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Welcome to the October 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. IT'S ABOUT TIME: Homeschooling is mainstream
Well, it's finally official. The TODAY Show says so! Of course, being TODAY, there has to be some snarkiness about how the "stigma" is "fading," and they are very worried about how "Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin," which is the title of a sidebar which attempts to put a smackdown on Apologia and BJUP. But even so. Check it out for yourself. |
2: NEWS: New reason to homeschool
You've
heard of released criminals getting fitted with tracking devices. Now,
preschoolers in a California county are getting tagged and monitored. Is this a helpful
way for staff to keep track of kids (hint: try actually WATCHING them),
or a worrying sign of future plans to track ALL schoolkids? You decide. The story is here. |
3. SUBSCRIBE NOW and enjoy this school year more!
First, thank you to those of you who responded to our latest offer. I know you're enjoying your new issues of Practical Homeschooling right now!
For those who have been waiting, subscribe now and you'll find out: - The 10 steps to starting a successful homeschool
- 22 top tips for the elementary years
- The 5 secrets of successfully socialized kids
- 14 great ideas to share with your librarian
- How to lead even reluctant writers to craft a perfect paragraph
- Insider info on resources to help homeschool a special child
- How to start a Comedy Club for the kids
- And lots more!
Click here to see what's in the current issue.
Click here to subscribe.
Click here to renew an existing subscription.
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4. CURRICULUM: Check out these dozens of new products for homeschoolers!
 In the last month and a half, we've added almost 40 new links in our "Homeschool Mall" area.
Many of these are for brand-new products you've never seen before.
Others are for great educational products that have never before been offered to homeschoolers.
Take a minute and browse!
It's all arranged by academic topic, so you can find just what you're looking for in a couple of clicks.
Have a product you want to tell homeschoolers about? Click here for our online Link Insertion Form. Link prices start at $99.
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5. INFO: 12 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.
We only have time to prepare and post about 1/4 of what's in any given issue, plus it will be about 5 years before we get around to posting some of what's in our current issue. So it's a great way to tiptoe into homeschooling, but no substitute for an actual Practical Homeschooling subscription!
Here are just a few of the 12 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.
Interested in sponsoring a future issue of the Home-School News? Have a message you'd like to share with our list of over 11,000 subscribers? If interested, email Home-SchoolNews with "Homeschool World E-Letter" in the subject line. Tell us your company name, address, phone, website, and the product you wish to advertise, and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. |
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Please Forward This E-Mail Newsletter
Do you have friends who homeschool, or who are interested in homeschooling?
Please forward them this e-letter and (if you would) suggest that they subscribe.
Thank you for your help!
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