SchoolhouseTeachers.com -- my REVIEW (after a year of use!) of this great resource

Last year, in the middle of the schoolyear, I was introduced to SchoolhouseTeachers.com and was so impressed with this collection of online classes for different ages of students. I reviewed it on my blog here and if you read it, you will notice that I was really impressed, in an OOH! AAH! kind of way :) Well, today I'm writing another review of it to share that after a year of use, I am still just as pleased with this great resource!


When you first take a look at SchoolhouseTeachers.com you will see that there is a huge amount of material on the site, courses for preschoolers through high schoolers (and some for parents, too!) When you look at the cost of the Yearly Membership I think you will be amazed at how reasonable the cost is for your family to use for the year. If you are familar at all with the prices of other online (single) courses, you will see the great value that this Yearly Membership offers for your family.

Last year I was excited to look through and anticipate the courses that my children would utilize.  Now after a year of use, let me tell you some of our favorites!

My daughter enjoyed the Geology course (she was in 7th grade last year). It is a good mix of video and audio as well as worksheets to accompany each lesson.

  

This year she's in 8th grade and has already finished the "Apologetics: Creation vs Evolution"

  

I really like the worksheets for the lessons--
it helps her to pay closer attention and she
can look back on them at a later time.

(kind of a slideshow format with video clips and audio accompaniment, and worksheets to go along with the lessons.  She enjoyed it and learned a lot, and it brought up some ideas that she was unfamiliar with, but will definitely encounter when she's talking with friends who are not of the same creation belief that she is. She is now moving onto "Addressing Cultural Issues," another in the Bible category.




She is also taking a health class, which is basically a read-something and fill in the worksheets--which is just what we needed for our curriculum goal for this year.

My middle son (10th grade) and my younger daughter (8th grade) are both working on spelling through SchoolhouseTeachers.com.  It is a basic spelling curriculum, learning the words, doing activities using the words, and being tested on them and moving on to the next lesson.  It seems to be working well for both of them. 

My son is also doing the "Economics" course, which is a mix of reading assignments plus other multimedia online resources.  It's a very youth-friendly course, and he seems to be enjoying it and learning too (he's used some of the concepts in his day to day talking about/debating things, so I can tell it's "sticking" :) .

The third SchoolhouseTeachers.com course my son is taking is a Bible course, the "Foundations for Teens" which is a series of video messages/lessons taught by many different teachers, dynamic, interest-catching videos of varying lengths (not too long though!) and then some evaluation/thought questions on the lessons.  Topics include things like: apologetics, identity in Christ, courage, who Jesus was/is, what Jesus said about ______ (lots of different lessons), decisions, and more.  All great applicable things for your teen (and you as well!)

SO...this is how our family is using it, and those courses are just a teeny part of the entirety of the SchoolhouseTeachers.com. I suggest you check out the site--look under "quick links" if you want to see all of the offerings.  If that big list of classes is too overwhelming, you can look by subject or age group.

This is an amazing resource, right??  Well, it's even more than what I've just described to you.  There is a connection with World Book, which your student can use to learn more about a variety of topics. When my daughter wants to learn more about just about anything, she checks this out first.  It is a searchable database and returns articles from World Book as well as different media related to the topic.

Other "extras" include things like an extensive video library. Some of the videos that are used in courses are ones that peole might like to view separate from the courses.  Some of our favorites are the Drive Thru History series. There is a parent section, with encouragement, courses for parents (think "how to parent your teenager", "On the homestead," and many many more.  There are lots of resources for parents as well--printable calendars, recordkeeping tools, menu planning, and more!

We've been using SchoolhouseTeachers.com for a year and really have not even scratched the surface.  The Yearly Membership  is an amazing value, even for the relatively little bit that we have experienced thus far!  I highly recommend it.  Really, whatever materials you are using to homeschool, this fits in the gaps so well, and you may find yourself creating your plan around these courses!  We're very pleased with it (obviously!) :) 

There's actually a really GREAT sale for the month of January (2018) for new members:

It's not just us who loves this resource!  To see what other homeschoolers think about SchoolhouseTeachers.com, please click on the link below!