What's in Practical Homeschooling #108?
FEATURES
- 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
COLUMNS
- 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.
NEWS
- 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?
SPOTLIGHT REVIEW
- A writing curriculum that teaches your child to use words like tools
- A comprehensive sentence-diagramming approach to teaching grammar
REVIEWS
- A complete critical-thinking course
- Dog handling and safety training
- Fun preschool series
PLUS...
- Contests for subscribers with awesome prizes!
- Envelope Gallery of kids' art
- Ads with special offers
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