TOS High School Planner, a review

In the past, I have written about the TOS Schoolhouse Planner. It’s a mega sized ebook with pages upon pages of forms to help you gain control in your homeschool. We don’t use each page, but we’ve availed ourselves of several of the pages over the past few years. Now we’ve moved into the realm [Read On]

Sharing About a New Online Magazine & Other Items

First off, I wanted to share about a brand new ‘magazine’ on the web.  Mrs. White over at The Legacy at Home is hosting The Christian Home with different categories where you can submit original blog posts each week.  She plans to post the magazine each Monday morning with submissions due by 5 p.m. EST [Read On]

“Black Friday” Sales for Homeschoolers

Every year, I am anxious to shop on Black Friday.  There’s always an item or two on super sale that I’ve been eyeing up earlier in the year.When we first started homeschooling, many of the homeschool specific vendors tried to do a Black Friday sale ON Black Friday.  A few of them had websites crashing [Read On]

TOS Magazine Promo Plus a Holiday Freebie

If you are already on the TOS special offers list, then you’ve probably seen this.  But, in case you missed seeing the emails, I thought I’d share with you here. I’ll start with the promotion they have running this week for the TOS Magazine subscription.    On Monday, November 15, the price for a one-year [Read On]

Time Sensitve Promotions from The Old Schoolhouse

Ever see about a sale, decide you wanted to share it with someone, and then you plum forgot about it until time was up?  Well, that’s happened to me more than I can to think about some days.  Or, rather, I’m often realizing after the fact that I missed out on a sale or opportunity. [Read On]

Planning for Middle School Students

I’ve written before about the TOS Schoolhouse Planner (2008-2009 version, 2009-2010 version, and the 2010-2011 version).  It’s a monster sized ebook with forms for schooling, forms for the home, articles by well known members of the homeschool community, recipes and more. Recently, TOS launched planners for specific grade levels AIMED at the students themselves. Our [Read On]

Sharing about Specials and New Things at the TOS Store

The boys and I arrived safe and sound in Louisiana.  More about that trip later.  I’ve just got a few minutes and wanted to share about a few things in The Old Schoolhouse. First off…. just through tonight, you can grab a 2 year subscription to the magazine for $19.95 with a cute cranberry tote [Read On]

Last day to save $5 on Fall Schoolhouse Expo

The first Schoolhouse Expo in May went so well, that they are back with another round this October (the 4th through the 8th).  Actually, there are even pre-show events planned (with one in just a few days on August 24th.) There’s actually 2 purchase options:  Attend Live OR the Expo to Go.  You save a [Read On]

2010 Schoolhouse Planner from TOS

Do you long for a little bit more organization in your house? Do your homschooling efforts need a little more direction? Does the thought of a new day planner have you dreaming of goals to set and a life full of rewarding opportunities? Well, look no further than the 2010 Schoolhouse Planner sold by The [Read On]

Tos Crew Review ~ Travel Kits

Do you, family members, or friends go on long trips? Have you heard the cry from a child asking “Are we there yet??” Maybe the introduction of a travel kit will make those long trips a bit more enjoyable for all involved.  Recently released by The Old Schoolhouse, Travel Kits A Simple Way to Bless [Read On]

TOS Crew Review ~ Travel the World June 2010 Module

As we await the beginning of vendor shipments, everyone on the Crew has been given the opportunity to review a TOS e-book. Some of us had a hard time picking one from the two choices. So, instead, we opted to do BOTH! Below is the review for the first product: Like other Schoolhouse Planner modules, [Read On]

TOS Magazine Spectacular One Day Sale

If you’ve been considering getting a subscription to The Old Schoolhouse magazine, but keep putting it off, then the one day special for today (July 1st) ONLY might be for you. Grab your subscription to The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine during their four-day Fourth of July sale, and check out the craziest price on July 1 [Read On]

Schoolhouse Expo coming back in the Fall

As I was going through my email messages, I found one from The Old Schoolhouse about a special discount rate to pre-order the Fall Expo package.  This time, they are offering either the Live format OR the “To Go” format.  Both options give you all the mp3 files to download a few weeks after the [Read On]

Another shout out for the TOS Homeschool Expo

Well, I am all signed up for the TOS Homeschool Expo and can hardly wait for it to begin. Thankfully, they know just how inpatient some of us can be and have their free ‘goodie’ bag stuffed full and ready to download just moments after you register. They also have a nice attendee ‘handbook’ to [Read On]

Sharing about an upcoming online expo and TOS sale

This just landed in my inbox and I wanted to share. I’m planning to ‘attend’ the TOS Homeschool Expo, myself. If you’re looking for homeschool encouragement, resources, and fun, check out all that is going on at The Old Schoolhouse! Right now March Madness and Win Big are going on in the Schoolhouse Store. During [Read On]

Grocery Contest and a few sales to share about

Would you like to win free groceries? I know that my growing boys are starting to plow through food like no body’s business. Some extra groceries would definitely help prevent the boys eating us out of house and home. Just visit Cozi and enter! For my homeschooling friends that either love to lapbook OR are [Read On]

Subscribe to The Old Schoolhouse™ Magazine for only $7.95!

