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๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿฆฆ LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Gets a Visit From Horace the Otter

29 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Our River Houses homeschool mascot, Horace the Otter, remembers the author of the popular American novel “Little Women” (1868) on her birthday.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History, Homeschool Language & Literature, Our River Houses Mascots

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

28 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Winter terms, holiday music, American authors, meteoritical mishaps, maritime birds, South American rivers, a toast to the hunt, and more!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

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

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

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Sandpipers (Part II)

26 November 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 long-legged Sandpipers (Part II), familiar shorebirds all around the world.

Filed Under: Friday Bird Families, Homeschool Natural History

๐ŸŽต ๐Ÿฝ HOMESCHOOL THANKSGIVING: We Gather Together

25 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

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

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

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Kronborg Castle in Denmark

24 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

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: Kronborg Castle in Denmark (Prince Hamlet’s “Elsinore”).

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐ŸŽต MUSICAL INTRODUCTIONS: Thomas Tallis, Master of Polyphony

23 November 2021 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, Homeschool Holidays & History

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

22 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

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

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

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

21 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Turkey Days, ethereal music, excellent equations, famous books, lost lighthouses, Revolutionary victories, European rivers, a toast to great American birds, and more!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

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

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

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ• RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschoolers โ€“ November 2021

19 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Our November 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. Pick one and get started today!

Filed Under: Lunar Society Bulletins

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Seven Score and Eighteen Years Ago

19 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

“What place is this? Where are we now?” (Marking the 158th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, with help from Ken Burns and Carl Sandburg.)

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

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Sandpipers (Part I)

19 November 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 long-legged Sandpipers (Partย I), familiar shorebirds all around the world.

Filed Under: Friday Bird Families, Homeschool Natural History

๐ŸŒž ๐ŸŒ ๐ŸŒ• WONDERFUL WORDS: โ€œThe stellar gauge of earthly showโ€

18 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

“Is such the stellar gauge of earthly show,ย / Nation at war with nation, brains that teem,ย / Heroes, and women fairer than the skies?” (An extra homeschool poem-of-the-week, aย sonnet-masterpiece from Thomas Hardy, for this week’s lunar eclipse.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Old City of Dubrovnik in Croatia

17 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

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 Old City of Dubrovnik in Croatia.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

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

16 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Our November 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 four items this month: Baker (2021), Hanรกk et al. (2021), Horn (2021), and Petty (2021).

Filed Under: Homeschool Research & News

๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ• LUNAR ECLIPSE Thursdayโ€“Friday Night (18โ€“19 November 2021)

15 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Invite your young homeschool astronomers to view the partial lunar eclipse coming up on Thursdayโ€“Friday night this week (18โ€“19 November 2021).

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy

๐ŸŒ  ๐Ÿฆ LEONID METEORS for November 2021

15 November 2021 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: Homeschool Astronomy

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

15 November 2021 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: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

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

14 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Lunar eclipses, Leonid meteors, famous composers, magical movies, articulate confederations, Scottish geologists, Ivoirian rivers, a toast to popular government, and more!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

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

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

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Algol for November

13 November 2021 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: Homeschool Astronomy, Monthly Great Stars

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

12 November 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 Lapwings, Plovers, and Jacanas.

Filed Under: Friday Bird Families, Homeschool Natural History

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Sangha Park in the Congo Republic

10 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

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: Sangha Trinational Park in the Congo Republic.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

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

9 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

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

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Holidays & History, Lunar Society Bulletins

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