Free copy of recent TOS online edition

As a homeschooler I love to have good resources to encourage me in my journey with my kids.

One of the first thing I did before I even started homeschooling was to subscribe to The Old Schoohouse Magazine and I never regretted it.

The Old Schoohouse Magazine will be available digitally only starting in January 2012.   And to give you a taste of it, they are currently offering the most recent one for free online.  

Click on the image below to access it.  You can save it and upload it on your favorite e-reader.  I absolutely love to have mine on the iPad!  That way I can bring it everywhere I want to go. 

To get your own copy today, click on the cover below and voilà!

Enjoy the reading!

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

When I was considering homeschooling, someone told me about The Old Schoolhouse Magazine.    I wasn’t even homeschooling yet but I decided to get a subscription to familiarized myself with the homeschool world.   And let me tell you that I wasn’t disappointed whatsoever!

I am currently in my fourth year of homeschooling and I still receive The Old Schoolhouse Magazine.   Honestly I don’t know how I would go through the year without reading the encouragements and be inspired with the ideas found in this magazine. 

I absolutely adore this magazine and I am almost stalking my postman when it is the time of receiving the new edition.   (just kidding).    My only disappointment is that the magazine doesn’t arrive as fast in Canada.   There is always a delay… and when my friends are posting that they received it on facebook, I know that my magazine will be coming soon… just not soon enough for me *grin*.

Seriously though, if you want to have inspiring reading and encouragement in your homeschool, please consider getting a subscription.   It is also a wonderful gift to give to your homeschool friend or family member! 

Right now, when you subscribe you can get freebies.   Interested?   Please read below for more details on the deal!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Canadianladybug  

 

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The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine has been a favorite resource for homeschoolers for years. The pages of our magazine holds informative and encouraging articles written by homeschool educators and parents like you. Because we want to spread the news far and wide about homeschooling, we are on a quest to reach 25,000+ paid subscribers by the year's end. We have three fabulous options for a REALLY great deal on our magazine, as well as some freebies, until January 2nd!

Will you choose option A?

Option A is a one year subscription (normally $25) for $7.95 to anyone in the U.S. or Canada. What a great gift idea for only $7.95! Consider buying several subscriptions for friends and family members. AND, any $7.95 purchase will result in a GIFT for you--choose any digital TOS Planner--FREE.

Will it be option B?

We have lowered the price on the ONE YEAR subscription with the Cranberries & Cream tote and the E-Book: Cranberry Christmas, all for $19.95., U.S. and Canada only.

Or will you choose option C?

Finally, we are offering our two-year subscription (U.S. and Canada) on sale for $37 with Cranberries & Cream tote, a Schoolhouse Planner of your choice, plus the E-Book: Cranberry Christmas. 

Whatever option you choose, you get freebies and a great deal! So which option, and freebies, will you choose? A, B, or C?

All subscriptions will start with our beautiful, 200 page Winter issue. Offer good on new subscriptions, renewals, and gift subscriptions in both the U.S. (overseas military included) and Canada.

And remember, shipping is always free at the Schoolhouse Store! (U.S. only)

Bouquet of gifts from a wonderful magazine for homeschoolers.

Christmas during summer time!

The Old Schoolhouse is having a special Summer Bouquet of 19 gifts for whoever gets or renew their subscription with The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. But you need to hurry fast because there is only 5000 available.

Wondering what the gifts are?

