SchoolhouseTeachers.com is a wonderful resource for all your homeschooling needs. From planners to holiday-themed unit studies, an Ultimate Annual Yearly Membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com offers more than just its 425+ courses for grades Pre-K to 12. There are so many great resources that one review is not enough! Be sure to check out my other reviews (An All-in-One Curriculum, Preschool: Learning Through Art, High School Science for Homeschoolers, or Homeschooling and Creativity Go Hand-in-Hand) of SchoolhouseTeachers.com and those of the rest of the Homeschool Review Crew, too.
An Ultimate Annual Yearly Membership will provide you with access to over 425 courses for preschool to high school as well as parent and family courses, access to World Book tools, Applecourse (which offers course tracking, grade reporting, and more), and a Just for Parents section with courses about Charlotte Mason homeschooling, Everyday Organization, and also access to an eBook library for parents.
While using SchoolhouseTeachers.com over the course of the past school year for our teenage son's complete curriculum, we have discovered many great courses and features. For example, we are using the subscription to RightNow Media for our son to complete Foundations for Teens and our younger children have watched From Aardvark to Zucchini.
How Our Family is Using SchoolhouseTeachers.com
Our teen decided to be homeschooled this year, so the first thing that we did was create a Bookmark Collection for him and saved all of the different courses that might fit his sophomore year. When done, we had saved about 18 classes including:
- Foundations for Teens
- Addressing Cultural Issues
- Image Editing and Creation Lessons
- Apologetics: Creation vs. Evolution Archives
- General Biology by Core Academy Lessons
- Geometry with Mr. D Math Lessons
- French Lessons Archive
- American Literature in Historical Context Lessons
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| Just a few of the courses we bookmarked for our teenage son. |
We narrowed it down to the core classes he would need and then electives. I then used the SchoolhouseTeachers.com Planner – which is an editable PDF file – to set out a course schedule, a 36-week plan, and then daily assignments. I love that I can edit the schedule as well as prepare it for one, two, or more children. It makes it so easy to be flexible when homeschooling.
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| Image cover for the great planner! I love being able to edit it on my laptop or desktop. |
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| Our schedule printed out. If things change, I can copy and paste the information to another week. |
Our son completes his coursework each day using the papers necessary, which I print out monthly. Each day, I put what needs to be completed in a file folder for him. He completes tasks both on paper and on the computer. I can then print out his essays and other documents as needed to include in his binder.
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| A few of our son's worksheets and notes printed out and stored in his binder. |
We have two homeschooling binders for his work – one which our son can reference whenever he needs to and one in which I keep quizzes, tests, and other future assignments. We have also created two shared folders on Google Drive with all of his downloaded files from SchoolhouseTeachers.com and his own word documents and photos for his Image Editing course.
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| One of the photos our son edited in his Image Editing course. |
A Typical Day Using SchoolhouseTeachers.com for Homeschooling a Teen
Our teen may start his homeschool day watching a video from RightNow Media for his Foundations for Teens course. Each video has an accompanying worksheet – some have essay questions for him to complete, as well. Next, our son may read a biology assignment for General Biology by Core Academy Lessons. The course offers several reading suggestions using texts from different publishers as well as a free downloadable text. You could print the text, read it on a tablet, or on the computer.
Another course our son is taking is French. Each lesson has an audio component to help with pronunciation. There are also exercises at the end of the unit. We are supplementing this French course with a workbook to add in extra grammar and vocabulary practice.
He will then round off his day with the rest of his courses: math, history (for which he is using World Book Online for many assignments), American Literature, and more. Using SchoolhouseTeachers.com allows us to be very flexible. Some days he may work on all his subjects, while other days he may only study a few.
Other Homeschooling Perks of SchoolhouseTeachers.com
One of the other benefits is a subscription to The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. This beautiful, full color magazine contains multiple articles ranging from seasonal topics like "Beating the Winter Blues" to interviews, schooling ideas, and a directory of freebies and samples for homeschooling families.
Another great feature is the forum exclusively for SchoolhouseTeachers.com members. There are a number of fantastic boards, such as places to meet and greet each other online, ask for ideas for specific subject areas, swap recipes, and ask about specific courses. Everyone is so supportive!
With new courses being added on a regular basis, SchoolhouseTeachers.com is a valuable homeschooling resource for your family. We feel blessed to be able to use the SchoolhouseTeachers.com membership on our homeschooling journey. Our teen is enjoying his courses, setting his own pace, and focusing on his interests. Our younger children are able to learn together as the courses are easy to adapt for use with a preschooler and kindergartner. This is one homeschooling product that will be a great use for years to come for our family.
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