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Welcome to the December 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. OUR MAGAZINE: Great gift for your homeschool friends!
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When you give a Practical Homeschooling gift subscription, we send an attractive gift card to the lucky recipient. If you end up needing a last-minute Christmas gift, it's quick & easy!
To see what's in the current issue, click here.
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Want something extra to unwrap? Time4Learning also offers the option to turn any gift certificate into a gift pack with our assortment of gift items featuring Ed Mouse! Choose from items such as foldaway sports packs, eco-friendly notebooks and more! Start here.
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3. FARMING: New software version of the classic board game
 After two years of labor, our homeschool-graduate son Franklin Pride has released the one and only official Mac and PC edition of the classic board game, The Farming GameŽ!
Since 1979, more than 350,000 copies of The Farming Game board game ("The Game Invented on the Seat of a Tractor") have been sold around the world. Now, after over three decades, The Farming GameŽ is finally here for PC, Mac, and Linux! (iPad version coming soon.) Find out why The Farming GameŽ has received rave reviews from schools, teacher's associations, and farming bureaus, and is used in over 2,000 classrooms and extensively by homeschoolers. - Play with up to six "weekend farmers" and/or computer AI's
- Personalize your farm in full 3D, with placement control over everything you buy
- Dozens of animations for everything from harvests to Farmer's Fate (watch out for volcanic eruptions!)
- Full achievement system
- Try out new buildings and crop bonuses in Enhanced mode
- Perfect for any child (or adult) with basic math and reading skills.
Order now and receive a 20% discount. At under $16, it's a great game to play with up to six family members over the holidays (or any time!)
And be sure to Like The Farming Game-Software Edition on Facebook! |
4. FUN: The ultimate homeschool not-so-Christmas song
... for those who have trouble remembering if it's ducks a'swimming or geese a'laying . . . here's something a bit more relevant. This first 12 verses of this song - and some of the 13th verse - were originally published in Practical Homeschooling magazine #10, 17 years ago. We didn't write the 14th verse, but would have had we thought of it! Little did we know at the time it would inspire this video. Click here or on the video above to join 68,000+ YouTube visitors who have enjoyed the "14 Days of Homeschool."
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 5. INFO: New articles & fun facts on our website
We frequently add new articles and infographics to our site.
Here are three great articles we've just added:
- Beware the Tubeoisee - What are our options as our kids hit sensory overload?
- The STEM Sell - Do our kids need to obsess as many hours on math & science as the kids in China and India?
- Nature Study - tons of great tips from Melissa Morgan on how to make this part of your curriculum
And here are a few great infographics you may not yet have seen:
To read these, and hundreds of great articles, click here and here.
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6. 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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7. How to advertise with us
Want to promote your product in our magazine, Practical Homeschooling, or on our website, Homeschool WorldŽ at www.home-school.com ? Have a message you'd like to share with our list of over 20,000 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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Fill in the "Free Email Newsletter" box you'll find near the top of the middle column. | | This newsletter is Š2012 Home Life, Inc., PO Box 1190, Fenton, MO 63026-1190. You may share it with others provided the entire content, including this copyright message, is included. |
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