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Welcome to the November 2009 issue of Home-School News,
brought to you by Practical Homeschooling magazine
and our Homeschool World website at
www.home-school.com! |
Mary Pride, Publisher |
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1. PRAYERS ANSWERED: Jessica Hulcy accident update
 Most homeschoolers are familiar with KONOS, the original unit-study homeschool curriculum. As you know if you read our last e-letter, its co-creator, our friend and homeschool pioneer Jessica Hulcy, had a terrible accident on May 18. Her car was broadsided at an intersection as she was taking the family dog to the dog groomer. Both of her lungs were punctured and collapsed. She also suffered multiple broken bones, a couple of tears to her diaphragm, and some head trauma. Basically, what she went through would have killed most of us on the spot.
The hospital did an operation to repair the diaphragm, and also put her on a ventilator. It all looked pretty dire, but thanks to your prayers, Jessica has been off the ventilator, out of the hospital, and home for some while, making great progress. She still has pain, and faces lots of rehab, so your continuing prayers are appreciated.
To find out the latest about Jessica's situation, click here. Through this site, you can also post notes of encouragement. While Jessica has been going through all this, her family business has managed just fine processing orders for KONOS products, thanks to a lot of people's hard work. So if you were thinking of purchasing KONOS, go right ahead. The Hulcys' website is: www.konos.com. |
2. A HERO PASSES: A Tribute to Chris Klicka
World-famous homeschool advocate Chris Klicka passed away on the afternoon of Monday, October 12, after a 15-year battle with Multiple Sclerosis.
Despite his increasingly debilitating illness, this devoted husband and father of seven homeschooled children maintained an impressive work schedule as Senior Counsel and speaker for Homeschool Legal Defense Association, as well as authoring several notable homeschool books.
While attempting to attend the National Homeschool Conference in Colorado Springs, CO, Chris had to be admitted to the hospital. After it became clear his condition was terminal, he was admitted to hospice, where he passed away.
You can see the record of Chris's final days here.
For many years, Chris was a columnist for our magazine, Practical Homeschooling. We talked often about many topics. His concern always was for others: helping them raise their families well and fighting for the rights of all homeschoolers.
We are sure Chris's deep Christian faith helped him face his many trials, as did the love and support of his wife and family.
There is an article about Chris in the just-out issue of Practical Homeschooling, which details just a few of his major contributions to the homeschool movement. You can also read over two dozen of the articles he wrote for Practical Homeschooling here.
If you feel led to make a donation to the Klicka family in memory
of Chris, HSLDA tells us the best way would be to give something to the
children's college education accounts for the children. Checks should
be made payable to College America, designated for the Klicka Education
Account, and mailed to The Klicka Family, 6779 Riley Road, Warrenton,
VA 20187.
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3. NEW POLL: How is the economy affecting homeschooling?
Are you spending more on homeschooling? Less? The same? Are you taking a child out of public, private, or Christian school to homeschool him . . . or the reverse? We have started seeing articles claiming this or that, but we'd like to KNOW. Is the recession (or, if you prefer to think of it that way, the "recovery" :) ) making any changes to your educational plans? Please let us know!
To vote in the poll, or view the current results, click here. |
4. MAGAZINE: What's in the current issue of Practical Homeschooling?
This issue JUST shipped from the printer, so if you're a subscriber, you can expect to receive it within 1 or 2 weeks.
Here's what you'll find in PHS #90:
- What are the best 173 products for homeschoolers? Yes, it's the long-awaited 2009 Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards!
- How to get started in homeschooling: the all-new, updated, latest information
- How to plan and create a winning engineering project for your science or engineering fair, from best-selling science author Janice VanCleave
- Bee crazy! Insider tips on how to get your kids, ready for next years National Bible Bee
- Great tips on how to make your holidays educational . . . and inexpensive . . . for families with small children
- A tribute to homeschool hero Chris Klicka
Plus expert advice on how to create a School Profile and Transcript Legend (you need these for your kids' college applications) . . . fascinating facts about what school was like during the Great Depression . . . a tip about prioritizing that could literally change your life . . . the latest research results about homeschooling . . . how to sign up for six national contests . . . and lots more.
Subscribe now, and your subscription will start with the pictured issue.
Don't forget our special offer: Pick your choice of Mary Pride's Curriculum Secrets, Mary Pride's Organizing Secrets, or Mary Pride's Homeschooling Secrets with any one-year subscription. Subscribe for two years and get all three!
