule this summer. Why not look them over and expand your students’ numismatical horizons.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting

🌏 πŸ‡±πŸ‡° WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Golden Temple of Dambulla in Sri Lanka

12 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week. This week: the Golden Temple of Dambulla in Sri Lanka.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS – World Heritage

πŸ–‹ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ WONDERFUL WORDS (and Music!): β€œO! say can you see?”

11 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

“O! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave / O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Francis Scott Key, for Flag Day.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 9 June 2019

9 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: Magna Carta, Maurice Sendak, Anne Frank, W.B. Yeats, Barbara McClintock, Flag Day, the Ebro River, a toast to Old Glory, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Montana, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and More

9 June 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: Montana, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, and Sri Lanka.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Spica for June

8 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the young blue-white giant Spica in the constellation Virgo this month, one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere sky, and make it your homeschool friend for life.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ‡«πŸ‡· HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Teaching About D-Day 1944

5 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Remembering the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944, with live news recordings from that day.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

🌏 πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡§ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: East Rennell in the Solomon Islands

5 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week. This week: East Rennell in the Solomon Islands.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS – World Heritage

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Astronomy

  • American Meteor Society
    • – Fireball Reporting System
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day
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  • Homeschool Astronomy (Sky & Telescope)
  • Hubble Space Telescope
    • – Learning Resources
  • NASA
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    • – Educator Resources
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Books & Libraries

  • Baldwin Library of Children’s Literature
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    • – Educator Resources
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  • HathiTrust Digital Library
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Natural History

  • All About Birds (Cornell University)
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    • – Seasons
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Maps & Geography

  • Antipodes Map
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    • – Educator Resources
  • Zoom Earth

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  • Bill of Rights Institute
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    • – Coin Activities for Kids
    • – Educator Resources
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    • – Explore the Collections
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    • – Stamps Teach (from APS)
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