What's in Practical Homeschooling #104?

FEATURES

• The smart (phone) way to curriculum shop
• Your vote is needed for the 2012 i-Learn Awards!
• When frugal is illegal: We help you avoid the "Copyright Trap"
• "What I Learned from Our Daughter's Wedding"
• In the Moodle: See how two online schools use the same system to provide two entirely different styles of education
• A day in the life of an "only" homeschooler
• This homeschooler is 12... and she wrote a book!

COLUMNS

• NEW! Dr. Kuni Beasley explains how to save a BUNDLE and get your college degree in half the time
• Felice Gerwitz leads you to bargain sources for what you need to get your business up and running.
• Melissa Morgan knows 20 ways to socialize your preschooler.
• Don Aslett, the world's #1 cleaning and time-management expert, helps you and your kids avoid two major life pitfalls.
• PHS publisher (and mother of nine homeschool graduates) Mary Pride reveals (1) how to tell if your child is an introvert and (2) how to make your homeschool introvert-friendly
• If your child earns a Congressional Medal, that is HUGE on a college application. Diane Lockman explains exactly how to do it.
• Best-selling science author Janice VanCleave has fun experiments that demonstrate how things fly.
• Education expert and historian Sam Blumenfeld offers more tips on how to become a published writer.
• Veteran homeschool mom Anne Wegener with some surprising thoughts on peer pressure.

NEWS

• New source of free textbooks
• In the future, could you "test out" of part of your college courses? One state university is giving it a shot.
• Why your teen should get a meaningful high-school internship
• Surprising benefit of 4-H membership
• For men in particular, a certificate might beat a college degree
• ACT wants every school in your state to start tracking kids towards a career... starting in kindergarten!
• New free information source for education researchers
• Two more good reasons to homeschool

SPOTLIGHT REVIEWS

• Notebooking series for Apologia's Young Explorers series
• Collection of book-based unit studies
• Art instruction made beautiful - a homeschool classic!
• Help for labeled children

REVIEWS

• Latin in the Christian Trivium
• Two books (by different publishers) that help prepare your child for success in high-school and college chemistry

PLUS...

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