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Archives for May 2022

๐Ÿ–‹ โ€œAFTER A HUNDRED YEARS / Nobody knows the Placeโ€

29 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Weeds triumphant ranged / Strangers strolled and spelled / At the lone Orthography / Of the Elder Dead.” (An extra homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emily Dickinson, for Memorial Day.)

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๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 29 May 2022

29 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Memorial Days, high peaks, high flights, new terms, ocean atolls, summer songs, Senegalese rivers, a toast to homeschool graduates, and more!

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๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: North Dakota, Sierra Leone, and More

29 May 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: North Dakota, Senegal, Serbia, the Seychelles, and Sierra Leone.

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๐ŸŽ‚ HOMESCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Happy Birthday, Ralph! (Emerson, that is)

25 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Invite your homeschool students to discover the work of the great American essayist, poet, and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, born this day in 1803.

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๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Al-Hijr Site in Saudi Arabia

25 May 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 Al-Hijr (Hegra ) Archaeological Site in Saudi Arabia.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS โ€“ World Heritage

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐ŸŽ“ GRADUATION SEASON: โ€œSet me free to find my callingโ€

22 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Bind me not to the pasture, chain me not to the plow,ย / Set me free to find my calling and Iโ€™ll return to you somehow.” (Our poem-of-the-week, from Marta Keen, for homeschool graduation season and the beginning of summer.)

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๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 22 May 2022

22 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Philosophical birthdays, momentous messages, graduation songs, global otters, ancient apparitions, paper airplanes, Saudi Arabian rivers, a toast to satisfaction, and more!

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๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Colorado, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, and More

22 May 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: Colorado, Samoa, San Marino, Sรฃo Tomรฉ and Prรญncipe, and Saudi Arabia.

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๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Pitons in Saint Lucia

18 May 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 Pitons Management Area in Saint Lucia.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS โ€“ World Heritage

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

17 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Our May 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 four items this month: Brooks & Elliott (2022), Burke (2022), Jahr & Kruschel (2022), and Soleymฤni, Samadi, & Ahmadi (2022).

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๐ŸŒ• INDEPENDENT PROJECTS for Homeschoolers โ€“ May 2022

16 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Our May 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!

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๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿƒ WONDERFUL WORDS: Robert Frostโ€™s โ€œBirchesโ€

15 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Frost, for childhood play and growing up.)

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๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 15 May 2022

15 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Lunar eclipses, ancient mechanisms, ill-fated expeditions, phamous photographers, betuline poems, West Indian rivers, a toast to blissful days, and more!

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๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Nebraska, Rwanda, St. Vincent, and More

15 May 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: Nebraska, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines..

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๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Polaris for May

14 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the pole star Polaris in the constellation Ursa Minor this month, one of the most important stars in the northern hemisphere sky, and make it your homeschool friend and landmark for life.

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๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Mockingbirds, Catbirds, and Thrashers

13 May 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 loquacious Mockingbirds, Catbirds, and Thrashers.

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

12 May 2022 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.)

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๐ŸŒžโ€‰๐ŸŒโ€‰๐ŸŒ• LUNAR ECLIPSE Sundayโ€“Monday Night (15โ€“16 May 2022)

11 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Invite your young homeschool astronomers to view the total lunar eclipse coming up on Sundayโ€“Monday night (15โ€“16 May 2022).

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๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Solovetsky Islands in Russia

11 May 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 Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands in Russia.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS โ€“ World Heritage

๐Ÿ“š ๐Ÿฆ‰ LIBRARY LESSONS: The Macaulay Library of Natural History

10 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Invite your homeschool naturalists to explore the sights and sounds of birds all over the world through the online collections of the Macaulay Library at Cornell University.

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๐Ÿชบ WONDERFUL WORDS: Anne Bradstreet for Motherโ€™s Day

8 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Great was my pain whenย I you bred,ย / Great was my care whenย I you fed.ย / Long didย I keep you soft and warmย / And with my wings kept off all harm.” (Our “ornithological” homeschool poem-of-the-week, from the early American poet Anne Bradstreet, for Mother’s Day.)

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๐Ÿ—“ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ€“ Week of 8 May 2022

8 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Marvelous moms, lunar eclipses, migrating birds, maternal poems, great comets, tall buildings, Romanian rivers, a toast to merry days, and more!

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๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ SUNDAY STATES: Nevada, Portugal, Russia, and More

8 May 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: Nevada, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, and Russia.

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๐Ÿ”ญ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for May

7 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Our homeschool review of the educational wonders that you and your students can watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of May.

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๐ŸŒŽ ๐Ÿฆ NATURE NOTES: Watching Bird Migration with BirdCast

6 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

May is Bird Migration Month in the River Houses! Why not show your homeschool naturalists how to track the number of avian migrants across the United States each night with BirdCast.

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๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Malbork Castle in Poland

4 May 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 Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork, Poland.

Filed Under: REUSABLE POSTS โ€“ World Heritage

๐Ÿ“š LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The Artistic 700s

3 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge with our homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal System. This month: The Artistic 700s.

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