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| What's in Practical Homeschooling #63? 
 FEATURES 
 The 2005 Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards: the 170 best homeschool products, as chosen by your fellow homeschoolers
Ballot for nominating software and websites for the 2006 awards
Readers debate how homeschool graduates should relate to their age group
How to make a good impression on your first day of college. By community college instructor Michelle Dalrymple.
World-class surfer Adam Wickwire is homeschooled. Read about his fascinating life.
Homeschool Business. Want to start your own? Here are some ideas and resources.
"Day at Our House" diary from two homeschooled students who live in different states.
A winning team of swimmers and divers, all of whom are homeschooled . . . . three brothers who win piano competitions . . . a girl from Taiwan who excels academically and musically . . . more homeschool success stories
 
 COLUMNS 
 Janice vanCleave, the Science Lady, explains how we can get a liquid when we combine two gases.
Need to homeschool a preschooles with special needs? Here's how. By Melissa Morgan, co-author of Homeschooling on a Shoestring
The case for skipping manuscript handwriting and teaching cursive from the start. By education expert Sam Blumenfeld 
An update on legislative battles homeschoolers faced this year. By Home School Legal Defense Association Senior Counsel Christopher Klicka.
The one-minute flashcard drill that really works. By Michael Maloney, founder of the Quinte Learning Centers in Canada and winner of the Canada Post National Educator Literacy Award.
How to discover your talents . . . and your future career. By Kristin Hamerski, Miss Alaska National Senior Teen-Ager 2004, winner of the Spirit of Youth Award, and First Lady Volunteer of the Year 2005.
 
 NEWS 
 Amazing support group giveaway
How GCSE and International Baccalaureate students stack up compared to Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment students
What happens when a working person places family ABOVE career . . . surprising results
 
 BOOK REVIEWS 
 Mary Pride's Complete Guide to Getting Started in Homeschooling
A book of homeschool laws by state
The ultimate guide for how to grade your kids' work
What does all that educational jargon mean? A homeschooler's guide to educational theories, methods, and that other stuff classroom teachers learn in school.
Get a head start on college planning with this book
A series of books that teaches study success skills
 
 SPOTLIGHT REVIEWS 
 Award-winning conversational Spanish course whose lessons are designed for 10 minutes a day
Get more out of John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" with this puzzle and poster set
Take these tests to find out if your child's reading is deficient, then use these workbooks to swiftly bring him or her up to speed
 
 PLUS... 
 Contests for subscribers 
Envelope Gallery of homeschooled kids' art 
Ads with special offers
 
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