Rachel Ann Rogish and Sharla Orren have a brand new unit for you in Simply Shakespeare! Get your friends and family together and enjoy exploring The Merchant of Venice. Step into the vocabulary and learn what slubber means and discover some history behind the word falsehood. Plus, analyze, understand, and perform key scenes from this

The children begged me to have their own garage sale and lemonade stand recently. I knew the amount of work that it would take, and my weekend was already full, so I agreed as long as they did everything themselves. I knew they needed to learn their own lessons, but I had to fight the

Jason Lindsey’s Hooked on Science videos are new every Wednesday! This month we’ve enjoyed learning about the first and third laws of motion with the Turkey Baster Ping Pong Ball Launcher and the Pinwheel Balloon! Visit our Science page for more!   Have you seen everything we have organized and ready for you to use

  Bugs, bugs, bugs . . . I prefer that they go their way outdoors and stay out of my house (unless they’re safely trapped in a jar). And if I’m not feeling well, the last thing I want to see is a spider crawling down the wall or ants traipsing across the kitchen counter.

Everyday Easels began this month with a study of an oil painting by Auguste Renoir called Two Young Girls at the Piano, painted in 1892. Next, we took a closer look at a work of Chinese calligraphy, Grazing Horse by Xu Beihong, created with ink on paper in 1932. We’ll round out the month with

Did you know that Schoolhouse Spelling offers seven new word lists every week to help your children, no matter what grade level they are in, expand their spelling and vocabulary skills? Take a look at some of what we’ve learned this month:   Pre-K/K students have worked on the letter combinations of og, in, and

NEW this week! Sharon Watson brings a special summer writing unit to SchoolhouseTeachers.com. Join Sharon for an upper grade study of the technique of compare and contrast. You do it every day in life—but can you do it effectively in your writing? This is the important skill Sharon will explain to your students this summer.

This month, Cathy Diez-Luckie continues her journey through Historic Heroes and Heroines in her Figures in History class and introduces us to Francis of Assisi. Make a standing cutout, have fun with a coloring page, complete the conversation, and create your own work of art from an historic painting of this famous individual. I look

Step back in time to the Middle Ages and host your own Renaissance Festival! Let Inger Koppenhaver and Ditch the Desk show you how! You’ll start with crafts and make your own shield and flower head pieces. Next, you’ll plan your menu! From trenchers to caprese, Inger will talk you through your Renaissance feast (and

Just so you know, I’m not the “let’s grow a garden” type. However, something you might not know about me is that I graduated from college with a degree in Landscape Architecture; so I do like plants. My only suggestion when growing a garden is to . . . GROW BIG!!!! Nothing is as awesome

This month, Matthew Glavach brings you part one of his three-part series of lessons on how to enjoy summer reading with struggling readers. This month, Matt introduces his method of repeated reading that can help many readers, including those struggling with dyslexia, to read without frustration. Join Matt this summer and learn methods for helping