Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Melville memorials, census commemorations, prominent publishers, poetical birthdays, Venezuelan rivers, a toast to the Meteor rolling home., and more!
Archives for July 2022
π πΊπΈ SUNDAY STATES: Arizona, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Arizona, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, andΒ Venezuela.
π πΊπΈ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Carlsbad Caverns in the United States
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: Carlsbad Caverns National Park in the United States.
π QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool FamiliesΒ β Week of 24 July 2022
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Moth weeks, wild hares, capacious caverns, literary birthdays, Latin liberators, Welsh rivers, a toast to the necessities of life, and more!
π πΊπ¬ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Buganda Tombs in Uganda
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 Tombs of the Buganda Kings at Kasubi in Uganda.
π π APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING Resources for Your Homeschool
Share some great educational resources with your homeschool students this week on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969.
π HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS β July 2022
Our July 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: Denney (2022), Julian (2022), Kunzman (2022), Lee & Chu (2022), and Traversini & Lockmann (2022).
π QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool FamiliesΒ β Week of 17 July 2022
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Lunar landings, roundy wells, notable novelists, moth weeks, celebrated comets, record lows, Ukrainian rivers, a toast to tall ships, and more!
π πΊπΈ SUNDAY STATES: Oklahoma, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Oklahoma, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, and Ukraine.
π πͺ HAPPY CROSS-QUARTER DAY of Hercules Term 2022
We divide the homeschool year into four three-month terms, and the midpoint of each term (following old calendrical tradition) is called the “cross-quarter day.” Today, July 16th, is the cross-quarter day of Hercules Term, our summer term in the River Houses. How are things going in your homeschool?
π πΉπ· WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Ancient Hittite Capital in Turkey
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 Ancient Hittite Capital of Hattusha in Turkey.
π QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool FamiliesΒ β Week of 10 July 2022
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: American authors, ancient inscriptions, immortal artists, Plutonian probes, deadly duels, Turkish rivers, a toast to outdoor sports, and more!
π πΊπΈ SUNDAY STATES: Utah, Tonga, Turkey, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Utah, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, and Turkey.
π STAR BRIGHT: Arcturus for July
Introduce your homeschool students to the ancient orange giant Arcturus in the constellation BoΓΆtes the Herdsman this month, one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere’s night sky, and make it their friend for life.
π π WONDERFUL WORDS: Liberty and Peace
“As from the East th’ illustrious King of Day, / With rising Radiance drives the Shades away, / So Freedom comes array’d with Charms divine, / And in her Train Commerce and Plenty shine.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Phillis Wheatley, for independent America.)
π KNOW YOUR MOONS πππππππππ
For this month’s anniversary of the first moon landing, why not teach your homeschool students the phases of the moon. You can even use emojis to do it!
π πΉπ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Ban Chiang Site in Thailand
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 Ban Chiang Archaeological Site in Thailand.
π LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The Historical 900s
Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge with our homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal System. This month: The Historical & Geographical 900s.
π QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool FamiliesΒ β Week of 3 July 2022
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Independence Days, continental armies, peaceful poems, ancient mysteries, backyard birds, Tanzanian rivers, a toast to a goose, and more!
π πΊπΈ SUNDAY STATES: Wyoming, Tanzania, Togo, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Wyoming, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), and Togo.
π WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for July
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 July.
π πΊπΈ WONDERFUL WORDS: William Emerson on βAΒ Nationβs Strengthβ
“Not gold but only men can makeΒ / AΒ people great and strong.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from William Ralph Emerson, for Independence Day.)
π π πΊπΈ HAPPY HOMESCHOOL JULY from the River Houses!
Happy July 2022! Here’s our monthly review of all the wonderful educational opportunities, little lessons, and teaching traditions you can look for in the homeschool month ahead.