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, January 14th, is the cross-quarter day of Orion Term, our winter term. How are things going in your homeschool?
🗓 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 JANUARY from the River Houses!
It’s the first day of January 2021! Here are some little lessons, educational opportunities, and teaching traditions to look for in the homeschool month ahead.
🖋 🔔 WONDERFUL WORDS (and Sounds!): Ring Out, Wild Bells!
“Ring out the old, ring in the new, / Ring, happy bells, across the snow: / The year is going, let him go; / Ring out the false, ring in the true.” (Join Tennyson and some skillful bell-ringers to ring in the new year.)
🗓 ⛄️ WINTER IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)
Winter is here! If you’re in the northern hemisphere, that is. If you’re in the southern hemisphere, summer is here! Happy December 2020 solstice to homeschoolers everywhere!
📚 HOMESCHOOL BOOKS: A New World Almanac for the New 2021 Year
The 2021 edition of the World Almanac and Book of Facts is a one-volume desk encyclopedia that every homeschooling family should have.
🗓 🎅 🎄 HAPPY HOMESCHOOL DECEMBER from the River Houses!
It’s the first day of December 2020! Here are some little lessons, educational opportunities, and teaching traditions to look for in the homeschool month ahead.
🗓 🗡 ORION TERM 2020–2021 and the Homeschool Year
We divide the homeschool year into four three-month terms in the River Houses. Today is the beginning of Orion Term, our winter term, named for the Great Hunter of the Heavens. Orion Term runs from December through February.
🗓 🥧 🦃 HAPPY HOMESCHOOL NOVEMBER from the River Houses!
It’s the first day of November 2020! Here are some little lessons, educational opportunities, and teaching traditions to look for in the homeschool month ahead.
🗓 🦢 HAPPY CROSS-QUARTER DAY of Cygnus Term 2020
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, October 16th, is the cross-quarter day of Cygnus Term, our fall term. How are things going in your homeschool?
🗓 🍁 🎃 HAPPY HOMESCHOOL OCTOBER from the River Houses!
It’s the first day of October 2020! Here are some little lessons, educational opportunities, and teaching traditions to look for in the homeschool month ahead.
🗓 THIRTY DAYS Hath September . . .
“April, June, and November.” (The ancient calendrical verse that every young homeschooler should know.)
🗓 🍂 FALL IS HERE! (Astronomically Speaking)
Fall is here! If you’re in the northern hemisphere, that is. If you’re in the southern hemisphere, spring is here! Happy September 2020 equinox to homeschoolers everywhere!
