Did you know there are secret Dewey Decimal numbers hidden in the books in your own homeschool library? It’s true!
📚 Learning the Dewey Decimal System at Your Local Library (Recent Posts)
On the first Tuesday of every month we post a homeschool introduction to one of the major Dewey Decimal classes that you and your students can explore at your local public library. Add your name to our free River Houses mailing list to follow along with us and get these and other great homeschooling posts delivered right to your mailbox every week! 😊
❡ Planning ahead: If you’d like to map out a custom year-long Dewey Decimal project for your own homeschool, here’s the first-Tuesday schedule we follow: Introducing Dewey (September); The General 000s (October); The Philosophical 100s (November); The Religious 200s (December); The Social 300s (January); The Linguistic 400s (February); The Scientific 500s (March); The Technological 600s (April); The Artistic 700s (May); The Literary 800s (June); The Historical 900s (July); and On Beyond Dewey (August). This schedule also appears on our main River Houses calendar for the year — print out your own copy, post it on your family bulletin board, and follow along with us. 🗓
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The General 000s
Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge with our annual homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal System. This month: The General 000s.
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: Introducing Dewey
Teaching your students to use the library independently is one of the best educational gifts you can give them. Join us this week as we begin our year-long homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal system.
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: On Beyond Dewey
Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge as we take a year-long homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal System. This month, as the year ends, we’ll take a quick look at the alternative Library of Congress Classification, commonly used in colleges and universities.
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The Historical (and Geographical) 900s
Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge as we take a year-long homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal System. This month: “The Historical (and Geographical) 900s.”
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The Literary 800s
Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge as we take a year-long homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal System. This month: “The Literary 800s.”
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The Artistic 700s
Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge as we take a year-long homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal System. This month: “The Artistic 700s.”
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The Technological 600s
Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge as we take a homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal Classification over the course of the year. This week: “The Technological 600s.”
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The Scientific 500s
It’s Homeschool Library Day! This week: exploring “The Scientific 500s” in the Dewey Decimal Classification, part of our year-long survey of the whole of knowledge. (Really!)
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The Linguistic 400s
It’s Homeschool Library Day! This week: exploring “The Linguistic 400s” in the Dewey Decimal Classification, part of our year-long survey of the whole of knowledge. (Really!)
