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Archives for January 2023
๐ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ Week of 29 January 2023
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Coloring books, winter poems, groundhog days, American emperors, long valleys, fishing birds, Japanese rivers, a toast to warmth, and more!
๐ ๐บ๐ธ SUNDAY STATES: Alabama, Japan, Kenya, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Alabama, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, and Kenya.
๐ต HOMESCHOOL MUSIC: Happy Birthday Mozart!
Happy birthday to one of the greatest musical composers of all time, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born on this day in 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. Here are some little Mozart lessons that you can share with your homeschool students this week.
๐ฆ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Barn Owls and Typical Owls
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 Barn Owls and the Typical Owls.
๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Blue and John Crow Mountains in Jamaica
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 Blue and John Crow Mountains in Jamaica.
๐ ๐ HOMESCHOOL HISTORY & LITERATURE: Remembering Challenger
“I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,ย / And allย I ask isย a tall ship andย a star to steer her by.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from John Masefield, for the Challenger Seven of 1986.)
๐ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ Week of 22 January 2023
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Tall ships, gold mines, Rocky Mountains, classical composers, wise birds, Irish rivers, a toast to lucky labor, and more!
๐ ๐บ๐ธ SUNDAY STATES: Illinois, Ireland, Jamaica, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Illinois, Ireland, Israel, Italy, and Jamaica.
๐ฆ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Vultures, Ospreys, Hawks, Kites, and Eagles
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 Vultures, Ospreys, Hawks, Kites, and Eagles.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Ancient Babylon in Iraq
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 City of Babylon in Iraq.
๐ HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS โ January 2023
Our January 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: Cordeiro (2023), Hamilton (2022), Knight (2022), and Rochovskรก & Droลกฤรกk (2022).
๐ ๐บ๐ธ WONDERFUL WORDS (and Music!): Lift Every Voice and Sing
“Let our rejoicing rise / High as the listening skies, / Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.” (Our patriotic homeschool poem-of-the-week, from James Weldon Johnson, for Martin Luther King’s birthday.)
๐ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ Week of 15 January 2023
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Patriotic songs, imperial accessions, romantic prophecies, American originals, majestic birds, Indian rivers, a toast to freedom, and more!
๐ ๐บ๐ธ SUNDAY STATES: Mississippi, India, Iraq, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Mississippi, India, Indonesia, Iran, and Iraq.
๐ STAR BRIGHT: Capella and Auriga for January
Make the acquaintance of Capella in the constellation Auriga the Charioteer this monthย โ a nearby four-star system and one of the brightest lights in the northern hemisphere night skyย โ and make it your homeschool friend for life.
๐ ๐ก HAPPY CROSS-QUARTER DAY of Orion Term
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 is the cross-quarter day of Orion Term, our winter term in the River Houses. How are things going in your homeschool?
๐ฆ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Herons, Bitterns, Ibises, and Spoonbills
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 Herons, Bitterns, Ibises, and Spoonbills, all long-legged wading birds.
๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Volcanic Surtsey Island in Iceland
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 Volcanic Island of Surtsey in Iceland.
๐บ๐ธ LIBRARY LESSONS: The 118th Congress at the Library of Congress
If your homeschool students want to learn about the operations of the U.S. Congress, there’s no better place to look than on the website of the Library of Congress itself.
๐ โธ WONDERFUL WORDS: A Winter Poem for Homeschool Dads
“She thinks she’ll neverย / be so happy, for who else will find her graceful,ย / find her perfect, skate with herย / in circles outside the emptied rink forever?” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Gail Mazur, for all homeschool fathers.)
๐ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Familiesย โ Week of 8 January 2023
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Caesarean crossings, cross-quarter days, Aurigan stars, volcanic islands, long-legged birds, Icelandic rivers, a toast to the year ahead, and more!
๐ ๐บ๐ธ SUNDAY STATES: Indiana, Haiti, Iceland, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Indiana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, and Iceland.
๐ญ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for January
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 January.
๐ HOMESCHOOL “CITIZEN SCIENCE” PROJECTS for January
Our January full-moon report on the real “citizen science” 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!
๐ฆ FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Storks, Frigatebirds, Cormorants, Pelicans, & More
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: the Storks, Frigatebirds, Boobies, Gannets, Cormorants, Darters, and Pelicans.
๐ต ๐ญ TWELFTH NIGHT and the End of Homeschool Holiday Music Month
“Long long ago the world begun,ย / With aย hey, ho, the wind and the rain.ย / But that’s all one, our play is done,ย / And we’ll strive to please you every day.” (Shakespeare helps us bring the Christmas Season, and our own Homeschool Holiday Music Month, to a close.)
