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YOU are the reason we are here, so we want you to be the first to know what was happening on SchoolhouseTeachers.com. Throughout this year, we are developing:
- Updates for several courses
- New courses and resources
- Members-only virtual academic fairs and events
Check back often to find out what’s new at SchoolhouseTeachers.com!
March 1, 2024
Brand-new course! Beginning Handwriting and Phonics included hundreds of activities to teach handwriting, phonics, and number and letter recognition.
The final unit of Editing Photos with GIMP is now available, which completes the course.
February 1, 2024
New parent resource! Homeschool Dads: Leading the Charge includes twenty-four of the best articles for homeschool dads from The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine to encourage dads on the homeschooling journey.
Updated courses include Schoolhouse Bible (grade 2 now available), Daily Grammar: First Grade, Daily Grammar: Second Grade, Life Science, and Advanced Public Speaking.
January 1, 2024 A Quick Look Back
In 2023, SchoolhouseTeachers.com was pleased to have added thirteen new courses and twenty interactive iST courses, with plans to to bring you even more in the new year.
December 1, 2023
New units have been added to Loving Literature through Chapter Books, Everyday Explorers: Canada, and Drive Thru History: Bible Backroads.
November 1, 2023
New courses! The Here to Help Writing Center has been added, with six new courses to teach elementary through middle school writing.
A new unit study has been added to teach Study Skills and Notetaking Tips.
Thanksgiving Fun and Pilgrim Puzzles has been updated for the holiday season, with two new puzzles added. See the Fall Resources (American Thanksgiving tab) in Holiday and Seasonal Resources.
Bible reading plans have been added to Schoolhouse Bible for Grades 3–8. There are now Bible Schoolboxes for Grades 3–12.
October 1, 2023
Brand new course! Editing Photos with GIMP shows the process of correcting common photo issues such as red-eye or blurriness, as well as demonstrating more advanced creative techniques.
Returning course: Adventures of Carlos Caterpillar is again available for Preschool to Grade 3.
September 1, 2023
Brand new course! Introduction to Forensic Science investigates the process of testing or analyzing materials found at a crime scene.
Language Arts for Elementary: Key Skills has also been added for students in Grades 2–4.
August 1, 2023
Bible Backroads with Drive Thru History now has companion study notes (with answer keys) for all four Gospels, Acts and Romans.
The Tutorials page has all-new videos with the latest information on how to use SchoolhouseTeachers.com.
July 1, 2023
Brand new course! Bible Backroads with Drive Thru History takes students on a virtual tour through the landscape, history, and culture in which the first six books of the New Testament were written.
New Course! How to Use Microsoft Word: Beyond the Basics takes students through the ins and outs of the updated version of the software.
Focused Learning Centers for High School: The High School Help Center was completely updated, and the new Homeschool High School Graduation Center debuted.
June 1, 2023
A brand-new Focused Learning Center for Classical Education was created.
A new unit has been added to Loving Literature through Chapter Books.
A new math unit study was added: How to Cross Cancel Fractions.
May 1, 2023
A new unit has been added to Loving Literature through Chapter Books.
New unit studies added include Converting Units in the Metric System and How to Write a News Lede.
Updated courses include Civil Rights Movement.
April 1, 2023
Brand new course! Friendly Driver’s Ed has just been added as a high school elective to help students understand the inner workings of their car, driving safety, and ownership responsibilities. This course is designed to be taken in conjunction with your state's driving handbook and other legal requirements.
Updated courses include Kindergarten Social Studies.
March 1, 2023
The second semester of Intro to Calculus: Derivatives and Integrals is now available, which completes the course.
How to Do Research has been upgraded to a grade 4–12 course with content now included for the upper grades.
February 1, 2023
The third quarter is now available for Psychology: Learning about the Mind from a Christian Perspective.
North Carolina is the latest state added to Everyday Explorers: USA.
Red Wagon General Science for Middle School and Red Wagon Physical Science for Middle School now include optional experiment lists.
Paragraphs, Poetry, and Prose: Elementary Writing has a brand new answer key and updated lesson plan.
Links were reviewed and updated as needed in Before the Renaissance: Middle School World History and Special Needs.
Creative Writing and Classics-Based Writing courses: Each unit has been consolidated into a single file for easier printing.
January 1, 2023
Music Theory I & II has been updated. Each part of the course has been consolidated into a single file for easier printing.
