“Lexicรณgrapher. n.s. [ฮปฮตฮพฮนฮบแฝธฮฝ and ฮณฯฮฌฯฯ; lexicographe, French.] A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.” (A humorous homeschool holiday, for all lovers of words and dictionaries.)
Archives for February 2022
๐ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ Week of 27 February 2022
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Leonine terms, ingenious inventors, photographic poems, Boston massacres, Dewey decimals, Luxembourgish rivers, a toast to homecoming, and more!
๐ ๐บ๐ธ SUNDAY STATES: Michigan, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Michigan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and Madagascar.
๐ฆ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Parrots
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 Old World Parrots, and the African and New World Parrots.
๐ ๐ฑ๐พ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Ancient Cyrene in Libya
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 Archaeological Site of Cyrene in Libya.
๐ LIBRARY LESSONS: George Washington’s Battles
Invite your homeschool history students to learn something new about the American Revolution this week with some help from the National Archives.
โ๏ธ ๐ญ WONDERFUL WORDS: Watchers of the Skies
“Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes / He star’d at the Pacificย โ and all his men / Look’d at each other with a wild surmiseย โ / Silent, upon a peak in Darien.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from John Keats, for all homeschool stargazers.)
๐ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ Week of 20 February 2022
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Presidential birthdays, celestial sonnets, dead parrots, landmark cases, blue jeans, man-made rivers, a toast to The General, and more!
๐ ๐บ๐ธ SUNDAY STATES: Arkansas, Lebanon, Libya, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Arkansas, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, and Libya.
โ๏ธ ๐ COPERNICUS and His Revolutions (on his birthday!)
On Copernicus’ birthday, introduce your homeschool students to one of the most important books ever published: “On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres” (1543).
๐ฆ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Caracaras and Falcons
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching tips along the way. This week: the fast-flying Falcons and Caracaras.
๐ RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschoolers โ February 2022
Our February 2022 full-moon report on the real scientific and scholarly projects around the world that you and your students can participate in from the comfort of your little home academy. Pick one and get started today!
๐ ๐ฑ๐ป WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Historic Center of Riga in Latvia
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 Historic Center of Riga in Latvia.
๐ ๐ WONDERFUL WORDS: The Truly Great
“Born of the sun, they travelled aย short while toward the sunย / And left the vivid air signed with their honour.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Stephen Spender, for the great birthdays of February.)
๐ญ HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE AND HISTORY: The Starry Messenger
Remembering one of the great minds of history, the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564โ1642), on the anniversary of his birth.
๐ HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS โ February 2022
Our February 2022 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: Fields-Smith (2020), Halikย & Rahmawati (2021), Hamlinย & Cheng (2022), Qureshiย & Ali (2022), and Valiente et al. (2022).
๐ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ Week of 13 February 2022
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Bird counts, coloring books, great scientists, student projects, fast flyers, ancient tombs, Middle Eastern wadis, a toast to love, and more!
๐ ๐บ๐ธ SUNDAY STATES: Missouri, Kuwait, Latvia, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Missouri, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, and Latvia.
๐ STAR BRIGHT: Betelgeuse for February
Make the acquaintance of the red giant Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion the Hunter this monthย โ aย strange, irregular, variable starย โ and make it your homeschool friend for life.
๐ ๐บ๐ธ ๐ฆ LINCOLN and DARWIN (and Horace)
Our recommended homeschool history encyclopedia is just the thing you need on a notable anniversary like today: the birthday of both Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin (in the same year, 1809).
๐ฆ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Woodpeckers
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history teaching tips along the way. This week: the Woodpeckers!
๐ ๐ฐ๐ท WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Ancient Dolmens of South Korea
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 Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites in South Korea.
๐ โ๏ธ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DMITRI! (Mendeleev, that is)
The father of the periodic table, the great Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, was born on this day in 1834 near Tobolsk, Siberia. Here are some clever educational ways to remember him in your homeschool.
๐ โค๏ธ WONDERFUL WORDS: โUnwind the solemn twine, and tie my Valentine!โ
“Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine!” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emily Dickinson, for Valentine Week.)
๐ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ Week of 6 February 2022
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Elementary birthdays, notable naturalists, imaginative inventors, dendrophilous birds, close encounters, Korean rivers, a toast to ingenuity, and more!
