According to the World English Dictionary, tinker means to play, fiddle, or meddle (with machinery, etc.), especially while undertaking repairs. I can’t think of a better description for Ed Sobey’s Tinkers Club on SchoolhouseTechers.com! Last month, Ed challenged us to explore the “junk” that is being thrown away all around us, take it apart, and

This month, the Homegrown Preschooler team of Kathy Lee and Lesli Richards brings you a new unit all about autumn and thankfulness. Help your preschooler develop skills in home life/social and emotional areas, math and manipulatives, art, science and sensory, language and literacy, outdoor and gross motor, and music with tasks such as setting the

Organics! What is the difference between organic and non-organic? What makes something organic, and how do foods earn the label from the USDA? And why do organic foods cost more than other produce? Join Jennifer Needham this month for Family Nutrition as she answers those questions and more in this month’s study of organic foods.

I am loving Michele Peterson’s Photography class on SchoolhouseTeachers.com! If you’ve been working along with her class, you’ve learned a LOT of great information about how your camera works and how to create an image with it. Michele has been leading us through the steps by relating them to cooking a bubbling pan of macaroni

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During the month of November, Marci Hanks is going to wrap up her series on writing dialogue in How to Write and Produce a Play and then introduce us to a new and important topic—incorporating action and movements. She will show us how to add stage blocking to our plays. And don’t forget, every month

This month, Greg Shone of French Essentials will help us learn how to ask what time it is and respond with the quarter hour, half hour, and the quarter before the hour. We’ll also expand our French vocabulary by learning the numbers 40-49.   In Spanish this month, Carol Henderson will teach us how to

Has your child entered the Children’s Story Book Writing Contest on SchoolhouseTeachers.com? It’s open to both members and non-members, so please stop by our contest rules page and discover how your child can take us “Back in Time.” The winning story will be animated by EZTales.com—and the winner receives a Kindle Fire Tablet.   Members