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Archives for February 2021

๐Ÿ“– ๐ŸŽ‰ WONDERFUL WORDS: Happy Dord Day!

28 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

“Lexicรณgrapher. n.s. [ฮปฮตฮพฮนฮบแฝธฮฝ and ฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฯ‰; lexicographe, French.] A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.” (A humorous homeschool holiday, for all lovers of words and dictionaries.)

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

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 28 February 2021

28 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Leonine terms, pianistic anniversaries, cartographical celebrations, tyrannical flycatchers, Boston massacres, Luxembourgish rivers, a toast to the Alamo, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Michigan, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, and More

28 February 2021 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: Michigan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and Madagascar.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒ• RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschool Students โ€“ February 2021

27 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Our February 2021 full-moon report on the real scientific and scholarly projects around the world that you and your students can contribute to from the comfort of your little home academy.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿฆœ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Parrots

26 February 2021 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 Old World Parrots, and the African and New World Parrots.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Maloti-Drakensberg Park in Lesotho

24 February 2021 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: Maloti-Drakensberg Park in Lesotho.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿ”ญ WONDERFUL WORDS: Watchers of the Skies

22 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

“Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes / He star’d at the Pacificย โ€” and all his men / Look’d at each other with a wild surmiseย โ€” / Silent, upon a peak in Darien.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from John Keats, for all homeschool stargazers.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 21 February 2021

21 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Chapman’s Homer, impressionistic artists, American poets, dead parrots, lexicographical lapses, Lebanese rivers, a toast to homecoming, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Arkansas, Lebanon, Libya, and More

21 February 2021 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: Arkansas, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, and Libya.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Caracaras and Falcons

19 February 2021 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 fast-flying Falcons and Caracaras.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐ŸŒจ AN UNEXPECTED โ€œSNOW-STORMโ€ for Our Southern Homeschool Friends

18 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

“All friends shut out, the housemates sit / Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed / In a tumultuous privacy of storm.” (A bonus homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emerson, for unexpected blizzards.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿš€ โ€œTHE RIVER HOUSESโ€ Will Be Landing on Mars Tomorrow!

17 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

NASA’s Perseverance rover is scheduled to land on Mars this week, and we grabbed a seat and are going along for the ride. You and your homeschool scientists can come along too.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Megalithic Jars of Xiengkhuang in Laos

17 February 2021 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 ancient Megalithic Jar Sites of Xiengkhuang in Laos.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ”Ž HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS โ€“ February 2021

16 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

A February 2021 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 six items this month: Brewer (2020), Brown (2021), Conejeros-Solarย & Smith (2021), Corbitt (2020), Guterman (2021), and Morse (2019).

Filed Under: Homeschool Research & News

๐Ÿ”ญ HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE AND HISTORY: The Starry Messenger

15 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Remembering one of the great minds of history, Galileo Galilei (1564โ€“1642), on the anniversary of his birth.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐ŸŒ  WONDERFUL WORDS: The Truly Great

15 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

“Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun / And left the vivid air signed with their honour.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Stephen Spender, for the great birthdays of February.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 14 February 2021

14 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: backyard birds, famous birthdays, poetical encomia, ancient Egyptians, dead parrots, Latvian Rivers, a toast to our first president, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Missouri, Kuwait, Latvia, and More

14 February 2021 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: Missouri, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, and Latvia.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Betelgeuse for February

13 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the red giant Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion the Hunter this monthย โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ—“ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿฆ‹ LINCOLN and DARWIN (and Horace)

12 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Our recommended homeschool history encyclopedia is just the thing you need on a notable anniversary like today: the birthday of both Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin (in the same year, 1809).

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Woodpeckers

12 February 2021 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 Woodpeckers!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Koguryo Tombs in North Korea

10 February 2021 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 ancient Koguryo Tombs in North Korea.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ“œ LIBRARY LESSONS: Kโ€“5 Teaching Resources from the National Archives

9 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

The U.S. National Archives isn’t just a resource for older students. They have a wide assortment of free teaching materials available for the lower grades too, all of them ideal for homeschool families.

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries

๐Ÿ—“ โš—๏ธ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DMITRI! (Mendeleev, that is)

8 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

The father of the periodic table, the great Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, was born on this day in 1834. Here are some clever educational ways to remember him in your homeschool.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ–‹ โค๏ธ WONDERFUL WORDS: โ€œUnwind the solemn twine, and tie my Valentine!โ€

8 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

“Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine!” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emily Dickinson, for Valentine Week.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 7 February 2021

7 February 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: backyard birds, famous presidents, famous naturalists, poetical musings, revolutionary writers, giant stars, Korean rivers, a toast to love โค๏ธ, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Maine, Kiribati, Kosovo, and More

7 February 2021 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: Maine, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, and Kosovo.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

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