What's in the Current Issue of Practical Homeschooling?
FEATURES
- How to Get Caught Up This Summer. Detailed advice, including “curriculum prescriptions” for what to do when you’re WAY behind
- 3 new educational trends
- “Why we HAD to homeschool . . . for social reasons!” One family’s surprising story
- How to create your own unit studies — even if you aren’t quite sure exactly what a “unit study” IS!
- How this single mom uses summer to get her boys “on track” for fall. Follow her homeschool day.
COLUMNS
- Magda Jackson on how to invent games “on the spot” for your preschoolers that teach academics, physical strength, & character
- Attorney Anthony Kolenc is keeping an eye on why & how unneeded new homeschool regulations keep popping up
- Best-selling science author Janice VanCleave teaches kids about forces & work (scientifically speaking!)
- Bess Wuertz taps into Montessori methods to reveal how even young kids can plan your family’s field trips
- Melissa Morgan’s top tips about how to impart strength, balance, & coordination to your preschoolers
- College-prep expert Dr. Kuni Beasley reveals the top 10 things you need to know about the new ACT
- Anne Wegener helps your homeschool family get MORE out of your field trips (without spending any more)
NEWS
- Free summer engineering camp!
- New pre-ACT exam
- New college entrance exam takes on the ACT & SAT
- FREE new assessment for Kindergarten Readiness
- . . . and FREE K-8 grade-by-grade learning outline
SPOTLIGHT REVIEWS
- Workbook-based high-school biology course that breaks it down into bite-sized pieces
- DVD-based art instruction series for K-5 that’s especially strong on project skills
- Sam Blumenfeld’s final book indicts the public-school system. Did he get it right?
OTHER REVIEWS
- Gorgeous guide to nature drawing & journaling
- Now THIS is educational reform! Book encourages schools to consider kids’ happiness
- Backyard chicken raising made easy
- Chess masters endorse this “how to get started” book
- What can you do with LEGO bricks? More than you thought!
- Super helpful reference for English grammar
PLUS...
- How to get started in homeschooling
- Contests for subscribers with awesome prizes!
- Envelope Gallery of kids’ art, now with prizes as well
- Ads with special offers
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