What's in Practical Homeschooling #100?

FEATURES

• Why we have published PHS for 100 issues - and what we offer for your future success
• Homeschooling Yesterday... and Tomorrow. Six top homeschool pioneers and leaders share some surprising insights.
• "Something Funny Happened on the Way to Our (Homeschool) Forum." Practical tips and benefits of creating an online forum for your co-op kids.
• Homeschooling's finest political hour... and why we need to remember that what we did before, we can do again.
• The latest ACT exam results - including those for homeschoolers
• Our readers share their opinion of PHS's "dense and chewy" format (meaning more information in a format that gets right to the point) vs. the "light and fluffy" style favored by some others
• She homeschools AND runs a home daycare. How does this mom do it?
• Success story: award-winning homeschooled harpist is just 9 years old

COLUMNS

• Classical education expert Diane Lockman shares 2 ways folks from unprivileged backgrounds can give their tots the same vocabulary boost as those from Ivy League families
• Don Aslett, the world's #1 cleaning and time-management expert, explains how to sidestep interruptions before they derail your homeschool day
• Best-selling science author Janice VanCleave with a lesson on how to teach about color science (roses are red, but WHY are they red?)
• Melissa Morgan, co-author of Homeschooling on a Shoestring, helps you jumpstart your little ones' work ethic with 20 Top Tips on Chores Toddlers Love
• Education expert Sam Blumenfeld reveals a simple method that could provide you material for your own book someday
• Homeschool author Rhonda Barfield has the answer for extracuricular burnout

NEWS

• September is a special month for THIS important activity
• And for THIS one
• Youth Science Day in October - where to find online lessons
• Just how ready are American high-school graduates for college?

SPOTLIGHT REVIEW

• My Father's World K-12 curriculum

REVIEWS

• Latin course on DVD teaches phrases right from the start
• Notebooking, timelining, and mini-bookleting your way to greater retention
• Classical astronomy: the part of the medieval Quadrivium nobody teaches today. Unless they have this course.
• What do you do after you graduate your 10 kids from high school at age 12 and from grad school at 16? Among other things, you write this book.

PLUS...

• Contests for subscribers with awesome prizes!
• Envelope Gallery of kids' art
• Ads with special offers