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Archives for 5 January 2022

🎡 🎭 TWELFTH NIGHT and the End of Holiday Music Month 2021–2022

5 January 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Long long ago the world begun,Β / With aΒ hey, ho, the wind and the rain.Β / But that’s all one, our play is done,Β / And we’ll strive to please you every day.” (Shakespeare helps us bring the 2021–2022 Christmas Season, and our own Homeschool Holiday Music Month, to a close.)

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🎡 πŸŽ„ HOLIDAY MUSIC MONTH: A Partridge in a 🍐🌳

5 January 2022 by Bob O'Hara

One of the deepest purposes of a liberal education is to enable people to get jokes. David Chase’s brilliant “Twelve Days of Christmas” illustrates that happy principle for us as we approach the end of our Homeschool Holiday Music Month.

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🌎 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡Ή WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Tikal National Park in Guatemala

5 January 2022 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: Tikal National Park in Guatemala.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS – World Heritage

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