Find out more about the magazine that keeps breaking new ground for homeschoolers here. |
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5. SWINE FLU: What's hot and what's not
Like you, we've spent hours checking out facts and rumors about this on the web.
So far, swine flu doesn't seem to be the killer we've been warned about.
We've compiled some of the more interesting conspiracy tales here:
Swine flu pandemic conspiracy
Swine flu lab produced and nefarious
Want chips with that?
And just in:
Ukranian plague (this was on the front page of Drudge on Monday)
Ukranian authorities deny airplanes spraying aerosols (scroll far enough down the page and you'll find stories and video about an Israeli microbiologist who claimed in August a "bioweapon" was being created in the Ukraine)
I'm not saying I disbelieve what these folks have to say. Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean someone isn't out to get you!
And here's a humorous video on the topic you should not miss:
How to make your own vaccine
But seriously, folks, here's what WE use to kill all colds and flus dead. (No, this is not an ad -- just some non-medical information sharing from our family's experience.)
Dr. Schultz's Cold and Flu Shot has nothing to do with syringes. It's a drink-in-a-small-bottle that you gargle and swallow at the first sign of sore throat, runny nose, or other flu symptom. You can accomplish the same thing by taking 6 squirts of his SuperTonic and 12 of his Echinacea tonic along with a little apple juice (actually, I usually just use water).
Every single time I've started having those symptoms in the last couple years this routine has stopped the illness before it could progress. (And I used to get sick 2-4 or more times each winter.)
With all this chatter of swine flu, and not really trusting the vaccine AT ALL, I have purchased a couple bottles of Echniacea and SuperTonic for each of my kids who lives away from home.
Obviously, if you're experiencing acute symptoms, you should go to an emergency room. And if you have any allergies or organ weaknesses, you definitely should consult your doctor before taking anything new, including this.
Find these Dr. Schultz products online here.
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6. BOOK: Your guide to the world of homeschooling
 NOTE: We purchased ALL the remaining stock from the publisher and sold most of it. Just over 200 copies still left!
You could buy a book on homeschool methods . . . a book on how to homeschool . . . a book on how to test and evaluate homeschooled kids . . . a book on learning styles . . . a book on how to create unit studies . . . a book on homeschooling special needs kids . . . a book on homeschooling gifted kids . . . a book on how to homeschool with a group . . . a book on homeschooling away from home . . .
OR you could simply buy Mary Pride's Complete Guide to Getting Started in Homeschooling. It contains ALL the above, and more! In this fifth edition of the FIRST book to ever include most of these topics, you receive over two decades of practical expertise from Mary Pride, our Practical Homeschooling reviewers, and well-known contributors such as Chris Klicka, Mardy Freeman, Mary Schofield, Rhonda Barfield, Jessica Hulcy, Karen Andreola, and Dr. Arthur Robinson.
Why buy nine books (or more) and spend $150 (or more), when you can get this ALL in one place for $29.99 by clicking here?
To see the first page of the Table of Contents, click here.
For the second page of the Table of Contents, click here.
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7. INFO: 11 new articles on our website We frequently add new articles to our site. These are actually "old" (but still extremely useful) articles from past issues of Practical Homeschooling magazine.
Here are just some of the 11 articles we recently added:
To read these, and hundreds of other great articles, click here. |
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8. Write a Day at Our House diary!
We're looking for folks who will share their homeschool day with us.
This is for our "Day at Our House" feature in Practical Homeschooling magazine.
Just keep a diary for one day, type it into your computer, and email it to
inbox@home-school.com.
Either send it as the body text of your email, or as an MSWord ".doc" attachment.
Please put "Day at Our House" in the subject line.
Please also attach a nice, clear, color photo of your family. If possible, show the kids in action, but if not, a regular posed photo is fine. Straight from the digital camera is best -- let us do the color correcting and resizing!
We can't run a diary without a photo, so scan it in or read it in from your camera, but make sure it is included!
Be sure to include your name, address, and telephone number in the body of your email, in case our editor needs to contact you.
Also please provide a "caption" for your photo, so we will know who is who from left to right.
We'd especially love to hear from families who homeschool in unusual or adventurous circumstances -- while sailing, or working with the circus, for example -- or whose kids are engaged in especially interesting or imaginative activities.
But we publish diaries from lots of "regular" homeschool families, too!
Your chances of getting published are very good.
So send your diary in!
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To download our media kits, click here.
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