Planning to Succeed

  With the right tools, our children can succeed, no matter their age. Starting a Micro Business for Teens with Carol Topp is designed to help teenagers learn about the world of micro businesses—what they are and what they can learn from starting one. Students will learn how to achieve a vision for a business
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Article Spotlight ~ Home Education from Parents with Special Needs Children – By Beth Mora

Click on the Article Below to Read   Article Spotlight~ *Even if you aren’t parenting a special needs child, derive lessons from the struggling parents of these children! *Learn to pace yourself to match your children’s pace and not judge their progress by that of others. *Extend a hand to a special needs family… both
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Practice Makes Perfect

  Okay, so maybe that’s not the greatest saying in the world. We will never be perfect this side of heaven, but we can better ourselves. Advanced Public Speaking with Bethanie Frank is a brand new course on SchoolhouseTeachers.com for middle and high school students. Various types of speeches will be studied, and students will
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Hurrah for the Hands-On

  Young and old alike can be hands-on learners. SchoolhouseTeachers.com has some wonderful courses that provide a plethora of projects for those hands. Take Computer Science/Programming with Chris Yust. The material in this course is geared for 6th-12th grade students in a self-study environment. Weekly printables with step-by-step instructions are provided for each of the
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Article Spotlight ~ Raising a Child with Asperger’s Syndrome – Valerie Colacchia

Click on the Article Below to Read   Article Spotlight~ *Need encouragement to raise your special needs child? *Be encouraged by this success story of raising a child with many different diagnoses! *You can successfully raise your child no matter what is ‘wrong’ with them: Tourette’s Syndrome, Asperger’s, allergies, Down Syndrome!
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Get it Write!

  Do you have a budding writer? Perhaps you have a student who doesn’t like to write. Either way, there are numerous writing courses on SchoolhouseTeachers.com that can help. Creative Writing with Carrie Daws includes 24 lessons geared toward middle and high school students. She discusses the idea of writing fiction, character and scene development,
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The Homeschool Minute ~ Struggling Learners/Readers

Struggling Learners/Readers The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine is YOUR trade magazine for family education. Stay subscribed to this newsletter becausethis is the place where we give FREE education gifts on a regular basis. Read the magazine anytime, 24/7, at www.TOSMagazine.com. It’s the Family Education Magazine! Hey Mama     Gena Suarez, Publisher of TOS Hey Mama,
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Getting Creative with Curriculum

  I didn’t know what I was going to do for science with my tenth grader this year. Based on his interests and career goals, the standard path of biology and then chemistry didn’t seem necessary. However, an engineer I talked with said that all science is interrelated and that chemistry may very well be
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