What's in the Current Issue of Practical Homeschooling?
FEATURES
- The 2014 Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards™! Which 250 curricula and educational products did your fellow homeschoolers choose as the BEST?
- You've heard of "STEM" education. What is "STEAM"?
- Merit badges... for college?
- Common Core "literature": Why are they making it so boring? (BONUS: Lexile scores explained)
- Making history memorable: What one homeschool student learned by talking to senior citizens
- How to find the "best" curriculum
- See a Michigan homeschool family in action.
- Homeschoolers in the Olympics: Hear from some of your Sochi favorites!
- Sports scholarship offers to dozens of colleges? Yes, homeschoolers can get them. Read about one female volleyball champ's experience.
COLUMNS
- NEW COLUMN! Lawyer Antony Kolenc explains how to remove your child from public school mid-term, or put him back in, if necessary
- NEW COLUMN! Bess Wuertz introduces "Montessori at home"
- NEW COLUMN! Michele Lee reviews homeschool planning apps, plus shares a shortlist of some of the hottest new apps for homeschool
- Melissa Morgan goes through the pros and cons (and tips) for digital (or not) preschool
- Dr. Kuni Beasley explains how to make sure your homeschool is on the "college prep" track
- From best-selling author Janice VanCleave: some simple Newtonian physics experiments for kids
- Our classical columnist, Dr. Bruce McMenomy, with some thoughts about how not to go wrong when translating excerpts from a classical language
- Sam Blumenfeld shares the downside (and uses) of classroom technology
- Anne Wegener reminds us that struggles with Kid #1 lead to benefits for Kid #2, and so on
NEWS
- Guess who's unsocialized now? Three major studies show it's not homeschoolers!
- In memoriam, Ruth Beechick
SPOTLIGHT REVIEWS
- All About Spelling
- Visual Latin
REVIEWS
- A program that teaches kids money management
- How to teach Shakespeare to kids
- A CD with music from the "Little House on the Prairie" books
- How smart WAS ancient man?
PLUS...
- Contests for subscribers with awesome prizes!
- Envelope Gallery of kids' art
- Ads with special offers
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