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🗓 The Homeschool Year: Seasons, Months, Terms, & Calendars

Here — said the Year —

— Emily Dickinson, “Answer, July”

Homeschool teaching tips and wonderful little lessons about the months, the seasons, and the four terms that make up the River Houses year (Cygnus, Orion, Leo, and Hercules). Download and print your own educational calendars and planners on our main homeschool calendars page, and subscribe to our free homeschool newsletter to get more great teaching tips delivered right to your mailbox every week. 📫

🗓 🦢 HAPPY CROSS-QUARTER DAY of Cygnus Term

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We divide the homeschool year into four three-month terms, and the midpoint of each term (following old calendrical tradition) is called the “cross-quarter day.” Today, October 16th, is the cross-quarter day of Cygnus Term, our fall term in the River Houses. How are things going in your homeschool?

🌬 THE RIVER and the World

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As the 2023–2024 homeschool year comes to an end, we offer one final toast to students all around the world who are embarking on new voyages: “Fair winds and following seas.” 🥂

A new River Houses homeschool year begins tomorrow, September 1st, the first day of Cygnus Term 2024–2025.

🗓 💪 HAPPY CROSS-QUARTER DAY of Hercules Term

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We divide the homeschool year into four three-month terms, and the midpoint of each term (following old calendrical tradition) is called the “cross-quarter day.” Today, July 16th, is the cross-quarter day of Hercules Term, our summer term in the River Houses. How are things going in your homeschool?

🗓 🦁 HAPPY CROSS-QUARTER DAY of Leo Term

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We divide the homeschool year into four three-month terms, and the midpoint of each term (following old calendrical tradition) is called the “cross-quarter day.” Today, April 15th, is the cross-quarter day of Leo Term, our spring term in the River Houses. How are things going in your homeschool?