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๐ŸŒ  JOIN AN ASTEROID RESEARCH PROJECT for International Asteroid Day!

30 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

You and your students can help astronomers study the shapes and orbits of real asteroids in space, right from the comfort of your little home academy. How cool is that?

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families โ€“ Week of 28 June 2020

28 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Independence Day, dramatic declarations, presidential anniversaries, memorable meteors, mysterious markings, insular rivers, a toast to a famous goose, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Wyoming, Tanzania, Togo, and More

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

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐Ÿ”ญ โ˜„๏ธ CHARLES MESSIER and the Most Beautiful Objects in the Universe

26 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

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

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Wood-Warblers (II)

26 June 2020 by Horace the Otter ๐Ÿฆฆ

Join our year-long homeschool tour of North American bird families and teach some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the tiny and colorful Wood-Warblers (Partย II).

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Abbey of St. Gall in Switzerland

24 June 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 Abbey of St. Gall in Switzerland.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ“œ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY at the National Archives (Online!)

23 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

If your usual homeschool Fourth of July celebrations will be a bit restricted this year, why not join the staff and friends of the U.S. National Archives in Washington for their first-ever online Independence Day celebration!

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

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿž WONDERFUL WORDS: โ€œThe Swingโ€ for Summer

22 June 2020 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: Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families โ€“ Week of 21 June 2020

21 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Father’s Day, mathematical secrets, censorious critics, imaginative illustrators, poetical pioneers, Swiss rivers, a toast to principle, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Idaho, Switzerland, Tajikistan, and More

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

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐Ÿ—“ โ›ฑ SUMMER IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)

20 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Summer is here! (If you’re in the northern hemisphere, that is.) If you’re in the southern hemisphere, winter is here! Happy June 2020 solstice to homeschoolers everywhere!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒ… WATCH THE SUMMER SOLSTICE AT STONEHENGE

19 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Follow a live broadcast of the summer-solstice sunrise and sunset at Stonehenge, the ancient astronomical landmark in southern England.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Wood-Warblers (I)

19 June 2020 by Horace the Otter ๐Ÿฆฆ

Join our year-long homeschool tour of North American bird families and teach some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the tiny and colorful Wood-Warblers (Partย I).

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Sanganeb Marine National Park in Sudan

17 June 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: Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay in Sudan.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ”Ž HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS โ€“ June 2020

16 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

A June 2020 roundup of some recent academic research and news about homeschooling worldwide, with links to sources. We have two papers this month, by Bowens (2020) and Buns & LaValle (2020), and also a panel discussion featuring Bartholet, Gaither, McCluskey, & McDonald (2020).

Filed Under: Homeschool Research & News

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ง HAPPY FATHER’S DAY WEEK from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

15 June 2020 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: Homeschool Holidays & History, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ HAPPY FLAG DAY 2020!

14 June 2020 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

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families โ€“ Week of 14 June 2020

14 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: vexillological anniversaries, paternal poems, ancient eclipses, great charters, summer solstices, Sri Lankan rivers, a toast to fathers, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Washington, Sri Lanka, Sweden, and More

14 June 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: Washington, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, and Sweden.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Spica for June

13 June 2020 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

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Finches, Longspurs, and Snow Buntings

12 June 2020 by Horace the Otter ๐Ÿฆฆ

Join our year-long homeschool tour of North American bird families and teach some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the small and familiar Fringillid Finches, and the Longspurs and Snow Buntings.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: Salt River Bay in the Virgin Islands

11 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Explore American history and geography in your homeschool with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting, Homeschool Museums & Monuments

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa

10 June 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 Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ“š ๐ŸŽต Kโ€“12 MUSIC EDUCATION: A Hundred Online Resources to Save!

9 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

A new guide to Kโ€“12 music education resources from the Library of Congress will point you to hundreds of educational treasures your can explore with your young music students.

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

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ WONDERFUL WORDS (and Music!): โ€œO!ย say can you see?โ€

8 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

“Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, / In full glory reflected now shines on the stream โ€” / ‘Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it 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: Homeschool Arts & Music, Homeschool Holidays & History, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families โ€“ Week of 7 June 2020

7 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Declaration committees, Irish poets, famous Francises, emperors and more emperors, ancient ancestors, South African rivers, a toast to Old Glory, and still more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Montana, Somalia, Spain, and More

7 June 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: Montana, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, and Spain.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

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