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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.)

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

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!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

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.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ MEMORIAL DAY 2022

28 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Rest, comrades, rest and sleep!ย / The thoughts of men shall beย / As sentinels to keepย / Your rest from danger free.” (Little homeschool lessons in literature, history, geography, and music, for the Memorial Day weekend.)

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

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Indigobirds, Old World Sparrows, and Allies

27 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 tips along the way. This week: the Indigobirds and Whydahs, the Weavers, the Estrildid Finches, and the Old World Sparrows.

Filed Under: Friday Bird Families, Homeschool Natural History

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.

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

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: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly 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.)

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

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!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

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.

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

๐Ÿ“โ€‰โฑโ€‰๐ŸŒก HAPPY WORLD METROLOGY DAY 2022!

20 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

On this day in 1875, the meter was adopted as an international standard of measurement. That makes today World Metrology Day! Why not invite your students to take a few scientific measurements this week in your homeschool.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿฆ… FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Bulbuls, Starlings, Waxwings, and Allies

20 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 Bulbuls, Starlings, Waxwings, Silky-Flycatchers, Olive Warblers, and Accentors.

Filed Under: Friday Bird Families, Homeschool Natural History

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ HOMESCHOOL MUSIC & HISTORY: โ€œTo find the hand of Franklinโ€

19 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

To understand a complex and beautiful piece of literature or music your students must first know a great deal about the worldย โ€” names, places, people, and events that may seem at first to be disconnected.

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

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: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly 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).

Filed Under: Homeschool Research & News

๐ŸŒ• RESEARCH 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!

Filed Under: Lunar Society Bulletins

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.)

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

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!

Filed Under: Quick Freshes

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..

Filed Under: Homeschool States & Countries

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.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Monthly Great Stars

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.

Filed Under: Friday Bird Families, Homeschool Natural History

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.)

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

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).

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy

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: Homeschool States & Countries, Weekly 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.

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Natural History

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