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๐Ÿ—“ ๐ŸŽ† ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ HAPPY HOMESCHOOL JULY from the River Houses!

1 July 2023 by Bob O'Hara

Happy July to all our homeschool readers and friends! Here are some wonderful educational opportunities and teaching traditions that you and your students can watch for in the homeschool month ahead.ย ๐Ÿ”

The July panel (“IVLIVS”) in a third-century Roman calendar mosaic from Tunisia. (Image: Ad Meskensโ€‰/โ€‰Wikimedia Commons.)
July with 31 days is the middle month of Hercules Term, our summer term in the River Houses. Hercules Term runs from June through August. Visit our homeschool calendar page and print out some of our simple educational calendars and plannersย โ€” they’ll help you create a light and easy structure for your homeschool year.ย ๐Ÿ—“

The month of July was originally called Quintilis (“Fifth”) back when the ancient Roman calendar considered the spring equinox in March to be the beginning of the year. (That’s why we still have September, “Seventh,” followed by October, “Eighth,” and so on.) The fifth month was renamed July in honor of Julius Caesar in the year 44ย B.C. You can learn more about different kinds of modern and historical calendars on pages 357โ€“363 in your River Houses almanac.ย ๐Ÿ“š

A prognostication:

If the first of July be rainy weather
โ€™Twill rain more or less for four weeks together.

Our Sunday states-of-the-week for July will be Wyoming, Utah, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona, and our countries will run from Tanzania to Venezuela. Print your own River Houses States & Countries Calendar and tour the United States and the whole world with us from Delaware to Hawaii and Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.ย ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธย ๐ŸŒŽ

We’ll be visiting World Heritage Sites in Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, and Uruguay this monthย โ€” our River Houses World Heritage Calendar will point the way.ย ๐Ÿ—บ

We’ll have homeschool poems this month from William Ralph Emerson (for Independence Day), Phillis Wheatley (for the newly independent republic), Emily Dickinson (for July), and Gerard Manley Hopkins (for his birthday). Print your own River Houses Poetry Calendar and join us as we visit with fifty of our favorite friends over the course of the year.ย โœ’๏ธ

Our Friday Bird Families posts this month will feature the Emberizid Sparrows (twice over); the Cardinals; and the Blackbirds. Print your own copy of our River Houses Calendar of American Birds, get out your copy of our recommended homeschool bird guide, and follow the flyways with us.ย ๐Ÿฆ…

Our monthly Great Star for July is Arcturus (alpha Boรถtis), which we’ll be writing about next week. Print your own River Houses Star Calendar and join us as we visit twelve high lights of the northern hemisphere night sky and make them friends for life.ย ๐ŸŒŸ

Our Dewey Decimal class for July is the Historical and Geographical 900sย โ€” follow along with us (on the first Tuesday of each month) and help your students learn the whole library over the course of the year!ย ๐Ÿ“š

And watch for our monthly Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge post, coming up in the next few daysย โ€” it’s a great opportunity for homeschool photographers.ย ๐Ÿ“ธ

Also coming up this month:

โ€ƒโฌฉ 3 July (M): Lunar Society Reportย ๐ŸŒ•
โ€ƒโฌฉ 4 July (Tu): Independence Dayย ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
โ€ƒโฌฉ 20 July (Th): Gregor Mendel’s birthday, 1822ย ยท First Moon Landing, 1969ย ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿš€

And, sadly, don’t forget:

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

What calendrical events and annual apparitions will you be marking in your homeschool this July?ย ๐Ÿ˜Š

โกโ€…Thirty days hath September: This is one of our regular posts about the seasons, months, and terms that make up the River Houses Homeschool Year. Add your name to our free mailing list to get more great homeschool teaching ideas delivered right to your mailbox every week.ย ๐Ÿ—ž

โกโ€…Homeschool calendars: We have a whole collection of free, printable, educational homeschool calendars and planners available on our main River Houses calendar page. They will all help you create a light and easy structure for your homeschool year. Give them a try today!ย ๐Ÿ—“

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