Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Backyard birds, amazing astronomers, splendid sonnets, ancient cities, dead parrots, Liechtenstein rivers, a toast to The General, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Arkansas, Lebanon, Libya, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Arkansas, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, and Libya.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Caracaras and Falcons
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 predatory and fast-flying Falcons and Caracaras.
🖋 ☄️ WONDERFUL WORDS: The Truly Great
“Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun / And left the vivid air signed with their honour.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Stephen Spender, for the great birthdays of February.)
🔭 HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE & HISTORY: The Starry Messenger
Remembering one of the great minds of history, the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), on the anniversary of his birth.
🌏 🇰🇬 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Silk Road Network in Kyrgyzstan
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 Silk Road Network of the Chang’an–Tianshan Corridor in Kyrgyzstan.
🇺🇸 🦋 HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Lincoln and Darwin (and Horace)
Our recommended homeschool history encyclopedia is just the thing you need on a notable anniversary like today: the birthday of both Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin (in the same year, 1809).
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 12 February 2023
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Bird counts, coloring books, great artists, great scientists, great poems, ancient tombs, Kyrgyz rivers, a toast to love, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Missouri, Kuwait, Latvia, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Missouri, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, and Latvia.
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Betelgeuse for February
Make the acquaintance of the red giant Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion the Hunter this month — a strange, irregular, enormous variable star — and make it your homeschool friend for life.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Woodpeckers
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 Woodpeckers!
🖋 ❤️ WONDERFUL WORDS: “Unwind the solemn twine, and tie my Valentine!”
“Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine!” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emily Dickinson, for Valentine Week.)
🗓 ⚗️ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DMITRI! (Mendeleev, that is)
The father of the Periodic Table of Elements, the great Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, was born on this day in 1834 near Tobolsk, Siberia. Here are some clever educational ways to remember him in your homeschool.
🌍 🇽🇰 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
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: Medieval Monuments in Kosovo.
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The Linguistic 400s
Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge with our annual homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal System. This month: The Linguistic 400s.
🌕 INDEPENDENT PROJECTS for Homeschoolers – February 2023
Our February 2023 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!
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 5 February 2023
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Coloring books, American inventors, student projects, splendid sluggers, red giants, amatory verses, Korean rivers, a toast to ingenuity, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Maine, Kiribati, Kosovo, and More
Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Maine, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, and Kosovo.
📸 PHOTO CHALLENGE – February 2023: “Handles” and “Cruise Ships”
Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for enthusiastic homeschool photography students to develop their talents and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Handles” and “Passenger Ships.” Take a look!
🔭 WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for February
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 February.
🔭 WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for February
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 February.
🐦 NATURE NOTES: Join the Great Backyard Bird Count!
Get your homeschool naturalists involved in the Great Backyard Bird Count, an annual international survey that will let you and your students make a real contribution to science.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Trogons and Kingfishers
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 tropical Trogons and the piscivorous Kingfishers.
⏚ 🐖 HOMESCHOOL CALENDARS: Happy Groundhog Day!
Happy mid-point of astronomical winter to homeschoolers everywhere! In other words, Happy Groundhog Day!
🖋 ❄️ WONDERFUL WORDS: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep, / But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep, / And miles to go before I sleep.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Frost, for wintry February — with a special lesson on rhyme-scheme mapping!)
🌍 🇰🇪 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Great Rift Lakes of Kenya
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 Lake System in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya.
🗓 💕 💐 HAPPY HOMESCHOOL FEBRUARY from the River Houses!
Happy homeschool February! Here are some little lessons, teaching traditions, and wonderful educational opportunities you and your students can watch for this month.
