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 and widespread Blackbirds, Meadowlarks, Orioles, Grackles, Cowbirds, and their allies.
Archives for July 2021
🌎 🇺🇸 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Taos Pueblo in the United States
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: Taos Pueblo in the United States.
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 25 July 2021
Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Migrating butterflies, famous scientists, American painters, universal languages, wild hares, crash landings, desert rivers, a toast to homecoming, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: New Mexico, United Arab Emirates, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: New Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay.
🌕 RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschool Students – July 2021
Our July 2021 full-moon report on the real scientific and scholarly projects around the world that you and your students can join from the comfort of your little home academy.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
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 brilliant Cardinals and their allies, including the American Tanagers, Grosbeaks, and Buntings.
🖋 🔔 WONDERFUL WORDS: As Kingfishers Catch Fire
“Like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’s / Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Gerard Manley Hopkins, for his birthday and for the halcyon days of summer.)
🌍 🇺🇦 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Metropolitans’ Residence in Ukraine
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: the Residence of the Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans in Ukraine.
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS – July 2021
Our July 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 five items this month: Hodgson (2021), Murphy (2021), Ray (2021), Reaburn (2021), and Soleimani et al. (2021).
🚀 🌕 APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING Resources for Your Homeschool
Share some great educational resources with your homeschool students this week on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 18 July 2021
Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Moon landings, moth weeks, Moravian monks, Latin liberators, great comets, bright birds, Ukrainian rivers, a toast to tall ships, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Oklahoma, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Oklahoma, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, and Ukraine.
🌝 KNOW YOUR MOONS 🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑
For this month’s anniversary of the first moon landing, why not teach your homeschool students the phases of the moon — you can even use emojis to do it!
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Emberizid Sparrows (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 diverse Emberizid Sparrows (Part II).
🗓 💪 HAPPY CROSS-QUARTER DAY of Hercules Term 2021
We divide the homeschool year into four three-month terms, and the midpoint of each term (following old calendrical tradition) is called the “cross-quarter day.” Today is the cross-quarter day of Hercules Term, our summer term in the River Houses. How are things going in your homeschool?
🖋 🐝 WONDERFUL WORDS: Answer, July
“Where is the Bee — / Where is the Blush — / Where is the Hay?” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emily Dickinson, for July.)
🌍 🇹🇳 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Punic Town of Kerkuane in Tunisia
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: the Punic Town and Necropolis of Kerkuane in Tunisia.
📜 📚 SUMMER PROJECTS from the Library of Congress and National Archives
Explore some of the cooperative projects that are available to your homeschool students this summer (or at any time of year) from the National Archives and the Library of Congress. They’re just the thing to help your students develop independent study skills for college or career.
📖 🖋 THOREAU’S BIRTHDAY and Homeschool Journaling
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” (Happy birthday to the great American writer Henry David Thoreau, born on this day in 1817.)
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 11 July 2021
Great homeschool teaching ideas and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Literary birthdays, deadly duels, Rosetta stones, cross-quarter days, moth weeks, Trojan rivers, a toast to perseverance, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Utah, Tonga, Turkey, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Utah, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, and Turkey.
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Arcturus for July
Make the acquaintance of the ancient orange giant Arcturus in the constellation Boötes the Herdsman this month, one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere night sky, and make it your homeschool friend for life.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Emberizid Sparrows (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 diverse Emberizid Sparrows (Part I).
🖋 🕊 WONDERFUL WORDS: Liberty and Peace
“As from the East th’ illustrious King of Day, / With rising Radiance drives the Shades away, / So Freedom comes array’d with Charms divine, / And in her Train Commerce and Plenty shine.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Phillis Wheatley, for independent America.)
🌍 🇹🇿 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania
Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania.
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The Historical & Geographical 900s
Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge with our annual homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal System. This month: The Historical & Geographical 900s.
📸 PHOTO CHALLENGE – July 2021: “Framing” and “Baby Equipment”
Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for serious homeschool photography students to develop their talents and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Framing” and “Baby-related Equipment.” Take a look!
