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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis, and Goatsuckers. (All birds with strange names!)

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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?

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"I am overtired / Of the great harvest I myself desired." (Our dreamy homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Frost, for apple season.)

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The Library of Congress has put together a great collection of beautifully illustrated classic children's books, all available free online. They're ideal for homeschoolers.

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Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings in 1066: the beginning of the Norman Conquest of England. Why not use this occasion to introduce your homeschool students to one of the most famous objects that has survived from the Middle Ages: the Bayeux Tapestry.

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