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๐ŸŽ‰ ๐Ÿ“– WONDERFUL WORDS: Happy Dord Day!

28 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Lexicรณgrapher. n.s. [ฮปฮตฮพฮนฮบแฝธฮฝ and ฮณฯฮฌฯ†ฯ‰; 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.)

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

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 27 February 2022

27 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

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!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Michigan, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, and More

27 February 2022 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: Michigan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and Madagascar.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐Ÿฆœ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Parrots

25 February 2022 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 Old World Parrots, and the African and New World Parrots.

Filed Under: Friday Bird Families, Homeschool Natural History

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Ancient Cyrene in Libya

23 February 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: the Archaeological Site of Cyrene in Libya.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ“œ LIBRARY LESSONS: George Washington’s Battles

22 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Invite your homeschool history students to learn something new about the American Revolution this week with some help from the National Archives.

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Holidays & History, Homeschool Maps & Geography

โœ’๏ธ ๐Ÿ”ญ WONDERFUL WORDS: Watchers of the Skies

22 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“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.)

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

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 20 February 2022

20 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

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!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Arkansas, Lebanon, Libya, and More

20 February 2022 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: Arkansas, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, and Libya.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

โ˜€๏ธ ๐ŸŒ COPERNICUS and His Revolutions (on his birthday!)

19 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

On Copernicus’ birthday, introduce your homeschool students to one of the most important books ever published: “On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres” (1543).

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Caracaras and Falcons

18 February 2022 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 tips along the way. This week: the fast-flying Falcons and Caracaras.

Filed Under: Friday Bird Families, Homeschool Natural History

๐ŸŒ• RESEARCH PROJECTS for Homeschoolers โ€“ February 2022

16 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

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!

Filed Under: Lunar Society Bulletins

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Historic Center of Riga in Latvia

16 February 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: the Historic Center of Riga in Latvia.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐ŸŒ  WONDERFUL WORDS: The Truly Great

15 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“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.)

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

๐Ÿ”ญ HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE AND HISTORY: The Starry Messenger

15 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Remembering one of the great minds of history, the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564โ€“1642), on the anniversary of his birth.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ”Ž HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS โ€“ February 2022

15 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

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).

Filed Under: Homeschool Research & News

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 13 February 2022

13 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

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!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Missouri, Kuwait, Latvia, and More

13 February 2022 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: Missouri, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, and Latvia.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Betelgeuse for February

12 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

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.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Monthly Great Stars

๐Ÿ—“ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿฆ‹ LINCOLN and DARWIN (and Horace)

12 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

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).

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Woodpeckers

11 February 2022 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 tips along the way. This week: the Woodpeckers!

Filed Under: Friday Bird Families, Homeschool Natural History

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Ancient Dolmens of South Korea

9 February 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: the Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites in South Korea.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ—“ โš—๏ธ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DMITRI! (Mendeleev, that is)

8 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

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.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ–‹ โค๏ธ WONDERFUL WORDS: โ€œUnwind the solemn twine, and tie my Valentine!โ€

8 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine!” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emily Dickinson, for Valentine Week.)

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

๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 6 February 2022

6 February 2022 by Bob O'Hara

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!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

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