• Can homeschoolers participate in public-school sports? We answer this question state by state
• What, exactly, you need to do for your high-school student to qualify for college sports teams & athletic scholarships
• A sport for kids who aren't sporty

• Nominate your favorite online and computer-based curriculum in up to 41 academic categories, and maybe win a prize worth $139!

• In memory of Samuel Blumenfeld
• How your kids can make the most of a volunteer experience
• "Is homeschooling fair?" Mary Pride answers this question
• "How we homeschool" diaries from a Texas family that moved from the city to the country, and a Navy family that lives in Florida

• Sam Blumenfeld's final column for us shares, from his personal experience as a student "back in the day," how the teaching of geography has changed over the last 80 years
• Bess Wuertz shows & tells how to purchase or create your own materials & lessons for Montessori geography at home
• Michele Lee reviews 16 apps that help you teach art
• Melissa Morgan helps you tame your tot, with great tips about how to teach social skills to the very young
• From best-selling author Janice VanCleave: science facts & activities about the "Bronze Age"
• Anne Wegener explains how we can teach our kids selflessness by encouraging them to volunteer

• National Core ART Standards? Seriously?
• How your homeschool group can get free materials and practice dolls to teach your kids the Heimlich maneuver
• "Educational innovation" for private schools sounds a lot like homeschooling
• Robot teachers . . . coming soon to a classroom near you!

• You've heard of Susan Wise Bauer's "Story of the World" series. Now we review her new "History of the World" series
• How to get kids who hate history, but love fashion, interested in history after all

• A book about real-world activities for preschoolers
• Inside the mind of a kid with ADHD
• Book of especially good science experiments
• A "pick your path" story book for special-needs kids, about how to make good decisions
• Game that makes learning Spanish more fun

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

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