8 Reasons to Join Schoolhouse Teachers ~ The Organized Homeschooler

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Schoolhouse Teachers offers an affordable homeschool education for many families. They provide quality homeschool courses that can be mixed and matched to create a custom education. There is something for everyone!

A single membership comes with plenty of bonuses that are useful to homeschool families.

There are quite a few reasons to join Schoolhouse Teachers.

Reasons to Join Schoolhouse Teachers

1. One Fee for the Entire Family

Schoolhouse Teachers only charges one membership fee per family – regardless of how many people are in the family. This makes this site a tremendous value for large families.

There is something for everyone – preschool, elementary, middle, high school, and even parents.

2. Core Curriculum Options

Core curriculum courses are the ‘traditional’ school subjects – math, language arts, science, and history. In my experience, these subjects tend to be the most expensive when purchased individually. Selecting core curriculum courses on Schoolhouse Teachers can save a ton of money.

Schoolhouse Teachers offers a huge array of core curriculum options for all grade levels. Many classes offer a sample so you can make sure that it is what you are looking for before devoting much time.

The classes are all included in the membership fee, so try out as many as you like!

A few of the current offerings include:

Analyzing, Understanding, and Exploring Literature (6th – 8th)
Benjamin Franklin Writing Method (7th – 12th)
Algebra I (8th – 9th)
Doodles Do Math (4th – 6th)
Precalculus (11th – 12th)
Animal Science (8th – 12th)
Everyday Astronomy (3rd – 5th)
America in the 1800s (4th – 6th)
American History in Picture Books (1st – 5th)

3. Wide Variety of Electives

Electives are the icing on the curriculum cake. They include student favorites such as art, music, computer skills, and geography.

Having a wide variety of electives available means that kids can try out a plethora of options. They can study whatever interests them at the time.

A few of the current elective options include:

Drawing with Realism (7th – 12th)
Web Game Design (7th – 12th)
Fun with Cooking (2nd – 6th)
Image Editing and Creation (6th – 12th)
Ayo’s Awesome Adventures Around the World for Kids (2nd – 4th)

Moms, you are included in the family membership, so you can take courses too! If you have ever been interested in learning photography or boosting your computer skills, now is your chance.

4. Customizable Schoolhouse Planner

A good planner that fits your needs is an essential part of having an organized year. Having everything – your lesson plans, park days, doctor’s appointments, meal plans, and personal project goals – all in one spot keeps things from falling between the cracks.

This planner is fully editable and downloadable. Just print the pages that you will fit your needs. You can use these pages to create your own DIY homeschool binder.

Here is what the planner includes:

Calendar
Planning pages
Evaluation forms
Reading logs
Report card forms
Handwriting pages
Notebooking pages

5. Student Schedule Builder

This custom student schedule builder will help keep your kids organized and on top of their lessons.

Edit the schedule to fit your students and their courses. List all of the assignments and tasks you want your student to do each day.

There is both a weekly option and a 9-week option, so you can choose the option that works best for your family. Or use both! I would use the 9-week page to keep track of longer goals and projects. The weekly option is a good place to note the daily lessons.

This is great for students who are able to work fairly independently or for moms who want to / needs to keep a detailed lesson plan.

6. Recordkeeping with Applecore

An Applecore Silver subscription is a fantastic bonus to a Schoolhouse Teachers membership. If purchased alone, Applecore is $45 each year, but it is included in memberships at no extra charge!

Applecore is a complete homeschool record-keeping tool. It records attendance records (I don’t know why states still require this . . .), grade reporting, report card creation, and portfolios. An annual Schoolhouse Teachers membership also includes a transcript builder.

This is a great way to keep all of your homeschool records in one place, which is incredibly helpful if your state requires submitting records each year.

7. Monthly Menus

Tired of coming up with new recipes all the time? Schoolhouse Teachers has 12 monthly menus – one for each month! Everything is already planned. Just click the daily link to go straight to the recipe.

Recipes include snacks, breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts, and drinks.

There are also gluten-free and vegan recipes available.

8. Achievement Certificate Library

The certificate library includes 6 printable achievement certificates. Some kids love receiving certificates. They find them motivating and feel a sense of satisfaction when they receive a certificate.

Achievement certificates are also great to put in annual homeschool portfolios after completing an activity or unit study.

The certificates available include:

Course certificates for Schoolhouse Teachers courses
Pre-K / Elementary certificates
Special Activities
Graduation certificates
Themed certificates
General certificates

Signing up is easy! Sign up online and choose your membership option. Depending on the age of your kids, you can choose between a pre-k -8th membership or a pre-k- high school membership. Both memberships contain material for parents. The only difference is whether they include high school content.

There are multiple payment options, so you can get the right deal for your family.

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8 Reasons to Join Schoolhouse Teachers