Switched-On Schoolhouse^® Features

Switched-On Schoolhouse makes homeschooling easy and fun. Here's a list of curriculum features:

Quick Installation
With a few clicks, Switched-On Schoolhouse is loaded and ready to use.

Automatic Grading  (See Now)
Parents can easily keep track of student scores, assignments, grading needed to be completed, and preview assignments. This wonderful time-saving feature gives parents more hands-on time with students and less time with paperwork!

Daily Work Report  (See Now)
Track your student's day-to-day progress with this handy report tool! Parents can quickly view daily student activity, promote student accountability, and print valuable records for documentation.

Revised Content  (See Now)
Unlike traditional textbooks, Switched-On Schoolhouse brings your child up-to-date information, more activities, new problems, and text changes.

Customizable Homepage Themes  (See Now)
Add your personality to SOS! The MiSOS theme lets students and parents pick colors, add photos, rearrange homepage applications, and create their own theme. Internet-ready users also can enjoy RSS feed options, as well as one-click access to a search engine tool and other resources.

Enriching Games  (See Now)
Exciting learning activities help students grasp difficult concepts with fun, colorful, educational games. Games include Farmer Frank, All Right, Alpha 14, and Spelling Bee.

Custom Curriculum and Projects  (See Now)
Parents can customize curriculum by combining, adding, or removing units and assignments. You can also create additional exercises like field trips.

Advanced Lesson Planning  (See Now)
Put away that bulky lesson planner! Each child can have a personalized lesson plan to pace him correctly and it can be modified day-by-day if needed.

Book Reports  (See Now)
In grades 3-8 of Language Arts, student projects feature genre highlights, book lists, and links to additional resources.

Message Center  (See Now)
Switched-On Schoolhouse allows you to attach messages to each problem or add instructions for your child in a personal electronic mailbox.

Built-in Calendar  (See Now)
The calendar features allow you to assign/unassign school days, exclude date ranges, and add/remove events like field trips or holidays.

Video Clips  (See Now)
Integrated into the curriculum, videos give students an up-close look at subject topics.

Printing Options  (See Now)
Students or parents can easily print entire assignments, lessons, problems, records, and vocabulary lists.

Resource Center  (See Now)
A calculator, interactive periodic table of elements, and a dictionary are provided for student convenience.

Voice Automated Lesson Text  (See Now)
With this "text-to-speech" feature, students simply choose a passage or the entire lesson and have it read aloud to them.

Highlighting Tool  (See Now)
Students can choose colors and highlight text for easy studying. (This feature is only available in the homeschool version.)

Help Button  (See Now)
This feature offers specific assistance for working different types of question formats.

Practice Lessons
This tool within the curriculum walks students through a lesson and explains different functions so they understand how the curriculum works.