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 short-legged Grebes and the long-legged Flamingos.
Archives for September 2022
🌍 🇧🇾 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Radziwill Castle Complex in Belarus
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 Architectural, Residential, and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh in Belarus.
📚 LIBRARY LESSONS: Getting to Know the Library of Congress
As the new homeschool year gets going, why not get (re)acquainted with the Library of Congress, the world’s largest library. It’s a rich source of free educational materials for homeschoolers and a place every American should know.
📚 HOMESCHOOL BOOKS: Dover Thrift Editions for Your Students
The Dover Thrift Editions are a great way to build up an inexpensive library of classic literature for your homeschool students.
🗓 HOMESCHOOL CALENDARS: “Thirty days hath September . . .”
“April, June, and November.” (There’s no better week than this to teach your students the ancient calendrical verse that every young homeschooler should know.)
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 25 September 2022
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Fall poems, learnèd linguists, liberty ships, marvelous musicians, Nobel laureates, Bangladeshi rivers, a toast to Autumn, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Georgia, Bahrain, Belarus, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Georgia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, and Belarus.
🦃 🐓 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: “Gallinaceous” Birds
Come along on our homeschool tour of North American bird families and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: New World Quail, Curassows, Guans, Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, and Old World Quail.
🖋 🍃 WONDERFUL WORDS: “Our Summer made her light escape”
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“And thus, without a Wing / Or service of a Keel / Our Summer made her light escape / Into the Beautiful.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emily Dickinson, for the end of summer.)
🗓 🍂 FALL IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)
Fall is here! If you’re in the northern hemisphere, that is. If you’re in the southern hemisphere, spring is here! Happy September 2022 equinox to all homeschoolers everywhere!
🌏 🇦🇺 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Lord Howe Islands in Australia
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 Lord Howe Island Group in Australia.
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS – September 2022
Our September 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 from a range of international authors: Immings (2022), Mukashev & Somerton (2022), Nedkova & Zhelezova-Mindizova (2022), and Ray & Shakeel (2022).
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 18 September 2022
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Piratical days, autumnal equinoxes, falling fish, remote islands, ancient emperors, pleasing punctuation, Australian rivers, a universal toast, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: New Jersey, Australia, the Bahamas, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: New Jersey, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, and the Bahamas.
📜 🇺🇸 THE U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES and Constitution Day
The National Archives in Washington has a wealth of free teaching materials available that are ideal for homeschoolers. Why not pay them a visit this week to celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on 17 September 1787.
📜 🇺🇸 CONSTITUTION DAY and the U.S. National Archives
Pay a homeschool visit to the National Archives in Washington this week to celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on 17 September 1787. The National Archives has a wealth of free teaching materials available that are ideal for homeschoolers.
🦆 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Part II)
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 Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Part II).
🖋 🦋 WONDERFUL WORDS: The Tuft of Flowers
“‘Men work together,’ I told him from the heart, / ‘Whether they work together or apart.’” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Frost, for late-summer mowing, the Monarch butterfly migration, and all of us working together, whether we work together or apart.)
🖋 🦋 WONDERFUL WORDS: The Tuft of Flowers
“‘Men work together,’ I told him from the heart, / ‘Whether they work together or apart.’” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Frost, for late-summer mowing, the Monarch butterfly migration, and all of us working together, whether we work together or apart.)
🌍 🇦🇲 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Medieval Monasteries of Armenia
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 Haghpat and Sanahin Monasteries in Armenia.
📚 LIBRARY LESSONS: Discovering Local Libraries With WorldCat
Have you found all the libraries in your local area? There may be more than you realize, and the WorldCat Library Finder will help you and your students locate them.
🇺🇸 HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Remembering 9/11
On this anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, why not invite your homeschool students to contemplate the Star-Spangled Banner, in Baltimore, New York, and London.
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 11 September 2022
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Constitution days, migrating monarchs, star-spangled banners, poetical lessons, children’s writers, Argentinian rivers, a toast to lunar societies, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Pennsylvania, Angola, Armenia, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Pennsylvania, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, and Armenia.
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Deneb for September and the New Homeschool Year
Get the new 2022–2023 homeschool year off to a great start by making a new friend this month: the giant star Deneb in the constellation Cygnus the Swan, one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere night sky.
