Homeschool World: News: What's in Practical Homeschooling #98?

What's in Practical Homeschooling #98?

PHS 98

FEATURES

College v. Career. Detailed advice on how homeschooled students can best prepare for each, and surprising info on the benefits and pitfalls of each option. Like all these articles, this is ONLY in the print magazine
Top 10 books to open high-school students' eyes
Top 10 books for high-school students (with some parental oversight) on friendship, sex (from a scientific and biblical viewpoint - what the media and sex ed curricula leave out), and love
Top 10 life skills resources for high schoolers
Top 10 documentaries all high schoolers should watch
Summer Camp roundup - benefits and choices
Having a Ball at Our Homeschool Prom - how this group did it. With handy list of themes for YOUR prom

COLUMNS

Classical education expert Diane Lockman tackles the most dreaded subject of all: research. Six steps to tracking down just what your student needs in the library to craft a great paper or debate speech.
Don Aslett, the world's #1 cleaning and time-management expert, reveals how to "design away" cleaning by the way you outfit your home
Best-selling science author Janice VanCleave introduces the joy of engineering
Melissa Morgan, co-author of Homeschooling on a Shoestring, shares inexpensive ways to introduce a preschooler to the world of work, so they will have an answer for "what do you want to be when you grow up" (it's never too early!)
Education expert Sam Blumenfeld has an "I told you so" moment as new research PROVES dyslexia is curable
New College & Career columnist Rodney Marshall explains how you can help your teen craft his or her own "mission statement"
MIT grad Bill Pride throws open the door to STEM careers. What's that? Science, technology, engineering, and math. Detailed career info and academic advice!
Homeschool author Rhonda Barfield has some very practical advice for those who think there can be a "perfect" homeschool.

NEWS

We told you "Common Standards" was just the first leg of a journey towards a national curriculum (which we will fight all the way, BTW). Find out who agrees.
Why some parents want to tattoo their children
What NY State is doing to halt the scourge of Whiffle Ball and Freeze Tag (we kid you not!)

REVIEWS

Latin's Not So Tough multiyear curriculum
Doorposts' curriculum for young gentlemen and ladies
Former Practical Homeschooling columnist Chris Klicka's book, published posthumously, on how to live and die like a man
Learning problems? What to do when your kid is "dyssed" (e.g., diagnosed with a disability)
How to guide and enrich your child's life with music
Boys: how to reach and teach them
Songs that teach the Beatitudes
Adventures in creative writing
A guided tour to 26 world languages
Fun games to develop fine motor skills
How-to-cook guide for kids

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