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Welcome to the September 2010 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. NEWS: Botswana homeschoolers need your help
I was very sorry to hear about this, because I have always had a soft spot for the African country of Botswana after reading the "Ladies #1 Detective Agency" series of novels, which are set in that country. Four homeschooling families in Botswana are currently facing possible jail time and stiff fines, simply because they are homeschooling. In spite of findings that the children are cared for, well educated, and don't want to attend public school, a judge has ordered the parents to send their children to school, and another magistrate upheld that ruling. This, in spite of the fact that no Botswana law requires parents to send their children to school! The parents have to appear before the court on September 10 and show their compliance. But they are firmly convinced God wants them to homeschool. Home School Legal Defense Association requests that all homeschoolers contact the Embassy of the Republic of Botswana as soon as possible. Contact information, as well as full details of the situation and photos of the families, can be found here. |
2. LAST CHANCE to find out the 31 things every homeschooler should know about college!
 If you subscribe to Practical Homeschooling on Wednesday, Sept. 8, or Thursday, Sept. 9, your subscription will still start with the issue pictured to the right.
In it you'll be brought up to date on how the rules of preparing for, getting into, and paying for college have changed . . . and the pros and cons of alternatives to college.
You literally could read DOZENS of books and HUNDREDS of articles and still not discover the 31 secrets we've distilled into a few magazine pages.
From top-ranked private universities, to Christian colleges, to state universities, to military academies, to online degrees, to community college. . . to whether college even makes sense in this economic climate . . . to the best jobs available WITHOUT college . . . this is a Practical Homescholing issue you won't want to miss!
Subscribe right now - Friday will be too late!
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3: VOTE RIGHT NOW for your favorite homeschool products, and maybe win this great prize!
It's time again to cast your vote for the best educational products for homeschoolers! Yes, I'm talking about the Practical Homeschooling 2010 Reader Awards!To entice you to take the time to fill out and send in this ballot, we are offering a fabulous prize. But vote soon - all ballots must be completed and received before September 15, 2010! To thank you for taking the time to vote, you have a chance to win a copy of Ussher's The Annals of the World! In the years 1650-1654, James Ussher set out to write a history of the world from creation to A.D. 70. The result was published in 1658 as the literary classic The Annals of the World.The entire 960-page text has been updated from 17th-century English to present-day vernacular in a five-year project commissioned by Master Books. Containing many human-interest stories from the original historical documents collected by Ussher, this is more than a history book - it's a work of history. This gorgeous, giftable volume is Smyth sewn with gold-gilded edges and foil embossing on the front, back, and spine. It comes packaged in a beautiful box. Normally $69.99 plus shipping, you can enter the drawing to win it for FREE just by casting your vote for your favorite homeschool products in our 2010 Reader Awards! Click here to cast your vote. Your fellow homeschoolers thank you! |
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4. BOOK: The Way Home, 25th Anniversary Edition, is almost here!
 We have received hundreds of emails asking when The Way Home will be back in print.
Well, it will be soon! I uploaded the final pages to the printer on Monday, and we should have copies for sale in another week or two, God willing.
- Are stay-at-home wives really old-fashioned and outmoded (at best) or parasites (at worst)?
- Is daycare the natural habitat for babies and toddlers?
- Is family planning the responsible choice for married Christian couples?
- Are Christian children necessarily doomed to rebel against their parents?
- Does the Bible include examples of "working wives"?
- Can a lovely Christian home actually affect the shape of the government and the economy -- just by being there?
25 years ago, The Way Home was the first book to ask all these questions -- and answer them. (In case you're wondering, the answers are No, No, No, No, No, and Yes.)
This 25th Anniversary Edition preserves the original book's text, so you can see for yourself how amazingly accurate its various social predictions were. You will also find a new Preface and Afterthoughts dealing with such topics as Home Business (what kind NOT to start), TV and the Internet, College, Divorce and Remarriage, Fruitfulness, and where the Patriarchy movement has veered off-course (starting with its name!).
Just as thought-provoking as the original edition, we hope the 25th Anniversary Edition of The Way Home will bring the Bible's message on family and social roles to an entire new generation of Christian women.
Keep checking our home page -- we'll announce it there once the book is officially launched. And keep opening our emails -- we'll have a special offer on the book just for Homeschool News subscribers!
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5. 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 a few of the 11 articles we recently added. To read these, and hundreds of other great articles, click here. |
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6. Write a Day at Our House diary!
Thanks so much to those of you who responded to this request in our last e-letter.
It's easier than you think to get published in a national homeschool magazine. We're always looking for more 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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7. How to advertise with us
Want to promote your product in our magazine, Practical Homeschooling, or on our website, Homeschool World® at www.home-school.com?
To download our media kits, click here.
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Please forward them this e-letter and (if you would) suggest that they subscribe.
Thank you for your help!
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