There is a new literature Curriculum Guide in the Tenth Grade School Box to take students through the remainder of the school year with this suggested course: Selected Works of Charles Dickens.
December 1, 2022
Brand new high school math course! Intro to Calculus: Derivatives and Integrals provides students with a foundation in early calculus concepts. The first semester is now available!
Updated courses: Study of Original Sin, Great Musicians, College Choice Guidance
Also, Cruisin' the Country unit study has been updated. Check it out under "History, Geography & Social Studies" on our Unit Studies page.
November 1, 2022
Exploring God’s World with Second Grade Science is now complete! Satisfy your student's curiosity about the world around us with this text-based course filled with fun lessons and activities!
Story Skills for Reading Comprehension course is also complete! By taking stories apart and examining each piece, your student develops an awareness of story structure, which is important for both comprehension and for future writing skills. The course starts from the most basic parts of story structure and moves progressively to more advanced skills.
Exploring God's World with Sixth Grade Science, Fundamental Elements of Literature and Composition, and Introduction to Worldview and Philosophy have been updated.
October 1, 2022
Check out the new digital Parent Box, which organizes several of our Just for Parents resources into one handy guide you can turn to throughout the year for inspiration.
Book Lists for Families (formerly Monthly Book Lists for Families) has been moved to the Just for Parents section of the site. Dozens of book suggestions are arranged by theme for your family to enjoy all year round.
Alaska is the newest unit added to Everyday Explorers: USA!
Reading Remedies has been reorganized to make it even easier to use. Turn to this course for guidance to help you help your young or struggling reader.
Loving Literature through Chapter Books has expanded to eighteen units. Each book-length unit study will provide your family with the opportunity to read and explore a different chapter book. You can choose to study one or all of the novels included in the course. If you love literature, then this course is for you!
September 1, 2022
Psychology: Learning about the Mind from a Christian Perspective has its first semester available now.
For our younger students, Exploring God’s World with Second Grade Science completes our elementary Exploring God’s World series. The first semester is available now, with more to come!
Schoolhouse Bible has all four high school Bible reading guides available, and they have also been added to the School Boxes. The other grade levels will be added when editing finishes polishing them.
Our course for grades 10–12 has been updated and reorganized.
August 1, 2022
Our new Classics of English Literature
Loving Literature through Chapter Books has expanded to fourteen units. Each book-length unit study will provide your family with the opportunity to read and explore a different chapter book. You can choose to study one or all of the novels included in the course. If you love literature, then this course is for you!
Several of the Language Arts School Boxes were refreshed for the new school year. Third and fourth grades are still being revised based on new course offerings. They should be complete before September.
July 1, 2022
Both semesters of Basic Conversational Korean are now available! This course guides students through learning the Korean alphabet, as well as phonics, handwriting, vocabulary, grammar, conversational skill, and historical cultural facts.
Our full-year Story Skills for Reading Comprehension course takes your elementary student through multiple stories, examining the parts which make it interesting. Students learn about characters, conflict, plot, and point of view, among other skills. Those skills, in turn, lead to a deeper comprehension of the story being read. The first semester is available now!
New to SchoolhouseTeachers.com! Quigley’s Village combines entertainment with important character-building lessons to help children learn and grow. Designed for children ages 3–6, each video focuses on a particular value, like telling the truth, using an engaging story and a Bible lesson.
Unbreakable Faith: Assurance in a World of Unbelief, a new video-based course with accompanying quizzes, helps older teens (and adults!) discover an intellectually defensible and God-honoring worldview.
We have also added six more Torchlighters videos to our Lighting the Way history course:
has been completely updated! Thirty-six weeks of history lessons
June 1, 2022
The first semester of Basic Conversational Korean is now available! This course guides students through learning the Korean alphabet, as well as phonics, handwriting, vocabulary, grammar, conversational skill, and historical cultural facts.
Have you checked out Loving Literature through Chapter Books yet? Eight book-length unit studies are now available to provide your family with the opportunity to read and explore quality chapter books. More are on the way!
Washington state is the latest unit added to Everyday Explorers: USA.
Modern History for Elementary has been completely updated! Thirty-six weeks of history lessons include readings, puzzles, and activities that explore history from the founding of the United States through World War II. Students in fourth and fifth grades will also learn about global events such as British colonization, Russian history, and the history of Israel.
