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Archives for March 2021

🌍 πŸ‡²πŸ‡ͺ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Durmitor National Park in Montenegro

31 March 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: Durmitor National Park in Montenegro.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

πŸŒ• RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschool Students – March 2021

28 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Our March 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

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 28 March 2021

28 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: April shoures, full moons, famous physicians, harvest festivals, peaceable artists, children’s books, Montenegrin rivers, a toast to good eating, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Wisconsin, Mongolia, Mozambique, and More

28 March 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: Wisconsin, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, and Mozambique.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

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

26 March 2021 by Horace the Otter 🦦

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 familiar Crows and Jays (Part II).

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🎨 HOMESCHOOL ARTS: Introducing William Morris (1834–1896)

24 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Take a few homeschool minutes this week to learn about William Morris, one of the great artistic polymaths of the Victorian period, on the anniversary of his birth.

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

🌎 πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Rock Art of Baja California in Mexico

24 March 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 Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco in Mexico.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

πŸ–‹ 🌱 WONDERFUL WORDS: Nothing Gold Can Stay

22 March 2021 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

🎡 HOMESCHOOL MUSIC: Happy Birthday Bach!

21 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

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

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 21 March 2021

21 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Baroque birthdays, pensive poems, famous farmers, splendid speeches, cheerful cherries, Moldovan rivers, a Shakespearean toast to spring, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

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

21 March 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: Iowa, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, and Monaco.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

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

20 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Spring is here! In the northern hemisphere, that is; in the southern hemisphere, fall is here! Happy March 2021 equinox to homeschoolers everywhere!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

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

19 March 2021 by Horace the Otter 🦦

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 Crows and Jays (Part I), garrulous residents of town and country.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌍 πŸ‡²πŸ‡Ή WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Δ¦al Saflieni Hypogeum in Malta

17 March 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 Δ¦al Saflieni Hypogeum in Malta.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

πŸ”Ž HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS – March 2021

16 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

A March 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 three items this month: Estep (2021), PreethiΒ &Β ArulΒ Lawrence (2021), and Ventura (2020).

Filed Under: Homeschool Research & News

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

15 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

“And if you can’t curb your ambitions,Β / at least pursue them hesitantly, cautiously.Β / And the higher you go,Β / 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 2021 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“‘ JOIN A HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH PROJECT for Einstein’s Birthday

14 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

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

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 14 March 2021

14 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: the Ides of March, famous physicists, springing seasons, memorable evacuations, rocket science, cautionary poems, emerald isles, Mauritanian rivers, a toast to liberty, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Texas, Malta, Mauritius, and More

14 March 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: Texas, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Mauritania, and Mauritius.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Sirius for March

13 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

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

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ¦… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Shrikes and Vireos

12 March 2021 by Horace the Otter 🦦

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 predatory Shrikes and the plain but vocal Vireos.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌍 πŸ‡²πŸ‡Ό WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Lake Malawi National Park in Malawi

10 March 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: Lake Malawi National Park in Malawi.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

πŸ“š LIBRARY LESSONS: Studying World War II at the National Archives

9 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

If you’re learning about World War II in your homeschool this year, be sure to explore the excellent educational materials and ready-made lessons available through the DocsTeach program at the U.S. National Archives.

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries

πŸ–‹ πŸ”­ WONDERFUL WORDS: When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer

8 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

“Till rising and gliding out IΒ wander’d off by myself,Β / InΒ the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,Β / Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Walt Whitman, contrariwise, for John Herschel and Albert Einstein.)

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

πŸ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 7 March 2021

7 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Astronomical anniversaries, skeptical poems, imaginary Martians, bright stars, temporal anomalies, Malaysian rivers, a toast to cleverness, and more!

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

🌎 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ SUNDAY STATES: Florida, Malawi, Mali, and More

7 March 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: Florida, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, and Mali.

Filed Under: ARCHIVES

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