Joyeux Noël! Schoolhouse French Teacher Greg Shone wishes you and your family a Merry Christmas from Quebec, Canada. He is only one of four Schoolhouse Teachers joining us from abroad. Nature/Outdoors teacher Erin Dean of Canada brings you a month of lessons studying winter weather or lichens and moss for those in warm climates. Dr.
The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine is hosting a Christmas Photo Contest! Today’s photo entry: Christmas Wreath It is open to everyone* who wants to have some Christmas fun and a chance to win a prize daily, with a GRAND PRIZE at the end of the week! The prizes are all from Hal & Melanie Young, Award-winning
Beth Gorden’s Sensory Learning for Toddlers explores the letters M and N this month. We’ll discover M is for Music while we make our own musical instruments and even a musical bath! Then we’ll have fun with N is for Nursery Rhymes while we make puppets and crafts to accompany the stories we are reading.
This month in Art Techniques, Brenda Ellis teaches us how to paint holiday textures in watercolor, using any number of your favorite Christmas decorations! Transform a Christmas snowman or hanging ornament into a treasured work of art as you work through Brenda’s lessons step by step. Plus, Nancy Blue’s Beginning Violin students get to