The 2022-2023 Schoolhouse SmartMama™ Planner is now available for download. You receive yours FREE as a SchoolhouseTeachers.com member using the coupon code provided in your Member Dashboard.
The Old Schoolhouse® has partnered with College Options Foundation to provide their Total College Success® subscription FREE to SchoolhouseTeachers.com members. Register for your free access using the link and access key provided in your Member Dashboard.
May 1, 2022
Brand new course for second through sixth grades! The staff of The Old Schoolhouse® have chosen their favorite books to share with you in our Loving Literature through Chapter Books course. Each book-length unit study provides your family with the opportunity to read and explore a different chapter book. Three book studies are available now, and more are on the way.
Michigan and Oklahoma units were recently added to Everyday Explorers: USA. Coloring pages are also being added to more of the existing units.
April 1, 2022
March 10, 2022
SchoolhouseTeachers.com is celebrating our tenth anniversary! Launched March 2, 2012, with eleven courses, we have grown to a full curriculum option for preschool through high school. Families can choose from over 400 courses, plus hundreds of additional resources, including curriculum guides that take the work out of planning your homeschool year. SchoolhouseTeachers.com has something for everyone in the family!
We are excited to announce the completion of our new Geometry in Real Life course. All four quarters of its content are now live on SchoolhouseTeachers.com.
Ditch the Desk has been fully updated for 2022.
We also have new video tutorials on the site. Microscopes with Sheila (on the Science Unit Studies page) shows us how to select and use microscopes in our homeschools. Each of our School Box pages now has a link to a Curriculum Guide Tutorial to show you how to navigate this amazing resource.
2021 Year in Review
Your membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com grew in a number of ways, including these courses:
- Schoolhouse Spelling course for Grades K–12
- Botany: Plant Science and Field Studies course
- Exploring God's World with Third Grade Science course
- All About the World unit studies for Grades 1–8
- Latin II course
- Geometry in Real Life course debuted its first semester, to be completed in 2022
- Members-Only Virtual Activities and Events
- Multiple courses received updated content, including Physical Science
July 19, 2021
Latin II is now available! Don't miss this great new course that takes students beyond Beginning Latin in verb conjugations, noun declensions, adjectives, and numbers. It is one of eleven foreign language courses available with an Ultimate Membership!
April 8, 2021
Congratulations to our Lesson Designer of the Year, Steve Rosenoff! Steve provides the seven Red Wagon science courses at SchoolhouseTeachers.com.
Honorable Mentions go out to Melissa Bontadelli, David Kimball, and Michele Peterson!
We are so blessed by the expertise and creativity all of our wonderful lesson designers bring to SchoolhouseTeachers.com. The comprehensive array of high-quality homeschool resources we offer is only possible through the generosity of each and every contributor the Lord has brought our way.
Please check out all the great courses provided by this year's award winners!
2020 Year in Review
Your membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com grew in a number of ways including:
- 13 School Boxes containing all the content needed for teaching every grade level from kindergarten through high school
- 124 Curriculum Guides that correlate objectives with the SchoolhouseTeachers.com Scope and Sequence for grades K-12
- 17 new courses
- New interactive content in two courses: American Folklore and Benjamin Franklin Writing Method
- Redesigned digital planner: 2020-21 Schoolhouse SmartMama™ Planner
- Fillable lesson plans added to several courses
- Mentor Moms to help you navigate SchoolhouseTeachers.com and new-to-homeschooling questions
December 11, 2020
We are excited to announce the launch of our French for All Ages course! The K-3rd version and Level 1 for grades 3-12 are now available. Additional levels and lesson plans are coming very soon. Check it out as you plan for next semester!
June 17, 2020
We launched a new middle school history course today: Expansion, Independence, and War.
We are so excited to share with you that SchoolhouseTeachers.com curriculum guides and virtual homeschool curriculum boxes are now available for K-12, already included with your SchoolhouseTeachers.com membership! If you want help planning your child's academic year, with everything organized and linked for you, as well as weekly and daily checklists, all correlated to our scope and sequence, then our curriculum guides and virtual homeschool curriculum boxes are just what you need. Look for them under "School Boxes" on the site's blue menu bar. Then, just open and go!
May 27, 2020
Interactive content is now part of the Benjamin Franklin Writing Method course! Lessons are broken down into manageable chunks that include links to additional content. Each day's assignments are clearly explained, with everything your teen needs for independent learning.
