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What's in Practical Homeschooling #79?
FEATURES
- 2007 Interactive Learning Awards -- what are the 151 best software programs and educational websites?
- The Art Contest winners -- a smorgasbord of creativity from our younger readers
- "How I Taught My Children Leadership" Jeannette Webb lets us in on some of the secrets that have led to her children's outstanding success
- Naomi Pride takes us behind the scenes at Awana Clubs
- A "regular" homeschool day in Denver, Colorado, and Anchorage, Alaska
- The amazing story of a family whose children start college at 11 or 12 years old (no, it's not the Swanns!)
- An inspiring reminder of why some of our best work is done "behind the scenes"
COLUMNS
- How to make Christmas more like it used to be, by Mary Pride
- Educational inventor Frank Armbruster provides step-by-step instructions for making toys that help your preschoolers learn to read -- from cans!
- Inexpensive group activities and field trips, by Melissa Morgan, co-author of Homeschooling on a Shoestring
- Every academic specialization has its own "foreign language," and Canada's National Educator Literacy Award winner Michael Maloney explains how to learn it fluently
- M.I.T. graduate (and future optometry student) Bill Pride explains the moves you need to make to get into medical school, starting in high school
- Education expert Sam Blumenfeld with a thoughtful piece on why novel reading can be good for you
- Jeannette Webb, recipient of the Presidential Scholar Distinguished Teacher Award, with Part 1 of a two-part series on the how-tos and benefits of mentors for your child
NEWS
- Canadian report makes a strong case for homeschooling
- Homeschool cataloger operates separate sites for Christian and LDS customers
- Autism resources from another cataloger
- Free outline map of USA with state boundaries, more
- Creation magazine is still around, and where to find it
SPOTLIGHT REVIEW
- New writing and essay courses takes unusual approach that teaches parents how to provide useful feedback
MORE REVIEWS
- A course for kids in how to play drums
- Organizers that help you get into (and succeed at) college
- Games that help increase a child's attention span
- A kit for making cards
- A guide to "All-American" colleges
- How-to drawing book for very young children
- Unusual "world religions and philosophies" course-in-a-book
SOFTWARE REVIEWS
- EarMaster 5 ear training software
- eMedia Intermediate Piano & Keyboard Method
- Playing Music from Viva Media
PLUS...
- Contests for subscribers
- Envelope Gallery of homeschooled kids' art
- Ads with special offers
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