Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge as we as we take a year-long homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal System. This month: “The Historical (and Geographical) 900s.”
📚 Homeschool Books & Libraries (Post Archives)
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
A collection of great homeschool teaching ideas, resources, and little lessons on books and libraries from the River Houses Homeschool Network. Add your name to our free River Houses mailing list and get posts like these delivered right to your mailbox every week! 😊
❡ Discovering Dewey: This Homeschool Books & Libraries collection also includes our special series of monthly Learning the Library posts that introduce your students to the Dewey Decimal System. 📚
📜 🇺🇸 INDEPENDENCE DAY and the Declaration
Be sure to add a visit to the National Archives and the Declaration of Independence (in person or online) to your homeschool Fourth of July calendar!
📜 🇺🇸 CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY at the National Archives (Online!)
If your usual homeschool Fourth of July celebrations will be a bit restricted this year, why not join the staff and friends of the U.S. National Archives in Washington for their first-ever online Independence Day celebration!
📚 🎵 K–12 MUSIC EDUCATION: A Hundred Online Resources to Save!
A new guide to K–12 music education resources from the Library of Congress will point you to hundreds of educational treasures your can explore with your young music students.
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The Literary 800s
Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge as we as we take a year-long homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal System. This month: “The Literary 800s.”
📚 WRITING TIPS from Jason Reynolds and the Library of Congress
Get some fun and easy writing ideas for aspiring homeschool writers from young-adult author Jason Reynolds, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature at the Library of Congress.
📚 LIBRARY LESSONS: Historic Children’s Books and Primary Sources
Free (and live) online education sessions on historic children’s books and primary historical sources from the Library of Congress – the latest in a series of “online office hours” while the Library’s buildings are closed.
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The Artistic 700s
Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge as we as we take a year-long homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal System. This month: “The Artistic 700s.”
📚 🐦 LIBRARY LESSONS: The Macaulay Library of Natural History
Invite your homeschool naturalists to explore the sights and sounds of birds all over the world through the collections of the Macaulay Library at Cornell University.
🖋 🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILL! (Shakespeare, That Is)
Happy birthday to the Bard! Why not celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday by exploring some of the excellent free teaching materials available from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
🎭 🎉 IT’S SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHDAY WEEK!
Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday this week with a whole host of online and at-home activities from the Folger Shakespeare Library that are just right for you and your students!
🇺🇸 HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Teaching the American Revolution
Explore an excellent collection of original documents and ready-made discussion questions on the American Revolution, all set to go for you and your homeschool students.
