What's in the Current Issue of Practical Homeschooling?
FEATURES
- GETTING READY FOR COLLEGE: 5 free resources for applying to college, plus 12 things most kids never learn (but should) before going to college
- Go on a journey inside the heart of a homeschool student, to find out how our kids want us to teach them
- When it’s time to change the curriculum, when the problem is your child’s attitude, & how to tell the difference
- A team of homeschooled kids ROCK Kickstarter with their innovative new product
- Answers to 9 more of the toughest questions homeschoolers ask, including what to do when young children struggle with academics & how to get kids to behave in public.
- Common Core spreads its tentacles towards post-secondary education & the workforce — what should we do?
- A diary from a homeschool mom who is persevering despite a difficult family situation
COLUMNS
- Lawyer Antony Kolenc explains the rules, regulations, and resources for homeschoolers learning to drive
- Sam Blumenfeld shares, from his personal experience as student “back in the day,” how the teaching of grammar has changed over the last 80 years
- Bess Wuertz shows & tells how to purchase or create your own materials & lessons for Montessori nature study at home
- Michele Lee reviews simulation apps, for when reality is too difficult or messy
- Melissa Morgan helps you have great FREE preschool lessons, using the real world as a resource
- From best-selling author Janice VanCleave: science facts & activities about the “Stone Age”
- Mary Pride makes the case for mother love
- Anne Wegener knows we love our homeschool methods . . . and when not to overdo it
NEWS
- Showdown over high-stakes testing
- Looking for online driver’s ed?
- Free at-home scoliosis test
- Free Congressional Medal of Honor curriculum teaches about commitment, courage, patriotism, integrity, sacrifice, and citizenship
- Water-safety checklist for children
- Report on how soon today’s kids are allowed to become independent in various ways
- UNESCO report on the state of public education worldwide
SPOTLIGHT REVIEWS
- Gentle, Charlotte Mason-style language arts for preK–12
- A unique, easy-going way to introduce your whole family to Spanish
REVIEWS
- How to build your own website
- Easy projects to explore flight and physics
- Math practice help
- Physical education activities for home and co-op
PLUS...
- Contests for subscribers with awesome prizes!
- Envelope Gallery of kids’ art
- Ads with special offers
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