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Archives for November 2020

๐ŸŒž ๐ŸŒ ๐ŸŒ• RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschool Students โ€“ November 2020

29 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Our November 2020 full-moon report on the real scientific and scholarly projects around the world that you and your students can join and contribute to from the comfort of your little home academy.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 29 November 2020

29 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Orion Term, Holiday Music Month, American authors, falling rocks, quantum physicists, Dewey decimals, West Indian rivers, a toast to the chase, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Rhode Island, Dominica, Egypt, and More

29 November 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: Rhode Island, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Egypt.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Sandpipers (II)

27 November 2020 by Horace the Otter ๐Ÿฆฆ

Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas along the way. This week: the Sandpipers (Part II), familiar shorebirds all around the world.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŽต ๐Ÿฝ THANKSGIVING MEMORIES: โ€œWe Gather Togetherโ€

25 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Take a just moment this week to introduce your homeschool students to a beautiful four-hundred-year-old Dutch folk tune that has become a Thanksgiving classic.

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music, Homeschool Holidays & History

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Church of St. John of Nepomuk in Czechia

25 November 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 Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk at Zelenaฬ Hora in the Czech Republic.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ“š BOOKS & LIBRARIES: Happy Birthday to Andrew Carnegie!

24 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

If you love libraries as much as we do, be thankful this Thanksgiving week for the life of Andrew Carnegie, born on this day in 1835. His philanthropy built more than 2500 libraries in cities and towns across the United States and around the world.

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries

๐ŸŽต ๐Ÿก THANKSGIVING MUSIC: โ€œRise up, follow me, I will lead you homeโ€

24 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

“Through the air there’s a calling from far away, / There’s a voice I can hear that will lead me home.” (Some lovely music and words from Stephen Paulus and Michael Dennis Browne, for homeschool Thanksgiving.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music, Homeschool Holidays & History

๐ŸŽต MUSICAL INTRODUCTIONS: Thomas Tallis, Master of Polyphony

23 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

[Thomas Tallis historical marker]

Why not give thanks in your homeschool this Thanksgiving week for the life of Thomas Tallis, the grand master of early polyphonic music, who died on this day in 1585.

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿฆƒ WONDERFUL WORDS: Delicious โ€œThanksgiving Magicโ€

22 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

“Oh, some like magic made by wands, / And some read magic out of books, / And some like fairy spells and charms / But I like magic made by cooks!” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Rowena Bastin Bennett, for Thanksgiving!)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 22 November 2020

22 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Thanksgiving thanks, ethereal music, famous books, free cities, literary philanthropists, Danish rivers, a toast to two great American birds, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: North Carolina, Cyprus, Djibouti, and More

22 November 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: North Carolina, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, and Djibouti.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

โ™ƒ โ™„ SATURDAY STARS: The Coming Great Conjunction

21 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Get your young astronomers ready to observe a notable celestial event next month: a Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, the first one in twenty years.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Sandpipers (I)

20 November 2020 by Horace the Otter ๐Ÿฆฆ

Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas along the way. This week: the Sandpipers (Part I), familiar shorebirds all around the world.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SEVEN SCORE and Seventeen Years Ago

19 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

“What place is this? Where are we now?” (Marking the 157th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, with help from Ken Burns and Carl Sandburg.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Historic Grand-Bassam in Coฬ‚te dโ€™Ivoire

18 November 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 Town of Grand-Bassam in Coฬ‚te dโ€™Ivoire.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

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

17 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

A November 2020 roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have three items this month: Dietrich et al. (2020), English (2020), and Watson (2020).

Filed Under: Homeschool Research & News

๐ŸŒ  ๐Ÿฆ LEONID METEORS for November 2020

16 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Take your young astronomers outside this week and look to the constellation Leo for the annual Leonid meteor shower.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐ŸŒ  WONDERFUL WORDS: Of Poems and Meteors

15 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

โ€œStars, I have seen them fall,ย / But when they drop and dieย / No star is lost at allย /ย From all the star-sown sky.โ€ (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from A.E. Housman, for the annual Leonid meteor shower.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 15 November 2020

15 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Gettysburg addresses, shooting stars, youthful wizards, great whales, energetic matter, Costa Rican rivers, a toast to the People, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: New York, Costa Rica, Cuba, and More

15 November 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: New York, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, and Cuba.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Algol for November

14 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the variable star Algol this monthย โ€” “the demon star” in the constellation Perseus the Hero and one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere skyย โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Lapwings, Plovers, and Jacanas

13 November 2020 by Horace the Otter ๐Ÿฆฆ

Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching ideas along the way. This week: the Lapwings, Plovers, and Jacanas.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Congo

11 November 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 Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ“š ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES: The Veterans History Project

10 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

You and your homeschool students can contribute to an important historical documentary project by interviewing American military veterans in your family or community for the Library of Congress.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ•Š THE ELEVENTH DAY of the Eleventh Month: For the Fallen

8 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: / Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. / At the going down of the sun and in the morning / We will remember them.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Laurence Binyon, for Veterans Day and Armistice Day.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 8 November 2020

8 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Mayflower Compacts, cometary contacts, historical geologists, Congolese rivers, silent guns, a toast to remembrance, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

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