Get the new 2020–2021 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.
🌟 Twelve Great Stars for the Homeschool Year (Post Archives)
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.
A collection of homeschool teaching ideas, resources, and little astronomical lessons on twelve of the brightest stars of the northern-hemisphere night sky — twelve great friends for life — 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! 😊
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Vega for August
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.
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Arcturus for July
Make the acquaintance of the ancient orange giant Arcturus in the constellation Boötes the Herdsman this month, one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere night sky, and make it your homeschool friend for life.
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Spica for June
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.
🌟 WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Hymn to the North Star
“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.)
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Polaris for May
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.
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Regulus for April
Make the acquaintance of Regulus in the constellation Leo the Lion this month — one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere sky — and make it your homeschool friend for life.
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Sirius for March
Make the acquaintance of the brilliant white star Sirius, “the dog star,” in the constellation Canis Major this month — the brightest star in earth’s night sky — and make it your homeschool friend for life.
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Betelgeuse for February
Make the acquaintance of the red giant Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion the Hunter this month — a star that’s been exhibiting some puzzling astronomical behavior lately — and make it your homeschool friend for life. (Unless it happens to explode this week.)
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Capella for January
Make the acquaintance of Capella in the constellation Auriga this month — a nearby four-star system and one of the brightest lights in the northern hemisphere night sky — and make it your homeschool friend for life.
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Aldebaran for December
Make the acquaintance of the ancient red giant Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus this month — one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere sky — and make it your homeschool friend for life.
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Algol for November
Make the acquaintance of the variable star Algol this month — “the demon star” in the constellation Perseus and one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere sky — and make it your homeschool friend for life.
