SchoolhouseTeachers.com (A REVIEW)

Disclaimer: I received this product free through the homeschool review crew.

I have been exploring and planning homeschool lessons for the rest of this school year with the SchoolhouseTeachers.com Ultimate PreK-12 Annual Membership! It is exciting to have so much curriculum available at my fingertips and with the click of the mouse. There are hundreds of courses to choose from for every level and subject. There are unit studies, streaming videos, and even the World Book online! It's a one-stop online homeschool curriculum library. My favorite features are the complete curriculum school boxes (by grade level), the access to art courses from ArtAchieve, the holiday and unit studies, and the streaming videos.

What is the Ultimate PreK-12 Annual Membership? It's pretty much homeschool for your whole family. If you just had this resource, a library pass, a printer, and possibly a few school supplies you would be set for the school year. All of the lessons are accessed via the internet, so I guess you also need a computer and an internet connection too. Oh, but don't think this is online school, it's not! It's a collection of lesson plans and printables that can be completed at your desk or table at home. The computer will still be a valuable resource though for many of the lessons.

The SchoolhouseTeachers.com website

The first look at the SchoolhouseTeachers.com website can be a little overwhelming. There are so many choices to start with. The courses and content are sorted in so many different ways. Thankfully I am able to search by subject or by grade. I find those two options the easiest to start with. Once I decide on a course there are lesson plans and schedules available. 

One of the first subjects I checked out was art. I love art and when there's a section for art I'm always curious to see what's offered. I quickly discovered that I want to do too many of them.

Art Courses for all ages. I can also search for art courses for a specific grade level.

Soon I discovered that there were lesson plans and access to one of my favorite art websites, ArtAchieve. These lessons integrate other subjects into the art projects like history, literature, science, and many more. I am thrilled to have access to these lessons.

The lesson plans for the ArtAchieve course.

One thing that I really like about SchoolhouseTeachers.com are these curriculum boxes. They don't really come in a box, but they are laid out with each subject and directions for what to do each day. Kinda like what you'd get with a boxed curriculum. I looked at the content for my 4th grader (we haven't used it yet because this review was during our Christmas break) for the rest of the school year, and I am really impressed. These are well thought out and have a lot of great resources. I don't always like to use boxed curriculum, but I am looking forward to using parts of this for my 4th grader for the rest of the school year.

The Fourth Grade Curriculum Box includes all subjects and lessons for a 4th grade level.

I have printed up all the math lessons for my 4th grader to try out starting this week. I love that it is broken down by weeks and days.

4th grade math lesson plan and curriculum guide.

One of the things that I did get around to using from the SchoolhouseTeachers website was the holiday stuff. I started out by checking out some of the advice for parents in a "12 days of Christmas encouragement" for parents. I read a few of the articles and it helped me bring the holidays into perspective.

One of the encouragement for parents articles I read for Christmas time called How do you Opt Out of Christmas Stress by Angela Fitzgerald.

As you can see there are tons of resources and so many things to choose from. It really could keep you busy all year long! It can be used as a full curriculum or as a supplement! The review crew all got to choose how they wanted to use it with their families, so if you'd like to see how other families used it click on the banner below!