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๐Ÿ’ฐ Homeschool Coins, Stamps, Collections, & Collecting (Recent Posts)

Great homeschool teaching ideas, resources, and little lessons on coins (numismatics), stamps (philately), and the educational value of collections and collecting, from the River Houses Homeschool Network. Add your name to our free River Houses mailing list and get posts like these along with a rich assortment of other great homeschooling ideas delivered right to your mailbox every week! ๐Ÿ˜Š

๐Ÿช™ โœˆ๏ธ AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Quarter

21 January 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Explore American history and geography in your homeschool with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Alabama.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting

๐Ÿช™ ๐Ÿž AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park in Vermont

10 September 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Explore American history and geography in your homeschool with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting

๐Ÿ’ฐ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LINCOLN CENT, โ€œBornโ€ This Day in 1909

2 August 2020 by Bob O'Hara

The familiar Lincoln penny โ€” you may have one in your pocket right now โ€” first went into circulation on this day in 1909. It was struck to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting, Homeschool Holidays & Anniversaries

๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: Salt River Bay in the Virgin Islands

11 June 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Explore American history and geography in your homeschool with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting, Homeschool Museums & Monuments

๐Ÿ—“ ๐Ÿ—ก BEWARE the Ides of March!

15 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Remembering the Ides of March, the famous date on which the Roman politician, general, and dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting, Homeschool Holidays & Anniversaries

๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿฆ‡ AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: The National Park of American Samoa

3 February 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Explore American history and geography with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint โ€” with free lesson plans! New this month: a quarter for the National Park of American Samoa โ€” with bats!

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting, Homeschool Museums & Monuments

๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐Ÿž AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: Idaho’s Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness

6 November 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Explore American history and geography with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting, Homeschool Museums & Monuments

๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐Ÿž AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: San Antonio Missions National Park

28 August 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Explore American history and geography with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park in Texas (which also happens to be a World Heritage Site).

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting, Homeschool Museums & Monuments, Weekly World Heritage

๐Ÿ’ฐ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LINCOLN CENT, โ€œBornโ€ This Day in 1909

2 August 2019 by Bob O'Hara

The familiar Lincoln penny โ€” you may have one in your pocket right now โ€” first went into circulation on this day in 1909. It was struck to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting

๐Ÿ’ฐ FREE SUMMER LESSON PLANS from the U.S. Mint!

13 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

The U.S. Mint has a wide variety of educational resources and free lesson plans that you can easily drop into your homeschooling schedule this summer. Why not look them over and expand your students’ numismatical horizons.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting

๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: Guam’s War in the Pacific National Historical Park

3 June 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Explore American history and geography with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the War in the Pacific National Historical Park in the U.S. territory of Guam.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting, Homeschool Museums & Monuments

๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: American Memorial Park, Northern Mariana Islands

29 April 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Explore American history and geography with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the American Memorial Park in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Filed Under: Homeschool Collections & Collecting, Homeschool Museums & Monuments

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