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Welcome to the May 2012 issue of Home-School News,
brought to you by Practical Homeschooling magazine
and our Homeschool World website at
www.home-school.com!
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 Mary Pride, Publisher
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1. BOOKMARK THIS: The Practical Homeschooling website relaunch party is May 25. Tons of great prizes!
Since 1993, Homeschool World has been the main portal for Practical Homeschooling magazine. We've had a separate website - PracticalHomeschooling.com - since 2001, and even had some stuff on it since 2006. But what with homeschooling, our magazine, and Homeschool World, we just didn't have time to provide all the features we really wanted. That will all change on May 25 - and to celebrate, we are giving away TONS of great prizes! Lapbooks, homeschool workshops, dramatized audiobooks, unit studies, & lots more will be snapped up by some lucky visitors. So please bookmark this page & remember to visit on May 25: http://www.PracticalHomeschooling.com |
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2. VOTE: Pick the best homeschool products of 2012 & you might win this great prize!
It's time again to cast your vote for the best educational products for homeschoolers! 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 June 1, 2012!
Ten of You Will Win Over $50 Worth of Janice VanCleave
Science Goodies!
You could be one of ten lucky voters to win a bright red tote bag that includes:
Janice VanCleave is the bestselling science columnist for Practical Homeschooling. Her books have won many awards for their bright, fun way of making science come alive for children of all ages. These books are packed with science fun for preschool through middle school. And you can enter the drawing to win it for FREE just by casting your vote for your favorite homeschool products in our 2012 Reader Awards!
Here's the page:
http://www.home-school.com/2012-reader-awards/
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3. MAGAZINE: What's in the new issue of Practical Homeschooling?
 Here's just a small sampling of what you'll find in PHS #103:
- NEW! Felice Gerwitz joins us as our "Entrepreneurship" columnist. First up: How to pick what business to start, AND make it "competition-proof" right from the get-go.
- Melissa Morgan shares tons of tips and resources for preschool with an autistic child.
- PHS publisher (and mother of six college graduates so far) Mary Pride has 9 children in college and/or graduated from college. She's enthusiastic about this new way of choosing a college that just about guarantees your child will receive a better education.
- Ready to go BIG with your homeschool? Dena Luchsinger explains the benefits of doing a year-long project, with great examples and tips for making the most of this experience.
- Meet the youngest-ever Iditarod winner. That's the famous Alaskan dogsled race, and now it's a homeschool family affair.
To see what's in this issue, click here.
Click here to renew an existing subscription. |
4. INFO: New articles & fun facts 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 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 articles we recently added:
 And here are a few of the great charts & graphs we've added:
To read these, and hundreds of other great articles, click here.
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5. Write a Day at Our House diary!
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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6. 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 ? Have a message you'd like to share with our list of over 17,000 email subscribers?
If interested, just click here and fill out our Advertising Contact Form. We'll get back to you within a day or two. |
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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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