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Review: SchoolhouseTeachers.com

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I wanted to let you all know about a new feature at The Old Schoolhouse
Magazine-- Schoolhouse Teachers.


You may have noticed that the new digital version of  TOS Magazine is open access, meaning it is free to everyone now. There are even FREE apps available for iPhone, iTouch, iPad, Kindle Fire, and Droid. 


In the past, when you subscribed to the magazine, one of the side benefits was
the Teacher's Toolbox. We enjoyed  the Teacher's Toolbox, especially the freebie unit study each month, but we didn't really utilize it much more than that.


Things have flipped. While the magazine is free, the paid subscription service is now an updated version of the Teacher's Toolbox, called Schoolhouse Teachers.


But it's so much more than the old Teacher's Toolbox ever was.


One of the coolest features of Schoolhouse Teachers is that there are now real live teachers for several subjects who are providing lesson plans on a daily or monthly basis. You just log on and see what's there for the day or the month. It's easy peasy to use.


Here is a sampling of what you'll find for June's lesson plans:  

Kim Kautzer (WriteShop) teaches descriptive writing with her lessons on Describing a Season.

Cathy Diez-Luckie (Figures in Motion) begins a summer study on dinosaurs and fossils with hands-on activities.

Matthew Glavach (strugglingreaders.com) helps your struggling reader with Learning a Different Way.

Judi Munday (helpinschool.net) helps your special needs learner with When Your Child Continues to Struggle.

Terri Johnson (Knowledge Quest) is taking your students on a tour around the world!

Diana Waring (Diana Waring Presents) is the history teacher, and is introducing us each month to the different servant of the Lord in her history series, Life Lessons from Christian Lumanaries.

David Chandler (author, Homeschool Study Companion series) explains how to find areas without formulas for High School Math

Malia Russell (Homemaking 911) shares weekly Home Economics lessons for all ages.

Kimm Bellotto (In the Hands of a Child) combines lapbooking with art appreciation!

Adam Andrews (centerforlit.com) takes your students through a thorough literature study of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Joey Hajda (friendlychemistry.com) continues with his weekly Friendly Chemistry Lessons.

Joy Sikorski (singingmastermind.com) uses summer camp songs to teach weekly voice lessons in her Music class!

Carol Topp (homeschoolcpa.com) is leading an 8-week Career Exploration Class.

Trevor Mizrahi (Premier College Guidance) shares his expert advice on how to choose a college.

Mike Sims (nanocivics.com) shares weekly lessons on Chocolate Economics.

George Escobar (Advent Film Group) introduces lessons in Film Making, with his series, Discovering God's Stories.

Andy Harris (author,  HTML / XHTML / CSS All in One for Dummies ) shares lessons in Technology.


Be sure to click here to see the tour of the site. It will give you a great overview of how the site works.


Friends, all of this changes month to month with brand new lessons and it only costs $5.95/month. In fact, you can try the first month for just $1. 

In addition to the montly lesson plans, you also get all of the Schoolhouse Planners (releasing later this month) and all of the past Schoolhouse Expos on mp3, plus a new ebook dowloaded for free.




If you are a current subscriber of the TOS Magazine, you have been grandfathered in until your subscription runs out, so be sure to take a peek.You can email customerservice@thehomeschoolmagazine.com for your log-in information.


If you will be attending the 2012 CHEK Family and Homeschool Conference, June 22-23, be sure to stop by the TOS Vendor Booth to receive a 3-month subscription FREE, with no strings attached!
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