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🗓 Homeschool Terms & Calendars (Recent Posts)
Here — said the Year —
A collection of great homeschool teaching ideas, resources, and little lessons about the four terms that make up the River Houses year (Cygnus, Orion, Leo, and Hercules), and about our annual River Houses calendars. Download and print your own educational calendars on our main homeschool calendars page, and add your name to our free River Houses mailing list to get posts like these delivered right to your mailbox every week! 😊
🗓 🍃 🏸 HAPPY HOMESCHOOL JUNE from the River Houses!
It’s the first day of June 2021! Here are some little lessons, educational opportunities, and teaching traditions to look for in the homeschool month ahead.
🗓 💪 HERCULES TERM 2021 and the Homeschool Year
We divide the homeschool year into four three-month terms in the River Houses. Today is the first day of Hercules Term, our summer term, named for the Great Hero of the Heavens. Hercules Term runs from June through August.
🗓 🐦 👩👧👦 HAPPY HOMESCHOOL MAY from the River Houses!
It’s the first day of May 2021! Here are some little lessons, educational opportunities, and teaching traditions to look for in the homeschool month ahead.
🗓 🦁 HAPPY CROSS-QUARTER DAY of Leo Term 2021
We divide the homeschool year into four three-month terms, and the midpoint of each term (following old calendrical tradition) is called the cross-quarter day. Today, April 15th, is the cross-quarter day of Leo Term, our spring term in the River Houses. How are things going in your homeschool?
🗓 ☔️ 🌸 HAPPY HOMESCHOOL APRIL from the River Houses!
It’s the first day of April 2021! Here are some little lessons, educational opportunities, and teaching traditions to look for in the homeschool month ahead.
🗓 🌷 SPRING IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)
Spring is here! In the northern hemisphere, that is; in the southern hemisphere, fall is here! Happy March 2021 equinox to homeschoolers everywhere!
🗓 🌱 🐰 HAPPY HOMESCHOOL MARCH from the River Houses!
It’s the first day of March 2021! Here are some little lessons, educational opportunities, and teaching traditions to look for in the homeschool month ahead.
🗓 🦁 LEO TERM 2021 and the Homeschool Year
We divide the homeschool year into four three-month terms in the River Houses. Today is the first day of Leo Term, our spring term, named for the Great Lion of the Heavens. Leo Term runs from March through May.
🗓 💕 💐 HAPPY HOMESCHOOL February from the River Houses!
It’s the first day of February 2021! Here are some little lessons, educational opportunities, and teaching traditions to look for in the homeschool month ahead.
