Bring a group of colorful creatures to life on your drawing paper this month with Brenda Ellis’ new lesson on creating a drawing with colored pencils. For this month’s focus, Brenda chose a group of fish she photographed at a local pet store. Brenda will walk you through the steps of selecting the subject for

Its name is synonymous with fear. It has been the villain of countless plots. It is arguably the most infamous of the dinosaurs. Who is it? It could be none other than Tyrannosaurus Rex. Join Figures in History teacher Cathy Diez-Luckie for her August unit on Tyrannosaurus Rex and create a paper standup cutout of

Here’s the Familyman’s Guide to Picking the Perfect Curriculum for Your Homeschool (drum roll, please): pick what you like and what works for your family.   If your kids like unit studies, but you don’t . . . then don’t use unit studies. If your kids like to read living books, and you do too

India is a land where everything comes in big numbers. Almost 50 different cities have populations of over 1 million people. More than 2,500 different people groups speak over 400 languages. One of its national symbols, the tiger, is the largest member of the cat family. Join Safari Saeed on his trade route safari across

Have you ever purchased curriculum because it claimed to have all you needed for your baby up through your high school student? Then, you find out that it’s just too complicated or that you still need something more. Frustrating, isn’t it? But, we choose to believe the “perfect curriculum” idea just in case it’s really

Whether it’s counting down to a detonation or a deadline, ticking clocks are known for inspiring fear in the hearts of men and women alike. Help your soon-to-be college student prepare for taking timed tests under pressure with Denise Ames’ College Choice Guidance lesson this week. For one week each month, Denise focuses on how

There are DOZENS of ways to save on homeschool products you love in our TOS Family Discounts Program including 15% off WonderMaps by Bright Ideas Press, 15% off existing eBooks at In the Hands of a Child, 20% off at LitWits, $10 off Music 4 Little Learners, and much more like discounted tickets to the

Are you ready to walk through the pages of history and see what was going on in August during 1780, 1851, or 1961? Explore a little piece of history every day with This Day in History on the Schoolhouse Dailies tab. We’ll meet the man credited with inventing the home sewing machine, witness the building

PreK-K Schoolhouse Spelling is back! Today we’ll start the first list for the new school year and work on four words that all use the letters at. Plus, we’ll have brand new flashcards in a video to help us “see” the words while we are learning how to spell them.       Bonnie Rose

Summer reading is a pastime many parents and children alike enjoy. But what do you do if your child struggles with reading? Dr. Matthew Glavach has spent years helping children and parents find ways to enjoy reading together. This month he shares ways to build on the repeated reading method he introduced in June. If

Our homeschool mission: survival. Of course we’ve never written it down, but it pretty much stays at the forefront of our thinking each day.   Actually, I guess we do have a mission . . . or at least a reason why we homeschool. It’s the same one that I will be talking about when I speak to a

Grammar often doesn’t rank highly on students’ lists of subjects to study—or on parents’ lists of subjects to teach! Thankfully, teaching grammar doesn’t have to be tedious or dull. We’ve got some ways for you to spice up your grammar study in the most unexpected of places. This month’s Monthly Reading List from Michelle Miller