• Our 2013 i-Learn Awards: find out which software programs and curriculum websites your fellow homeschoolers consider the BEST, in dozens of categories!
• Everyone's talking about the new Common Core standards for curriculum. What are NONE of the articles and blog posts telling you?
• Homeschool Methods: what they are, where they came from
• More Top Questions New Homeschoolers Ask. Answers to your most commonly-asked questions!
• The Joy of Backyard Chickens. What your children can learn from raising chickens, from egg to hen
• Dealing with an Empty Nest. Your son or daughter is leaving for college or career? This is a big emotional step for them... and you. What you can do to make it as painless as possible.
• Homeschool team has success at the prestigious ExploraVision contest
• An Arizona homeschool family shares a day at their house.
• Nominations ballot for 2013 Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards

• Melissa Morgan unlocks the secrets of reading readiness.
• Dr. Kuni Beasley reveals 12 things parents don't know about getting ready for college applications.
• Best-selling author Janice VanCleave teaches kids how colors are made.
• New columnist Dr. Bruce McMenomy shows how to save $100s on intermediate to advanced classical-learning tools.
• World's greatest cleaning and decluttering expert Don Aslett provides "cowboy motivation" for our sons to help clean up the house.
• Education expert Sam Blumenfeld explains why cursive handwriting should NOT disappear, and how to solve some common handwriting problems.
• Anne Wegener reminds us how to see our children through their own eyes.

• College credit... by working for the right company
• Scary facts about trends in diagnosing and treating ADHD
• Safe email pen pals
• Is School-to-Work resurfacing?

• A writing curriculum that teaches your child to use words like tools
• A comprehensive sentence-diagramming approach to teaching grammar

• A complete critical-thinking course
• Dog handling and safety training
• Fun preschool series

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

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