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.
Archives for March 2021
π RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschool Students β March 2021
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.
π QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool FamiliesΒ β Week of 28 March 2021
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!
π πΊπΈ SUNDAY STATES: Wisconsin, Mongolia, Mozambique, and More
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.
π¦ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Crows and Jays (Part II)
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).
π¨ HOMESCHOOL ARTS: Introducing William Morris (1834β1896)
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.
π π²π½ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Rock Art of Baja California in Mexico
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.
π π± WONDERFUL WORDS: Nothing Gold Can Stay
“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.)
π΅ HOMESCHOOL MUSIC: Happy Birthday Bach!
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.
π QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool FamiliesΒ β Week of 21 March 2021
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!
π πΊπΈ SUNDAY STATES: Iowa, Mexico, Monaco, and More
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.
π π· SPRING IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)
Spring is here! In the northern hemisphere, that is; in the southern hemisphere, fall is here! Happy March 2021 equinox to homeschoolers everywhere!
π¦ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Crows and Jays (Part I)
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.
π π²πΉ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Δ¦al Saflieni Hypogeum in Malta
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.
π HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS β March 2021
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).
π π‘ WONDERFUL WORDS: The Ides of March
“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.)
π π‘ BEWARE the Ides of March!
Remembering the Ides of March, the famous date on which the Roman politician, general, and dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C.
π‘ JOIN A HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH PROJECT for Einstein’s Birthday
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?
π QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool FamiliesΒ β Week of 14 March 2021
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!
π πΊπΈ SUNDAY STATES: Texas, Malta, Mauritius, and More
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.
π STAR BRIGHT: Sirius for March
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.
π¦ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Shrikes and Vireos
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.
π π²πΌ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Lake Malawi National Park in Malawi
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.
π LIBRARY LESSONS: Studying World War II at the National Archives
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.
π π WONDERFUL WORDS: When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer
“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.)
π QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool FamiliesΒ β Week of 7 March 2021
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!
π πΊπΈ SUNDAY STATES: Florida, Malawi, Mali, and More
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.