SchoolhouseTeachers.com Review

Have you heard of SchoolhouseTeachers.com?  We have been blessed with an Ultimate Annual Yearly Membership!  There are so many perks to being a SchoolhouseTeachers.com member.  One of those perks is that you gain access to World Book.  What's World Book?  Great question.  It's basically an online resource library that includes articles, lesson plans, videos, documents, research tools, games and so much more.  SchoolhouseTeachers.com has organized this resource for you into libraries, grade and subjects.  As a member, I have access to ten different libraries on World Book!  One of these libraries is the student library which is specifically designed for students 5th-8th grade.  B started learning biological systems for her Challenge A program last week.  She went into the student library for World Book and typed in respiratory system and voila, the information was right there to help her learn!

Search on Respiratory System in World Book

Let me tell you about another member benefit of SchoolhouseTeachers, the video library!  There are numerous videos that span several academic areas along with entertainment, marriage and parenting, and Bible study as well.  You will have access to hundreds of streaming videos from providers like Creation.com, City on a Hill, Discovery House, Drive Thru History, RightNow Media and more!  Some of these videos are parts of the classes that SchoolhouseTeachers offers.  I love that the video library rounds up all the videos in one location so that you could watch them for fun.  I was super excited to find Torchlighters (an animated video series that follows heroes of the faith) videos in the kids section.

Daily Puzzlers Course

SchoolhouseTeachers has numerous elementary, middle school, and high school homeschool courses.  Right now, my kids are really enjoying the Daily Puzzlers Course for 3rd-12th grade.  This course includes 100 word puzzles that vary in difficulty making them perfect for a wide range of ages.  These puzzles are designed to help students understand instruction, practice vocabulary and encourage critical thinking.  There is a great help page that you can print out for your students as a reference.

D working on Puzzle #1

* We are using our brown table as our word mat since it contrasts with the letters so well.

C working on Puzzle #2

A, B, C and D work on some of the puzzles together and some independently.  I really like that the puzzles have them thinking about language arts and learning new words while having fun.  In the first few puzzles they learned the words loch and yew for example.

What about younger kids?  SchoolhouseTeachers has an amazing Preschool Playground where you will find articles, academic resources and learning activities to help guide your preschooler in learning.  It is broken down into sections that make it easy to navigate and find something specific or browse through all the material available.  If you want to use the Preschool Playground as a full preschool curriculum there is a great video that walks you through the steps.   I am just starting to explore this area with F and G and I am enjoying all the great resources available.  F started growing carrots a few weeks ago.  In the Numbers, Patterns, and Cognitive Skills section I found a Color-by-Number Fruits, Vegetables, and Animals activity pack and within this pack was a color-by-number carrot picture!  This is what I mean by great resources!

Color-By-Number Options

 I printed it out.

F with his completed carrots!

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I hope that you will see just how valuable this tool can be for your own homeschooling needs.  I am personally excited to dig even deeper into SchoolhouseTeachers and ultilize all that it offers for my family this year.