April 3, 2020
EIGHT new courses have launched for you today! Now you have 475 courses to choose from to meet the needs of every family member. Find them on the All Courses page: How to Write a Resume, Red Wagon General Science for Middle School, Red Wagon Physical Science for Middle School, Red Wagon Biology for High School, Red Wagon Chemistry for High School, Red Wagon Physics for High School, Red Wagon Human Body for High School, and Red Wagon Marine Biology for High School.
March 4, 2020
We have SEVEN new courses for you today! Check out Drawing in Pen and Ink, The Warrior Class: College Prep Apologetics, In-Depth Modern History for High School, Analyzing Science Fiction Literature from a Christian Worldview, Weekly Writing Challenge, Free Men and Free Markets: Government and Economics, and Seven Principles of Liberty: Government from a Christian Perspective, all on the All Courses page! We have also added Silly School Songs to our Unit Studies and More section.
2019 Year in Review
Your membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com grew in a number of ways including:
- SchoolhouseTeachers.com became a FULL PreK–12th grade curriculum
- 36 new courses
- Over 50+ new lesson plans
- New interactive content in seven courses: American Government, Drive Thru History: American History, Trek to the Holy Land, Geology, Drive Thru History: Ancient History, Bible Stories for Kids, and Wonders of the World
- New eBooks added to the World Book Online eBook Library
- Resources added to our Unit Studies and More section, including 16 eBook resources from World Book, Make Your Own Blanket in One Day, and Creation and Evolution Thoughts to Ponder, resources in Bible, Science, Language Arts, and Silly School Songs.
- SchoolhouseTeachers.com hosted our first “live” class with Patrick Nurre, our Dinosaurs and the Bible teacher and our geology teacher.
2018 Year in Review
Your membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com grew in a number of ways including:
- 68 new courses
- Hundreds of new lesson plans
- New interactive content in four courses: Dinosaurs and the Bible, American History for Beginners, Elementary Art, and Biology
- 26 new videos added to existing courses
- New eBooks added to the World Book Online eBook Library
- New SchoolhouseTeachers.com Community Forum, SchoolhouseFamilies.com
- Complete PreK–12th grade science program and music program
- Complete kindergarten curriculum
2017 Year in Review
Your membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com grew in a number of ways including:
- 48 new courses
- 9 enormous libraries of World Book content
- 4 new learning centers (career, Charlotte Mason, hands-on, and seasonal)
- Holiday resource page with 500+ lessons and activities
- Hundreds of new resources added to the Literacy Center
- Completely updated This Month's Menu PLUS a new vegan and gluten-free recipe section
- Converted the Daily Writing class into a library of writing prompts
- Completely redesigned This Day in History and relaunched with tons of new content
- Four summer contests
- New schedule builder tool
- New parent eBook library with more than 50 eBooks
- Spring Schoolhouse Expo
- A completely new site design with new navigation features
2016 Year in Review
Your membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com grew in a number of ways including:
- 123 new courses
- New Video Library
- Access to the World Book eBook Library
- Preschool Playground, featuring a complete preschool curriculum
- Literacy Center to help you teach your child to read in 101 simple steps
- New Scope and Sequence tool to help you know what to teach when
- New Tutorials section
- New Focused Learning Centers for Summer Fun, Fall & Thanksgiving, and Easter (with lessons and videos)
2015 Year in Review
Your membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com grew in a number of ways including:
- 78 new courses
- New Video Library
- Access to the World Book eBook Library
- New Focused Learning Center resources including ESL and Foreign Language, High School and College Help, Math, Reading, Science, and Special Needs
- New Christmas Corner with lessons and videos
2014 Year in Review
Your membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com grew in a number of ways including:
- 29 new courses
- Spring Cleaning of House & Home resource
2013 Year in Review
Your membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com grew in a number of ways including:
- 35 new courses
- AppleCore Recordkeeping system
- Library of printable achievement certificates
- 12 Days of Christmas Cheer & Encouragement
- Preschoolers, Preparation, and Peace Schoolhouse Expo
- 5-day Week of Encouragement Expo
2012 Year in Review
SchoolhouseTeachers.com debuted on March 2, 2012, with 11 courses and grew to offer 50 courses by the end of the year. We added course checklists at the end of the year to make it easier to keep up with the growing site.
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