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.
🗓 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! 😊
🗓 🌷 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.
🗓 🗡 HAPPY CROSS-QUARTER DAY of Orion Term 2020–2021
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, January 14th, is the cross-quarter day of Orion Term, our winter term. How are things going in your homeschool?
🗓 🎉 ❄️ 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.
