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πŸ“– 🦦 LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Gets a Visit From Horace the Otter

29 November 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Our River Houses homeschool mascot, Horace the Otter, remembers the author of the popular American novel “Little Women” (1868) on her birthday.

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πŸ–‹ 🏞 WONDERFUL WORDS: β€œThe Swing” for Summer

22 June 2021 by Bob O'Hara

“How do you like to go up in a swing,Β / Up in the air so blue?Β / Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thingΒ / Ever a child can do!” (Our homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Louis Stevenson, for summer.)

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🎨 HOMESCHOOL ARTS: Introducing William Morris (1834–1896)

24 March 2021 by Bob O'Hara

Take a few homeschool minutes this week to learn about William Morris, one of the great artistic polymaths of the Victorian period, on the anniversary of his birth.

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πŸ–‹ 🌹 WONDERFUL WORDS: Happy Birthday to Robbie Burns!

25 January 2021 by Bob O'Hara

“Till all the seas gang dry, my dear, / And the rocks melt wi’ the sun; / I will love thee still, my dear, / While the sands of life shall run.” (Happy birthday to Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland, born on this day in 1759.)

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♃ β™„ SATURDAY STARS: The Coming Great Conjunction

21 November 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Get your young astronomers ready to observe a notable celestial event next month: a Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, the first one in twenty years.

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πŸ“š πŸŽƒ HALLOWEEN AT THE LIBRARY: Spooks, Spirits, and Shakespeare

27 October 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Explore an assortment of educational activities for your homeschool Halloween from the Library of Congress and the Folger Shakespeare Library.

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πŸ”­ SATURDAY STARS: Star Names, and a Little Latin and Greek

19 September 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Teach a little homeschool lesson this week about stars and their names, and maybe learn a tiny bit of Latin and Greek (and even Arabic) along the way.

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β˜„οΈ SATURDAY STARS: Finding Comet NEOWISE This Week

18 July 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Homeschool tips for finding Comet NEOWISE this week. (It won’t be back for another 6000 years, so see it while you can!)

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πŸ¦… WATCH A PEREGRINE FALCON NEST LIVE!

22 May 2020 by Horace the Otter 🦦

For a great homeschool biology and natural history lesson, have your students watch this livestream of a Peregrine Falcon nest in Madison, Wisconsin β€” four fuzzy white chicks just hatched this week!

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πŸ—“ πŸ‘©β€βš•οΈ HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the American Red Cross!

21 May 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Happy birthday to the American Red Cross, one of the largest public service organizations in the United States, founded by Clara Barton on this day in 1881.

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πŸ“š LIBRARY LESSONS: Historic Children’s Books and Primary Sources

12 May 2020 by Bob O'Hara

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.

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β˜„οΈ SATURDAY STARS: Comet ATLAS is Breaking Up, Alas

18 April 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Comet ATLAS C2019/Y4 many not turn out to be a “Great Comet” after all. Its nucleus appears to be breaking up and its brightness is fading.

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🌟 SUNSET and Evening Star

28 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Venus will be as bright as it’s been in a long time this weekend β€” be sure to take your young astronomers outside at sunset to see!

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🏹 HOMESCHOOL LITERARY LESSONS: Apollo, God of Plague

25 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

“Over against the ships he dropped to a knee, let fly a shaft / and a terrifying clash rang out from the great silver bow. / First he went for the mules and circling dogs but then, / launching a piercing shaft at the men themselves, / he cut them down in droves.”

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πŸ–‹ WONDERFUL WORDS: A Shakespearean Sonnet a Day from Patrick Stewart

24 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Patrick Stewart β€” Star Trek’s Captain Picard and also a noted Shakespearean actor β€” reads Shakespeare’s Sonnets.

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β˜„οΈ SATURDAY STARS: There May Be a Comet Coming This Spring!

21 March 2020 by Bob O'Hara

There’s a comet coming this spring. It’s called C/2019 Y4 ATLAS, and it may turn out to be a good one. Put it on your homeschool calendars for the end of May.

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πŸ“œ HISTORY STUDENTS: The National Archives Wants Your Help

11 February 2020 by Bob O'Hara

The National Archives wants you to be a “Citizen Archivist” and help document materials in U.S. presidential libraries (from the comfort of your home computer). This is a great cooperative project for homeschool history students.

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🐦 NATURE NOTES: Cornell University Summer Program, June 2020

24 January 2020 by Horace the Otter 🦦

Cornell University is hosting a summer program for high school students interested in careers in natural history β€” it might be just the thing to start a clever homeschool naturalist on a bright future path.

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🎡 WELCOME HOME for Native American Heritage Day

29 November 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Enjoy some happy celebratory music in your homeschool this week from Cherokee singer-songwriter Michael Jacobs β€” it’s just the thing for a big family weekend.

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🌠 πŸ¦„ HEADS UP: Possible Meteor Storm Thursday Night (21–22 November 2019)

19 November 2019 by Bob O'Hara

This Thursday night (21–22 November 2019) there may be a significant, though brief, meteor storm associated with the annual Alpha Monocerotid meteor shower. Be sure to take your homeschool astronomy students outside for a look!

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☿ 🌞 HORACE the Astronomical Otter and the Transit of Mercury

14 November 2019 by Bob O'Hara

An otterific round-up of this week’s big astronomical event, the 2019 Transit of Mercury β€” another one won’t occur until 2032! (And don’t miss the futuristic painting of the Mercury transit of 1914!)

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☿ 🌞 TRANSIT OF MERCURY, 11 November 2019

5 November 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Homeschool tips on how to observe next week’s transit of the planet Mercury across the face of the sun β€” if you miss it, you’ll have to wait until 2032 to see one again.

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πŸ—Ί MARVELOUS MAPS: A Geology Lesson from the Library of Congress

22 October 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Teach a little lesson on geology and plate tectonics this week with some beautiful maps from the collections of the Library of Congress.

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πŸ“° KAPOW! Comic Art at the Library of Congress

24 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

If you have comics-mad kids in your homeschool, why not take educational advantage of their interests with some help from the Library of Congress.

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πŸ”­ HOMESCHOOL ASTRONOMY: A Cygnus Skyscape

21 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Invite your young homeschool astronomers to explore an amazing image of the constellation Cygnus (and our monthly star Deneb) from NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day website.

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βš”οΈ REMEMBERING the Battle of Marathon, 490 B.C.

12 September 2019 by Bob O'Hara

The Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. was one of the most consequential battles in the history of the Western world. It’s an event every homeschool student should know.

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πŸš€ WORK ON A NASA PROJECT at the National Archives

20 August 2019 by Bob O'Hara

Help the National Archives tag and document historic NASA film footage of astronauts and the space program β€” what a great research opportunity for homeschool high schoolers!

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