What's in Practical Homeschooling #78?

FEATURES

• We interview Jeff Myers, the "leadership guy"
• Why childhood obesity likely is NOT your fault, and some causes
• How one family manages to keep thriving across multiple generations
• A "regular" school day from a year-round homeschooler
• A homeschool team whose public service projects have won them over $35,000

COLUMNS

• Why raising two kids can be harder than raising a dozen
• Inexpensive physical education for your preschooler, by Melissa Morgan, co-author of Homeschooling on a Shoestring, shows how to do it.
• Canada's National Educator Literacy Award winner Michael Maloney on how to teach geography using the Direct Instruction method
• M.I.T. graduate (and holder of an M.A. in Math) Bill Pride demystifies middle school science.
• Education expert Sam Blumenfeld explains how homeschoolers can influence the political process.
• Jeannette Webb, recipient of the Presidential Scholar Distinguished Teacher Award, spells out how to plan the eventful junior year of high school.
• A homeschool graduate's testimony to her mom.

NEWS

• A "fishy" way to fight ADHD
• Posture tips to prevent "dowager's hump" (yes, it's becoming a problem in kids as young as 12)
• Is it possible to have a "diaper-free" tot?

SPOTLIGHT REVIEWS

• Middle-school science in a box
• A video biology course for Christians
• Worldview training for teens

MORE REVIEWS

• A new homeschooling book our reviewer loves
• Logic courses for home study
• Argumentation course just for homeschoolers
• New edition of award-winning phonics book
• Spelling helps for the Bee
• Book teaches high schoolers how to handle money
• Science kit
• Knitting kit

SOFTWARE REVIEWS

• Crazy Machines 1.5
• Gary Gadget: Building Cars
• Pet Vet 3D Animal Hospital

PLUS...

• Letters from our readers
• Contests for subscribers
• Envelope Gallery of homeschooled kids' art
• Ads with special offers