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Archives for March 2020

πŸ“œ NEW ONLINE CLASSES FOR KIDS at the National Archives

31 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

The National Archives is offering a wide range of online educational programs for all grade levels over the next two months β€” it’s an ideal homeschooling opportunity!

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 29 March 2020

29 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Alpine harvests, shoures soote, peaceable kingdoms, big ticket items, Danish authors, Mozambiquan rivers, a toast to comfort, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: California, Mozambique, Nauru, and More

29 March 2020 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: California, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, and Nauru.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

🌟 SUNSET and Evening Star

28 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Venus will be as bright as it’s been in a long time this weekend β€” be sure to take your young astronomers outside at sunset to see!

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

🌸 VISIT THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS in Washington, D.C.

27 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

On this day in 1912, the Japanese government presented a gift of 3000 cherry trees to the United States to line the banks of the Potomac River and other sites in Washington, D.C., where they and their successors may still be seen today.

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

πŸ¦… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Crows and Jays (II)

27 March 2020 by Horace the Otter 🦦

Join our year-long homeschool tour of North American bird families and teach some great little science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the Crows and Jays (Part II).

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🏹 HOMESCHOOL LITERARY LESSONS: Apollo, God of Plague

25 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

“Over against the ships he dropped to a knee, let fly a shaft / and a terrifying clash rang out from the great silver bow. / First he went for the mules and circling dogs but then, / launching a piercing shaft at the men themselves, / he cut them down in droves.”

Filed Under: Homeschool Language & Literature

🌏 πŸ‡²πŸ‡³ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Orkhon Valley in Mongolia

25 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Pay a visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great homeschool history and geography along the way. This week: the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape in Mongolia.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

πŸ–‹ WONDERFUL WORDS: A Shakespearean Sonnet a Day from Patrick Stewart

24 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Patrick Stewart β€” Star Trek’s Captain Picard and also a noted Shakespearean actor β€” reads Shakespeare’s Sonnets.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

πŸ–‹ 🌱 WONDERFUL WORDS: Nothing Gold Can Stay

23 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

“Nature’s first green is gold, / Her hardest hue to hold.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Frost, for his birthday and for early spring.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 22 March 2020

22 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Renaissance painters, springtime poems, life-saving agronomists, Hungarian magicians, fiery speeches, Latin translators, Montenegrin rivers, a toast to freedom, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Wisconsin, Monaco, Morocco, and More

22 March 2020 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: Wisconsin, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, and Morocco.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

🎡 HOMESCHOOL MUSIC: Happy Birthday Bach!

21 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Take a few homeschool minutes to introduce your students to a tiny masterpiece by one of the world’s great composers, Johann Sebastian Bach, born on this day in 1685.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

β˜„οΈ SATURDAY STARS: There May Be a Comet Coming This Spring!

21 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

There’s a comet coming this spring. It’s called C/2019 Y4 ATLAS, and it may turn out to be a good one. Put it on your homeschool calendars for the end of May.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

πŸ¦… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Crows and Jays (I)

20 March 2020 by Horace the Otter 🦦

Join our year-long homeschool tour of North American bird families and teach some great little science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the Crows and Jays (Part I), garrulous residents of town and country.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ 🌷 SPRING IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)

19 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Spring is here! (If you’re in the northern hemisphere, that is.) If you’re in the southern hemisphere, fall is here! Happy March 2020 equinox to homeschoolers everywhere!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌍 πŸ‡²πŸ‡Ί WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Aapravasi Ghat in Mauritius

18 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Pay a visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great homeschool history and geography along the way. This week: the historic immigration portal or “Aapravasi Ghat” in Mauritius.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

🎡 MANY WEEKS’ WORTH of MARVELOUS MUSICAL DOCUMENTARIES

17 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Expand your students’ auditory imaginations with dozens of top-quality documentaries on music and music history.

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music

πŸ”Ž HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS – March 2020

17 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

A March 2020 roundup of some recent academic research and news about homeschooling worldwide, with links to sources. We have five items this month: English (2019), Fields-Smith (2020), Michaud (2019), Murphy (2019), and SepΓΊlveda-DΓ­az et al. (2020).

Filed Under: Homeschool Research & News

πŸ–‹ πŸ—‘ WONDERFUL WORDS: The Ides of March

16 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

“And if you can’t curb your ambitions, / at least pursue them hesitantly, cautiously. / And the higher you go, / the more searching and careful you need to be.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Constantine Cavafy, for the Ides of March.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ πŸ—‘ BEWARE the Ides of March!

15 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Remembering the Ides of March, the famous date on which the Roman politician, general, and dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 15 March 2020

15 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Roman revolutions, revolutionary rockets, vernal equinoxes, Constitutional fathers, Classical composers, Puritan poets, Mauritian waterfalls, a toast to free republics, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Iowa, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, and More

15 March 2020 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: Iowa, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, and Moldova.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ“‘ JOIN A HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH PROJECT for Einstein’s Birthday

14 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

You and your students can search for undiscovered pulsars in deep space, right from the comfort of your homeschool living room. (Really!) How cool is that?

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Sirius for March

14 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the brilliant white star Sirius, “the dog star,” in the constellation Canis Major this month β€” the brightest star in earth’s night sky β€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ¦… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Shrikes and Vireos

13 March 2020 by Horace the Otter 🦦

Join our year-long homeschool tour of North American bird families and teach some great little science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the predatory Shrikes and the plain but vocal Vireos.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌍 πŸ‡²πŸ‡± WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Timbuktu in Mali

11 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Pay a visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great homeschool history and geography along the way. This week: Timbuktu in Mali.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

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