1) SEARS offers a free 10x13 classic wall portrait a value of 34.98$ and no additional session fee.
2) Wildtree is offering one of three sample packages free – choose between Kitchen Staples, Kid 3) Friendly Meals or Decadent Desserts. Sounds Yummy don’t you think?
4) GreenLeaf Press is offering Handwriting by George a copybook based on George Washington’s own Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour! 10$ value for free.
5) Franklin Springs family media is offering a 20$ gift certificate which can allow you to buy one of their DVDs.
6) Apologia Educational Ministries is offering a 10$ gift card good toward the purchase of any Apologia product.
7) Advent Film Group is offering an online course titled Hollywood: Meet the New Christian Film Movement.
8) Games by Bea is offering a colorful math game that plays like Bingo. VALUE can be used by children from preschool through high school to learn, review, and master math concepts. And it can be family fun night too! How cool is that? A 15$ value.
9) Happy Kids is offering a free 12-month Personalized Photo Calendar. A 19.95$ value.
10) Barnum Software is offering The QuarterMile Math – a practice software for mathematics. A 39.95$ value.
11) A one-year membership license to ICANWRITEONLINE.COM. A 10$ value.
12) Wikki Stik is offering a bundle pack of six kinds of Wikki Stix plus and activity book. A 10$ value.
13) VisualManna is offering Teaching American History Through Art – Book on CD.
14) Library & Educational Services have free books for you in five different categories. These are not e-books. Your gift will consist of three or four books. Retail value of 25$.
15) Light Speed Home Video Learning is offering one free Light Speed Math Program – full-length DVD – shipped postage-free.
16) In The Hands of a Child is offering a free lapbook project pack on CD.
17) SueGreggCookbooks is offering a free Cooking With Children CD.
18) Digital Frog is offering a free biology software. A 49$ value
19) Daystar is offering 10$ gift certificate.
20) Barker Creek is offering two free skill-based activity e-books.
21) Finally, for the first 1000 subscribers – you will receive a handy drawstring muslin bag of sunflower seeds!
And to top it off – one of 50 random subscribers will win a free one-week membership to a participating Curves.
Subscribe now before this wonderful bouquet of gifts disappears…!!! Want to know more about each gifts? Click here.Want to subscribe to the magazine? Click on the image below to access the Bouquet Gifts!
The only sad part is that this promotion is for US citizen only!

A review for the digital version of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

When I first heard of the digital version of The Old Schoolhouse magazine, I was wondering why a digital version… I must admit that I like having a paper copy in my hands to carry around. I was also wondering what the digital version would look like. To my surprise I now see the numerous advantages of it.

To begin with, I am really impressed with the look and feel of the digital version. I instantly loved the format and the presentation. It is very easy to use for experienced and not-so-experienced computer users. Being an advanced user I checked all the different options.

When I clicked on the contents button, I found all the different sections of the magazine. When I selected one specific one, it brought me automatically to the section selected. The pages option however allowed me to see the whole magazine as thumbnails and select whatever page I wish read. No need to shuffle through the magazine and check the pages to find what I want to read. This is a definite advantage.

I really liked the search button which permitted me to look for something specific in the fastest way possible. For example, if I am looking for an article that contains the word “draw” in it, I type the word in the search field and click submit. The search functionality would bring me all the articles containing the word I typed in the search field. It’s easy, fast and reliable.

The links button lists all the links that are found on the current page. I especially love the convenience that the links are included in the page because if I see an advertisement I really like I can easily click on it and I go directly to the vendor’s website. How often have I seen a link in a magazine that I never followed up on? With the digital version, it is as easy as a click of the mouse.

An interesting feature of the digital magazine is the settings button which allows me to modify the view of the magazine. I personally like the two pages presentation which allows me to read an entire article on the screen at once.

I am very enthusiastic about the digital version of this magazine because of its numerous functionalities. One of them excites me a lot because I now have the possibility to share a specific article with a friend without having to worry about the logistics of lending out my hard copy. Finally, I like the option of downloading the magazine and keeping it on my hard drive for future reference. Other great features are bookmarking a page, printing a page, getting help, viewing in full page and the RSS Feed (which contains a summary of the magazine).

The help that is provided is totally amazing! The help section is done with videos which demonstrate and guide a user through all the different options of the magazine. It is well done and the information provided is very clear. To learn how to use a specific feature of the digital magazine, you simply select the specific video and listen to it.

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  Other advantages of having the digital version of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine would be:
• The fact that you receive it as soon as it is available. No need to wait on the postman to get your magazine, you get it directly in your e-mail.
• It is reasonably priced which will allow families who are on a tight budget to subscribe to this useful and wonderful homeschool magazine.
• It’s perfect for families who are environmentally conscious seeing as this edition is entirely electronic which eliminates the need for paper.
• Provides a format that is dynamic and easy to use, full of color and containing all the same information as the paper copy.
• And finally you even receive free gifts when you subscribe to the digital version!
  

In a nutshell, the digital version of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine is worth considering. It contains all the same information as the paper copy and is easy to use. I would strongly recommend giving this version of the magazine a try. You might be surprise how much you will enjoy it. To be completely honest, I will even consider switching to the digital version of the magazine when my subscription ends. It’s easy, fun to use and I just love the fact that I have access to all the links at a click of my mouse. I can honestly say that I am totally sold for the digital version of The Old Schoolhouse magazine!