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πŸ—“ Homeschool Holidays & Anniversaries (Recent Posts)

A collection of great homeschool teaching ideas, resources, and little lessons on history, holidays, anniversaries, and notable events from the River Houses Homeschool Network. Print your own homeschool calendar for the whole year on our main River Houses calendar page and follow along with us, and add your name to our free River Houses mailing list to get posts like these delivered right to your mailbox every week! 😊

πŸ–‹ 🏰 HAPPY FATHER’S DAY WEEK from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

15 June 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“A whisper, and then a silence:Β / Yet I know by their merry eyesΒ / They are plotting and planning togetherΒ / To take me by surprise.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Longfellow, for Father’s Day.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & Anniversaries, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ HOMESCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Happy Flag Day 2022!

13 June 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Flag Day (June 14th every year) celebrates the date in 1777 when Congress established the Stars & Stripes as the national flag of the new United States.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & Anniversaries

πŸ“Ί HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARIES for Your Homeschool Summer

9 June 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Ten multi-part masterpieces of the documentarian’s art that you and your homeschool students can watch together and discuss over the summer.

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music, Homeschool Astronomy, Homeschool Books & Libraries, Homeschool Holidays & Anniversaries, Homeschool Maps & Geography, Homeschool Museums & Monuments

πŸ–‹ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ WONDERFUL WORDS (and Music!): β€œO!Β say can you see?”

8 June 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, / In full glory reflected now shines on the streamΒ β€”Β / ‘Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave / O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave.” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Francis Scott Key, for Flag Day.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music, Homeschool Holidays & Anniversaries, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

πŸ‡«πŸ‡· HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Learning About D-Day 1944

5 June 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Learn about the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944, using live news broadcasts from that day.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & Anniversaries

πŸ–‹ β€œAFTER A HUNDRED YEARS / Nobody knows the Place”

29 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Weeds triumphant ranged / Strangers strolled and spelled / At the lone Orthography / Of the Elder Dead.” (An extra homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Emily Dickinson, for Memorial Day.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & Anniversaries, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ MEMORIAL DAY 2022

28 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Rest, comrades, rest and sleep!Β / The thoughts of men shall beΒ / As sentinels to keepΒ / Your rest from danger free.” (Little homeschool lessons in literature, history, geography, and music, for the Memorial Day weekend.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music, Homeschool Holidays & Anniversaries, Homeschool Language & Literature

πŸŽ‚ HOMESCHOOL HOLIDAYS: Happy Birthday, Ralph! (Emerson, that is)

25 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

Invite your homeschool students to discover the work of the great American essayist, poet, and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, born this day in 1803.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & Anniversaries, Homeschool Language & Literature

πŸ–‹ πŸŽ“ GRADUATION SEASON: β€œSet me free to find my calling”

22 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

“Bind me not to the pasture, chain me not to the plow,Β / Set me free to find my calling and I’ll return to you somehow.” (Our poem-of-the-week, from Marta Keen, for homeschool graduation season and the beginning of summer.)

Filed Under: Homeschool Arts & Music, Homeschool Holidays & Anniversaries, Homeschool Language & Literature, Poems-of-the-Week

πŸ“β€‰β±β€‰πŸŒ‘ HAPPY WORLD METROLOGY DAY 2022!

20 May 2022 by Bob O'Hara

On this day in 1875, the meter was adopted as an international standard of measurement. That makes today World Metrology Day! Why not invite your students to take a few scientific measurements this week in your homeschool.

Filed Under: Homeschool Holidays & Anniversaries

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