Managing Home and Harvest
Monday, 23 June 2014
Do you have an abundance of fruit and vegetables from your garden? Do you want to take advantage of the great prices at the local farmer’s market but don’t want to waste the food you buy? Think about canning as a way to preserve the fresh bounty. If you’ve never canned before or you need
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Tinkers Club and Statistics
Saturday, 21 June 2014
Every ten years we must fill out a census form. Every election has exit polling. Television shows continue or are canceled based in part on the ratings. Find out how these numbers are gathered and used, as well as demographics and samples, in Kathy LaPan’s Statistics course. She does a great job of helping students
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Important Note on Geography Course
Friday, 20 June 2014
SchoolhouseTeachers.com note: Tyler Hogan’s Geography lessons will remain posted on our site only through June 30, 2014. After that date, per previous agreement with Bright Ideas Press, the lessons will come off our site and no longer be available. We hope you will enjoy these lessons to the fullest extent through then; they have been a part of SchoolhouseTeachers.com
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What Do You Have in Common?
Thursday, 19 June 2014
Learning another language is a great way to discover another culture and find out what you have in common with children from other countries. SchoolhouseTeachers.com has a number of different language courses available to members. Some of them are currently active, and others are complete but fully accessible. One of these courses is French with
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Make a Joyful Noise
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Music doesn’t always have to sound good to be joyful, but wouldn’t it be great if it sound good, too? Join Michelle Martin for part II of her Music Theory course and learn about the elements of music, markings within music, notes and rests, the major scale, intervals, and more. An outline for the next
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The Written Word is Wonderful
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
For Lapbooking this month, Niki Coburn McNeil’s lesson on The Selfish Giant is geared toward early elementary children, though older children will probably enjoy hearing the story and completing the activities. Consider having older children read the story each day to the younger ones. The lesson plan is a bit different as it is not
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Don’t Forget Your Daily “C”!
Monday, 16 June 2014
Are your kids getting enough “C”? SchoolhouseTachers.com makes it easy for them to get their daily supply. Under the Dailies tab, you can find Everyday Copywork. Fathers are the focus for June. Your children can practice their printing and cursive writing skills while learning the poem “What Makes a Dad” and “Hush, Little Baby,” a
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Exercises for the Summer
Saturday, 14 June 2014
Are you looking for simple ways to continue with school during the summer but not be burdened by an entire day of school? SchoolhouseTeachers.com has many different class options that are continuing throughout the summer. Let your children pick a couple that sound interesting and dive in. If short math exercises are what you are
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