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What's in Practical Homeschooling #81? 
 
FEATURES 
 - The eagerly awaiting 2008 Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards. Which 205 educational curricula and products were voted the best by your fellow homeschoolers?
 - What does it take to win our Cover Photo contest? Find out by viewing the entries that *almost
 - won -- with our comments about what could have been done to make each a winner.
 - A young homeschool family from Massachusetts and a homeschooled girl from Washington state both share their homeschool days
 - Sisters with perfect SAT essays -- at age 13. Two young teen sisters who serve as legislative pages. A Youth of the Year. And they're all homeschooled!
 
 
 COLUMNS 
 - Where are those helicopter parents coming from... and why middle-class kids are suddenly getting upper-class-style backup.
 - Homeschool author Joyce McPherson know how to make reading a party. Learn from her how to start and run a Mother-Daughter Book Club (with reading suggestions!)
 - Chores! How to teach your children to love them, by Melissa Morgan, co-author of Homeschooling on a Shoestring
 - Canada's National Educator Literacy Award winner Michael Maloney explains how geography affects history, and how this makes both subjects instantly 100 percent more interesting
 - M.I.T. graduate (and Ph.D. mathematics candidate) Bill Pride explains what math majors really do -- and outlines a high school course that SHOULD be taught, but never is
 - Education expert Sam Blumenfeld gives his reasons why every homeschooled child should learn public speaking
 - Tired of people asking if homeschooling prepares kids for the "real world"? Then you'll want to read homeschool author and speaker Shelley Noonan's interview with her son, a homeschool grad and Peace Corps member.
 - Jeannette Webb, recipient of the Presidential Scholar Distinguished Teacher Award and expert at getting kids into top colleges, lays out how to plan a successful freshman year of high school... at home
 
 
 NEWS 
 - Patrick Henry College's amazing new building opportunity
 - How much do American and Brit teens know about history? Shocking!
 - An ingredient you never want to see in your baby care items
 - Surprising facts about hearing loss in children
 
 
 SPOTLIGHT REVIEWS 
 - A new reader series from a major publisher
 - Two award-winning Latin curricula for young children
 
 
 MORE REVIEWS 
 - An adorable, easy to use, Christian preschool program
 - Learn graphic design at home with this excellent book just for homeschoolers
 - A book that helps you teach your children manners
 - Looking for service projects for your kids? Try this book!
 - A book of projects to turn daughters into Proverbs 31 women
 - Life lessons in competence, for kids
 - Teach your kids embroidery with this book
 - A "science museum in a book"
 - For the REALLY reluctant young mathematician... tempt him with baseball statistics -- specifically, fantasy baseball
 
 
 PLUS... 
 - Contests for subscribers 
 - Readers' opinions on important subjects
 - Ads with special offers
 
 
 WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? 
To find out about current offers and pricing, click on the link that describes you: 
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