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“O let me rise / As larks, harmoniously, / And sing this day thy victories: / Then shall the fall further the flight in me.” (A special soaring homeschool poem-of-the-week, from George Herbert, for Easter.)
🔭 WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for April
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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 April.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Larks and Swallows
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the terrestrial Larks and the aerial Swallows.
📸 PHOTO CHALLENGE for April: “Wooden Bridges” and “Fairgrounds”
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Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for enthusiastic homeschool photography students to develop their skills and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Wooden Bridges” and “Fairgrounds.” Take a look!
🍝 HOMESCHOOL HOLIDAYS: The Annual Spaghetti Harvest in Switzerland
The annual spaghetti harvest in Ticino, Switzerland, is one of Europe’s great cultural traditions. Every well-educated homeschooler should know about it!
🖊️ ☔️ WONDERFUL WORDS: “Whan that Aprill…”
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“And smale foweles maken melodye / That slepen al the nyght with open ye / (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages).” (Our ancient homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Geoffrey Chaucer, for April showers.)
🌕 HOMESCHOOL CITIZEN-SCIENCE PROJECTS for April
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Our April full-moon report on the many “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!
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
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For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin.
🗓️ ☔️ 🌸 HAPPY HOMESCHOOL APRIL from the River Houses!
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Happy homeschool April! Here are some little lessons, teaching traditions, and wonderful educational opportunities you and your students can watch for this month.
🗓️ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 29 March 2026
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Great homeschool teaching tips and wonderful little lessons for the week ahead, including: Spaghetti harvests, April poems, student projects, tremendous transactions, celestial sights, Montenegrin rivers, a toast to good eating, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Wisconsin, Mongolia, Mozambique, and More
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Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Wisconsin, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, and Mozambique. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Crows and Jays (Part II)
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the garrulous and gregarious Crows and Jays (Part II).
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Herbert Hoover National Historic Site and Birthplace in Iowa.
🎨 HOMESCHOOL ARTS: Introducing William Morris (1834–1896)
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Take a few homeschool minutes this week to learn about William Morris, one of the great artistic polymaths of the nineteenth century, on the anniversary of his birth.
🌸 HOMESCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Visit the Cherry Blossoms in Washington, D.C.
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On March 27th in 1912, the city of Tokyo presented a gift of 3000 cherry trees to the United States to line the banks of the Potomac River and other sites in Washington, D.C., where they and their successors may still be seen today.
🖊️ 🌱 WONDERFUL WORDS: Nothing Gold Can Stay
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“Nature’s first green is gold, / Her hardest hue to hold.” (Our ephemeral homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Frost, for his birthday and for the first signs of spring.)
🗓️ QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 22 March 2026
Great homeschool teaching tips and little lessons for the week ahead, including: Cherry blossoms, famous farmers, stirring speeches, delightful designers, amazing magicians, picture books, great writers, Mexican rivers, a toast to honesty, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Iowa, Mexico, Monaco, and More
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Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Iowa, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, and Monaco. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🎵 HOMESCHOOL MUSIC: Happy Birthday Bach!
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Take a few homeschool minutes to introduce your students to a tiny musical masterpiece by one of the world’s great composers, Johann Sebastian Bach, born on this day in 1685.
🗓️ 🌷 SPRING IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)
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Spring is here! If you’re in the northern hemisphere, that is. If you’re in the southern hemisphere, fall is here! Happy March equinox to homeschoolers everywhere!
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Crows and Jays (Part I)
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the Crows and Jays (Part I), garrulous residents of town and country.
🐦 HOMESCHOOL NATURE NOTES: The Great Backyard Bird Count in Review
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Last month’s Great Backyard Bird Count has entered the history books. More than a million people from around the world participated! Were you and your homeschoolers among them?
🇺🇸 WEEKLY AMERICAN HERITAGE: Big Bend National Park
For America’s 250th anniversary, discover the history and landscape of the United States with your homeschool students. This week: Big Bend National Park in Texas.
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS for March
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Our March roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources.
🎭 HOMESCHOOL HISTORY & LITERATURE: “Lend Me Your Ears!”
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Why not wrap up this special Julius Caesar Week in your homeschool by viewing and discussing several versions of a famous Shakespearean speech with your students.
🖊️ 🗡 WONDERFUL WORDS: The Ides of March
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“And if you can’t curb your ambitions, / at least pursue them hesitantly, cautiously. / And the higher you go, / the more searching and careful you need to be.” (Our admonitory homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Constantine Cavafy, for the Ides of March. Beware!)
🗓️ 🗡 HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: “The Ides of March are come”
Remembering the Ides of March, the famous date on which the Roman politician, general, and dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C.