This message just came in my inbox yesterday and I wanted to share. I love The Old Schoolhouse Magazine and love to see great specials for subscriptions. Homeschooling is a Labor of Love, and the Old Schoolhouse™ Magazine is celebrating your hard work as a parent by putting their one-year print subscriptions on sale! For [Read On]

Homeschooling, ebooks and copyright issues…

Copyright issues tend to be a hot topic among some homeschoolers, including myself. I’ll admit to having purchased used curriculum to find that someone had erased pages that were used. The ones I’ve bought usually had a couple of completed pages and then sat unused on the seller’s shelf. Typically, I knew that when purchasing [Read On]

Fantastic TOS Subscription Promotion in Full Swing!

I just renewed my print subscription to TOS magazine last week when I saw the 19 Free Gifts offer. Well, TOS has sweetened the deal even more adding 4 FREE issues to the pot. Almost makes me wish I had waited a week to renew ~ but the 19 Free Gifts just blew me away [Read On]

TOS Crew Reveiw – Schoolhouse Planner 2009-2010

Last year as part of the ‘audition’ for the TOS Crew, prospective crewmates were asked to review the Schoolhouse Planner that had just been published. You can read my review of it here. This year in an effort to kick off things and get our feet ‘wet’, the 2009-2010 TOS Crew been given the opportunity [Read On]

Old Schoolhouse Magazine Renewal Promotion

For just a few more days, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine is still offering 2 years for the price of 1 for renewals. Currently, I get both the digital edition AND the print and have to say that there’s nothing like having a colorful, glossy copy to tote about. Although, I do love having the option [Read On]

The Old Schoolhouse Memorial Day Promotion

We just returned from our trip back to Ohio last night. I’ve spent a little time this morning online trying to wade through the hundreds of emails that came in during our 4 day trip. One that jumped out at me is time sensitive and I wanted to share before heading out to return the [Read On]

One Day Sale on The Oldschoolhouse Magazine!

I know I’ve posted about this magazine before, but I have to say the value is just fantastic! The articles are great and quite varied. I don’t always ‘agree’ with each author’s viewpoint, but sometimes there are things to be learned in the different points of view. I definitely enjoy reading the unit studies for [Read On]

Preview of Molly Makes $5 Dinners and $3 Desserts

The Old Schoolhouse has been busily adding more ebooks to their collection. One of the newer series to hit the virtual shelves this year is under the pen name Molly Green. Molly’s the source for living frugally and surviving in difficult economic times. For some of us, the tips are things we have done in [Read On]

Ultimate Blog Party 2009

A fellow crewmate on the TOS Crew shared about this HUGE event and I decided to take a little time out of the week to participate. Not only can you find out about a TON of other blogs out there through this event, you can participate and possibly win a prize! If you’re interested in [Read On]

TOS Freebie this week

One of the companies I’m reviewing right now for TOS Crew is Write Shop. I’m not quite ready to post my review on the Story Builder products right now. But, I wanted to share that one of the products I am reviewing is free right now as a download at the Schoolhouse Store. World of [Read On]

Dropping in to share about a special on TOS Digital Edition

Our house has been visited by one of those pesky bugs that is refusing to politely leave. Hence, another reason for being quiet here on the blog. Although, I have several reviews for TOS Crew to post this next week which should increase my posting for a while. I did want to share about the [Read On]

Socialization eBook giveaway!!!

I’ve been blessed with an extra copy of The Old Schoolhouse’s new eBook, The Myth of Socialization: Dispelling the Rumors It is selling in the Schoolhouse Store for $12.45, but for one lucky reader it can be FREE. Here’s more about the book: In our new E-book, What About Socialization? Dispelling the Myths, veteran homeschoolers [Read On]

Fantasitc Sale on Old Schoolhouse Magazine this week

If you do not already subscribe to this magazine, then you might be interested in this offer which begins tomorrow. I just started getting mine in print format and wish I had subscribed when we started homeschooling. Plus, the customer service and free shipping on other products is fantastic. The Old Schoolhouse Magazine is having [Read On]

TOS November Module – Amusing Mathematics

A few months ago, I was given the opportunity to review The Old Schoolhouse’s planner. While it isn’t a product I personally would have bought, I am rather impressed with the monthly modules they are producing. This month’s ‘theme’ is math and the challenge is to bring some fun to your study of math. Anyone [Read On]