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Howard and Susan Richman

Howard and Susan Richman


Former columnists for Practical Homeschooling Magazine.

Howard and Susan Richman have four always-homeschooled children, two in college, and have written several books about homeschooling, including Three R's at Home. You can visit their web site at www.pahomeschoolers.com.


Homeschooling Articles by Howard and Susan Richman

Homeschoolers and Advanced Placement Advanced Placement exams can have great benefits for a homeschooler's college career. Find out how it works and how to find an online course.

How to Teach Your Children Not to Plagiarize Plagiarism can destroy a student's future life. Here's how to teach your kids to be honest writers.

Homeschooling and Pets What can homeschooled kids learn from their pets?

Summer Studying... But Not at Home Summer academic camps... another way to homeschool away from home!

12 Ways Homeschooling Is Like Housework How is homeschooling like housework? Read this and laugh!

Shakespeare and Creative Dramatics at Home The Shakespeare Sleepover Society and other creative ways home-schoolers are pursuing the dramatic arts.

Writing for Real Audiences... Why Writing Clubs Help Practical help for whatever you want to study.

What I've Learned about Learning... by Learning Hebrew Choosing a college: What should you consider when you're looking through the viewbooks?

Speed Reading Learn to speed read! How it works, what books to buy, what to try!

Choosing the Best College for Your Homeschooler Choosing a college: What should you consider when you're looking through the viewbooks?

Think Math Contests! Contests that add pizzazz to math study.

To Skip or Not to Skip... that is the question.

How to Win the Geography Bee If you subscribe to National Geographic and paper your walls with maps, this is for you!

Learn a Living Language! How and why...

Essay Contests for Teens Here's the scoop on essay contests you can enter.

Listen to the Voices of the Past - Through the Internet! Primary source documents on the Internet.

Time to Think About College Board Testing... The PSAT, the SAT I and SAT II, what to do about them, and why you should care.

AP Courses At Home Preparing for Advanced Placement tests at home.

Scholarship Search Services: Help or Scam? Wondering about those college scholarship search services? DON'T!

Driver Education Homeschooled kids can get in driving accidents too. Here's how to do driver's ed right.

Getting College Credit for Your Homeschool Susan Richman tells us how to prepare our children for the AP Exams and beyond.

Team Contests Sue Richman briefs you on contests your homeschool group can enter.

Contests for your Kids The Richmans tell you how to enter.

Colleges Without Walls Howard Richman imagines the college of the future.

"Our State Organization Grants Recognized Diplomas" Howard Richman explains how Pennsylvania Homeschoolers pulled this off.

Time4Learning U of Nebraska-Lincoln ISHS

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