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Archives for September 2019

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 29 September 2019

29 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: autumnal verses, bibliographical generalities, calendrical reforms, Indian politicians, rocketing anniversaries, phoenicopteran reviews, masticatory enterprises, Belgian rivers, a toast to truth and liberty, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Connecticut, Belgium, Bhutan, and More

29 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses in 2019–2020. This week: Connecticut, Belgium, Belize, Benin, and Bhutan.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

πŸ¦ƒ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: β€œGallinaceous” Birds

27 September 2019 by Horace the Otter 🦦

Join our year-long homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas along the way. This week: the New World Quail, the Curassows and Guans, and the Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌍 πŸ‡§πŸ‡­ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Qal’at al-Bahrain, the Ancient Capital of Dilmun in Bahrain

25 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week. This week: Qal’at al-Bahrain, the Ancient Harbor and Capital of Dilmun in Bahrain.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

πŸ“° KAPOW! Comic Art at the Library of Congress

24 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

If you have comics-mad kids in your homeschool, why not take educational advantage of their interests with some help from the Library of Congress.

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music, Homeschool Books & Libraries

πŸ–‹ πŸƒ WONDERFUL WORDS: β€œOur Summer made her light escape”

23 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

[Emily Dickinson Homestead]

“As imperceptibly as Grief / The Summer lapsed away β€” / Too imperceptible at last / To seem like Perfidy.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emily Dickinson, for the end of summer.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ πŸ‚ FALL IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)

23 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Fall is here! (If you’re in the northern hemisphere, that is.) If you’re in the southern hemisphere, spring is here! Happy September 2019 equinox to homeschoolers everywhere!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 22 September 2019

22 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Quick Freshes are our regular Sunday notes on the homeschool week ahead. This week: the September Equinox, the Emperor of Rome, Old Possum, antibiotics, the Parthenon, Austrian economists, Barbadian rivers, a toast to freedom, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Georgia, Bahrain, Belarus, and More

22 September 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: Georgia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, and Belarus.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

πŸ”­ HOMESCHOOL ASTRONOMY: A Cygnus Skyscape

21 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Invite your young homeschool astronomers to explore an amazing image of the constellation Cygnus (and our monthly star Deneb) from NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day website.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

πŸ¦† FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Ducks, Geese, and Swans (II)

20 September 2019 by Horace the Otter 🦦

Join our year-long homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas along the way. This week: the Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Part II).

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌏 πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Sydney Opera House in Australia

18 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Pay a homeschool visit to a UNESCO World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week. This week: the Sydney Opera House in Australia.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ CONSTITUTION DAY 2019 – Homeschool Teaching Resources

17 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Pay a homeschool visit to the National Archives in Washington this week to celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on 17 September 1787.

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Holidays & History

πŸ–‹ 🍁 WONDERFUL WORDS: Song at the Beginning of Autumn

16 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

[Elizabeth Jennings]

“But I am carried back against / My will into a childhood where / Autumn is bonfires, marbles, smoke; / I lean against my window fenced / From evocations in the air. / When I said autumn, autumn broke.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Elizabeth Jennings, for the coming fall.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ”Ž HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS – September 2019

15 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

A September 2019 roundup of some recent academic research and news about homeschooling worldwide, with links to sources. We have five items this month: Cheng & Donnelly (2019), Elliott (2019), Hirsh (2019), Mckeithan et al. (2019), and Wolfe (2019).

Filed Under: Homeschool Research & News

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 15 September 2019

15 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: children’s classics, New York defenses, piratical inflections, global circumnavigations, Constitutional commemorations, Austrian rivers, toasts to heroes, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: New Jersey, Australia, the Bahamas, and More

15 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses in 2019–2020. This week: New Jersey, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, and the Bahamas.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

πŸŒ• RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschool Students – September 2019

14 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Our September 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

🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Deneb for September

14 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Get the new 2019–2020 homeschool year off to a great start by making a new friend this month: the giant star Deneb in the constellation Cygnus, one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere night sky.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🦒 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Ducks, Geese, and Swans (I)

13 September 2019 by Horace the Otter 🦦

Join our year-long homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas along the way. This week: the Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Part I).

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

βš”οΈ REMEMBERING the Battle of Marathon, 490 B.C.

12 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

The Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. was one of the most consequential battles in the history of the Western world. It’s an event every homeschool student should know.

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

🌍 πŸ‡¦πŸ‡΄ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Mbanza Kongo in Angola

11 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week. This week: Mbanza Kongo, the Capital of the Former Kingdom of Kongo in Angola.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ REMEMBERING 9/11

10 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

The Star-Spangled Banner, in London and New York.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

πŸ“š LEARNING THE LIBRARY: Finding Local Libraries With WorldCat

10 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

It’s Homeschool Library Tuesday! Have you found all the libraries in your local area? There may be more than you realize, and the WorldCat Library Finder will help you and your students locate them.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ–‹ πŸ¦‹ WONDERFUL WORDS: The Tuft of Flowers

9 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

“β€˜Men work together,’ I told him from the heart, / β€˜Whether they work together or apart.’” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Frost, for late-summer mowing, the Monarch butterfly migration, and all of us working together, whether we work together or apart.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 8 September 2019

8 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas for the week ahead. This week: 9/11, Marathon, Henry Purcell, Clara Schumann, Francis Scott Key, student research, the Cunene River, a toast to the chase, and more.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Pennsylvania, Angola, Armenia, and More

8 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

[Pennsylvania stamp]

Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses in 2019–2020. This week: Pennsylvania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, and Armenia.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

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