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๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Petroglyphs of Mongolia

30 March 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 Altai Petroglyphs of Mongolia.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

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

27 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Spaghetti harvests, cherry blossoms, Canterbury Tales, marvelous mathematicians, distinguished doctors, Mongolian rivers, a toast to good eating, and more!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Wisconsin, Mongolia, Mozambique, and More

27 March 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: Wisconsin, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, and Mozambique.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Crows and Jays (Part II)

25 March 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 garrulous and gregarious Crows and Jays (Part II).

Filed Under: Friday Bird Families, Homeschool Natural History

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Nan Madol Site in Micronesia

23 March 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 Nan Madol Ceremonial Center in Micronesia.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐ŸŒฑ WONDERFUL WORDS: Nothing Gold Can Stay

22 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Nature’s first green is gold,ย / Her hardest hue to hold.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Frost, for his birthday and for early spring.)

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

๐ŸŽต HOMESCHOOL MUSIC: Happy Birthday Bach!

21 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Take a few homeschool minutes to introduce your students to a tiny musical masterpiece by one of the world’s great composers, Johann Sebastian Bach, born on this day in 1685.

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

๐Ÿ—“ ๐ŸŒท SPRING IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)

20 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Spring is here! In the northern hemisphere, that is; in the southern hemisphere, fall is here! Happy March 2022 equinox to homeschoolers everywhere!

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Terms & Calendars

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

20 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Vernal equinoxes, famous farmers, great speeches, pensive poems, beautiful blossoms, Mexican rivers, a toast to spring days, and more!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Iowa, Mexico, Monaco, and More

20 March 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: Iowa, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, and Monaco.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

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

18 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Our March 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

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Crows and Jays (Part I)

18 March 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 Crows and Jays (Part I), garrulous residents of town and country.

Filed Under: Friday Bird Families, Homeschool Natural History

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands

16 March 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 Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site in the Marshall Islands.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿ—ก WONDERFUL WORDS: The Ides of March

15 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“And if you can’t curb your ambitions,ย / at least pursue them hesitantly, cautiously.ย / And the higher you go,ย / the more searching and careful you need to be.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Constantine Cavafy, for the Ides of March.)

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

๐Ÿ—“ ๐Ÿ—ก BEWARE the Ides of March!

15 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Remembering the Ides of March, the famous date on which the Roman politician, general, and dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44ย B.C.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting, Homeschool Holidays & History

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

15 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Our March 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: Ali-Colemanย & Fields-Smith, eds. (2022), Dwyer (2022), Langeย & Ohlbrecht (2022), Liwanagย & Liwanag (2020), and Smith (2022).

Filed Under: Homeschool Research & News

๐Ÿ“ก JOIN A HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE PROJECT for Einstein’s Birthday

14 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

You and your young science students can assist in the search for undiscovered pulsars in deep space, right from the comfort of your own homeschool living room. (Really!) How cool is that?

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Holidays & History, Lunar Society Bulletins

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

13 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Ancient warnings, time warps, spring solstices, irrational dates, revolutionary rockets, Maltese marshes, a toast to tyrannicide, and more!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Texas, Malta, Mauritius, and More

13 March 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: Texas, Malta, the Marshall Islands, Mauritania, and Mauritius.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Sirius for March

12 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the brilliant nearby star Sirius, “the dog star,” in the constellation Canis Major this monthย โ€” the brightest star in earth’s night skyย โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Monthly Great Stars

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Shrikes and Vireos

11 March 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 predatory Shrikes and the plain but voluble Vireos.

Filed Under: Friday Bird Families, Homeschool Natural History

๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Gunung Mulu Park in Malaysia

9 March 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: Gunung Mulu National Park in Malaysia.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly World Heritage

โœ’๏ธ ๐Ÿ”ญ WONDERFUL WORDS: When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer

8 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Till rising and gliding out Iย wander’d off by myself,ย / Inย the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,ย / Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Walt Whitman, contrariwise, for John Herschel and Albert Einstein.)

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

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

6 March 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Learn’d astronomers, memorable defenses, marvelous musicians, great gardeners, time changes, Malaysian rivers, a toast to the Alamo, and more!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Florida, Malawi, Mali, and More

6 March 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: Florida, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, and Mali.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

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