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 in the River Houses. 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!
Happy January 2022! Here’s our monthly review of all the wonderful educational opportunities, little lessons, and teaching traditions you can look for in the homeschool month ahead.
🗓 ⛄️ HOMESCHOOL SEASONS: 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 2021 solstice to homeschoolers everywhere!
🗓 🎄 🎅 HAPPY HOMESCHOOL DECEMBER from the River Houses!
Happy December 2021! Here’s our monthly review of all the wonderful educational opportunities, little lessons, and teaching traditions you can look for in the homeschool month ahead.
🗓 🗡 ORION TERM 2021–2022 and the Homeschool Year
We divide the homeschool year into four three-month terms in the River Houses. Today is the first day 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!
Happy November 2021! Here’s our monthly review of all the wonderful educational opportunities, little lessons, and teaching traditions you can look for in the homeschool month ahead.
⚗️ HAPPY NATIONAL MOLE DAY! (And an Outline for a Calendar)
Homeschool chemistry students from coast to coast will want to be sure to celebrate National Mole Day today (10/23) starting at 6:02 a.m. All hail the Count of Quaregna and Cerreto!
🗓 🦢 HAPPY CROSS-QUARTER DAY of Cygnus 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, October 16th, is the cross-quarter day of Cygnus Term, our fall term in the River Houses. How are things going in your homeschool?
🗓 🍁 🎃 HAPPY HOMESCHOOL OCTOBER from the River Houses!
Happy October 2021! Here’s our monthly review of educational opportunities, little lessons, and teaching traditions to look for in the homeschool month ahead.
🗓 HOMESCHOOL CALENDARS: “Thirty days hath September . . .”
“April, June, and November.” (There’s no better week than this to teach your students the ancient calendrical verse that every young homeschooler should know.)
