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๐ŸŒŸ Twelve Great Stars for the Homeschool Year (Recent Posts)

So when at times the mob is swayed
To carry praise or blame too far,
We may choose something like a star
To stay our minds on and be staid.

โ€”Robert Frost

A collection of homeschool teaching ideas, resources, and little astronomical lessons on twelve of the brightest stars of the northern-hemisphere night sky โ€” twelve great friends for life โ€” from the River Houses Homeschool Network. Print your own copy of our River Houses Star Calendar to follow along with us throughout the year, and add your name to our free River Houses homeschool mailing list to get more posts like these delivered right to your mailbox every week! ๐Ÿ˜Š

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Capella for January

9 January 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of Capella in the constellation Auriga 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.

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๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Aldebaran for December

12 December 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the ancient red giant Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus this monthย โ€” one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere skyย โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

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๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Algol for November

14 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the variable star Algol this monthย โ€” “the demon star” in the constellation Perseus and one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere skyย โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

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๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Alpheratz for October

10 October 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the young double star Alpheratz in the constellation Andromeda this month โ€” one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere sky โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

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๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Deneb for September and the New Homeschool Year

12 September 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Get the new 2020โ€“2021 homeschool year off to a great start by making a new friend this month: the giant star Deneb in the constellation Cygnus, one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere night sky.

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๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Vega for August

8 August 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Make one last homeschool friend for the summer: our neighbor-star Vega in the constellation Lyra the Lyre, one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere night sky.

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๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Arcturus for July

11 July 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the ancient orange giant Arcturus in the constellation Boรถtes the Herdsman this month, one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere night sky, and make it your homeschool friend for life.

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๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Spica for June

13 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the young blue-white giant Spica in the constellation Virgo this month, one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere sky, and make it your homeschool friend for life.

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๐ŸŒŸ WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Hymn to the North Star

30 May 2020 by Bob O'Hara

“A beauteous type of that unchanging good, / That bright eternal beacon, by whose ray / The voyager of time should shape his heedful way.” (An extra homeschool poem-of-the-week, from William Cullen Bryant, for Polaris, our Great Star for the month of May.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Language & Literature, Monthly Great Stars, Poems-of-the-Week

๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Polaris for May

9 May 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the pole star Polaris in the constellation Ursa Minor this month, one of the most important stars in the northern hemisphere sky, and make it your homeschool friend and landmark for life.

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๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Regulus for April

11 April 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of Regulus in the constellation Leo the Lion this month โ€” one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere sky โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

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๐ŸŒŸ STAR BRIGHT: Sirius for March

14 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Make the acquaintance of the brilliant white star Sirius, “the dog star,” in the constellation Canis Major this month โ€” the brightest star in earth’s night sky โ€” and make it your homeschool friend for life.

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