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๐Ÿ—“ Homeschool Holidays & History: Little Lessons for the Whole Year

Great homeschool teaching tips and wonderful little lessons on history, holidays, anniversaries, and notable events from the River Houses Homeschool Network. Use these regular posts to enrich your homeschool history curriculum all through the year. Print your own homeschool calendars and planners on our main River Houses calendar page, and add your name to our free homeschool mailing list to get posts like these delivered right to your mailbox every week!ย ๐Ÿ˜Š

๐Ÿ“š HOMESCHOOL LIBRARY LESSONS: Discovering Dictionaries

18 September 2023 by Bob O'Hara

On your next library visit, show your homeschool students the many wonderful kinds of dictionaries that are available to themย โ€” aย lot more than they may realize!

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ“œ THE U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES and Constitution Day

17 September 2023 by Bob O'Hara

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.

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Holidays & History

โš”๏ธ HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Marathon, 490 B.C.

12 September 2023 by Bob O'Hara

The Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. was one of the most consequential battles in the history of the Western world. It’s an event every homeschool student should know.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Remembering 9/11

11 September 2023 by Bob O'Hara

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.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ HAPPY BIRTHDAY to General Nathanael Greene, โ€œThe Fighting Quakerโ€

7 August 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Offer a homeschool toast to “The Fighting Quaker,” General Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island, George Washington’s right-hand man and one of the great military strategists of the American Revolution. He was born on this day in 1742.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ’ฐ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LINCOLN CENT, โ€œBornโ€ This Day in 1909

2 August 2023 by Bob O'Hara

The familiar Lincoln pennyย โ€” you may have one in your pocket right nowย โ€” first went into circulation on this day in 1909. It was struck to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting, Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿป WONDERFUL WORDS: To the Meteor Rolling Home

1 August 2023 by Bob O'Hara

“Of thee we think, in a ring we link; / To the shearer of ocean’s fleece we drink, / And the Meteor rolling home.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Herman Melville, for his birthday and for this month’s Perseid meteor shower.)

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

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿ”” WONDERFUL WORDS: As Kingfishers Catch Fire

22 July 2023 by Bob O'Hara

“Like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’sย / Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Gerard Manley Hopkins, for his birthday and for the halcyon days of summer.)

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

๐Ÿš€ ๐ŸŒ• HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE: Apollo 11 Moon Landing Resources

15 July 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Share some great educational resources with your homeschool students this month for the July 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ–‹ THOREAU’S BIRTHDAY and Homeschool Journaling

12 July 2023 by Bob O'Hara

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” (Happy birthday to the great American writer Henry David Thoreau, born on this day in 1817. Check him out at your local library this week.)

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

๐Ÿ“œ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Independence Day and the Declaration

4 July 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Be sure to add a visit to the National Archives and the Declaration of Independence itself (in person or online) to your homeschool Fourth of July calendar!

Filed Under: Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿฅ‚ HOMESCHOOL TOASTING TRADITIONS the Whole Year Round

3 July 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Why not begin the delightful tradition of offering a toast around your family table each week. This classic Independence Day toast is a perfect way to get started.

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

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ WONDERFUL WORDS: William Emerson on โ€œAย Nationโ€™s Strengthโ€

1 July 2023 by Bob O'Hara

“Not gold but only men can makeย / Aย people great and strong.” (Our patriotic homeschool poem-of-the-week, from William Ralph Emerson, for Independence Day.)

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

๐ŸŒ  JOIN A HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE PROJECT for International Asteroid Day!

30 June 2023 by Bob O'Hara

You and your students can help astronomers study the shapes and orbits of real asteroids in space, right from the comfort of your little home academy. How cool is that?

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Holidays & History, Lunar Society Bulletins

๐Ÿ”ญ โ˜„๏ธ HOMESCHOOL ASTRONOMY: The Most Beautiful Objects in the Universe

26 June 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Happy birthday to the great French astronomer Charles Messier (1730โ€“1817), who cataloged some of the most beautiful nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies in the universeย โ€” so he could ignore them.

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿฐ HAPPY FATHER’S DAY WEEK from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

15 June 2023 by Bob O'Hara

“A whisper, and then a silence:ย / Yet I know by their merry eyesย / They are plotting and planning togetherย / To take me by surprise.” (Our paternal homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, for Father’s Day, the third Sunday in June.)

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

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ HOMESCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Happy Flag Day!

14 June 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Flag Day (June 14th every year) celebrates the date in 1777 when Congress established the Stars & Stripes as the national flag of the new United States.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ“บ HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARIES for Your Homeschool Summer

8 June 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Ten multi-part masterpieces of the documentarian’s art that you and your homeschool students can watch together and discuss over the summer. (Or at any other time of year!)

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music, Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Geography, Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ WONDERFUL WORDS (and Music!): โ€œO!ย say can you see?โ€

8 June 2023 by Bob O'Hara

“Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, / In full glory reflected now shines on the streamย โ€”ย / ‘Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave / O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave.” (Our American homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Francis Scott Key, for Flag Day, the 14th of June.)

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

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Learning About D-Day 1944

5 June 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Learn about the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944, using live news broadcasts from that day.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & History

๐Ÿ–‹ ๐ŸŽ‚ WONDERFUL WORDS: Happy Birthday to Walt Whitman

31 May 2023 by Bob O'Hara

“Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,ย / Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love,ย / Aย grand, sane, towering, seated Mother,ย / Chairโ€™d in the adamant of Time.” (Happy birthday to the great American poet Walt Whitman, born on this day in 1819.)

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

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ–‹ โ€œAFTER A HUNDRED YEARS / Nobody knows the Placeโ€

27 May 2023 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‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ•Š HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Memorial Day

26 May 2023 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

๐ŸŽ“ ๐ŸŽ‰ HOMESCHOOL MUSIC: Let Us Rejoice!

25 May 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Invite your homeschoolers to learn a few lines this week from the most famous of all medieval student songsย โ€“ it’s an inheritance they can carry with them around the world.

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

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

25 May 2023 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

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

22 May 2023 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 homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Marta Keen, for graduation season and the coming summer.)

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

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

20 May 2023 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

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