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Welcome to the April 2013 issue of Home-School News,
brought to you by Practical Homeschooling magazine
and our Homeschool World website at
www.home-school.com! 

Mary Pride
 Mary Pride, Publisher
IN THIS ISSUE:
1. GOODIES: Get your FREE copy of our latest Reader Awards Winners List!
2. AD: 50% off Time4Learning in April!
3. MAGAZINE: Get your copy of our March issue before they're all gone!
4. FARMING: New software version of the classic board game adds cool features
5. INFO: New articles on our website
6. How to advertise with us
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1. GOODIES: Free Download of 2012 Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards Winners List

What products did thousands of your fellow homeschoolers rate #1, #2, #3, and Honorable Mention in 45 categories, from Algebra to Writing/Composition?

Until now, the only way to find out was to subscribe to Practical Homeschooling magazine.

To thank you for subscribing to our email list, for the first time ever you can download your own copy of the most recent Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards Winners List free. The page will be up until April 30.

Just click here to get started.
 
Time4Learning April 2013 promo  
2. AD: Save 50% on Time4Learning in April!  

 

Ready to try Time4Learning's online education program, yet? If you've been thinking about it, now is a great time!

 

For only $9.98/child for your first month(and $19.95 afterward),members get 24/7 access to three grade levels worth of curriculum in each subject, online parent tools, teaching resources and more -- all provided within an automated learning system that grades lessons, tracks progress and keeps reports perfect for portfolio usage.

 

Because membership includes access to an entire year's worth of materials, you can start and stop at any time during the year and use Time4Learning however you see fit!. There are no contracts, no hidden costs and a 14-day money back guarantee, which also means no risk! But hurry-this offer is only good through April 30th. Get more details here.

 

 

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3. OUR MAGAZINE: Subscribe now before all our March issues are gone!

We have less than 700 copies left of this issue, and they are FLYING out the door! Subscribe now, and you can still get this as your first issue. It includes:

  • Top questions new homeschoolers ask . . . with answers!
  • Everyone's asking about the new Common Core standards. What will they mean to homeschoolers . . . and to you?
  • "Show Me the Money" - what homeschool moms can to do help make ends meet
  • 12 things you need to know about the SATs and ACTs
  • Toddler Survival "ABCs" 
  • 10 steps to starting a successful homeschool support group/co-op
  • How a soupcon of French culture can help tame your kiddo (and prevent childhood obesity)
  • An online virtual academy that's REALLY virtual - with avatars and all classes inside a virtual world
  • Much, much more!

Click here to subscribe.

 

Click here to renew an existing subscription.

 

Click here to give a gift subscription.

Farming Game Main Screen  
4. FARMING: New software version of the classic board game adds new features!

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.) 

  

Farming Game day scene 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
  • Compete in our regular screenshot contests.
  • Perfect for any child (or adult) with basic math and reading skills.

NEW! Farm Builder included for free! Build your farm any way you want.

NEW! Now also runs on Linux, for no additional charge.
 
Order now and receive a 20% discount. At only $17.95, it's a great game to play with up to six family members, anytime you get together for family fun!
 

 And be sure to Like The Farming Game-Software Edition on Facebook!

PHS#84 Family Devotions 5. INFO: New articles & fun facts on our website

As you know, we have tons of great infographics and articles on our website.

  

We recently added another 11 articles. Here are some of them:

To read these, and hundreds of other great articles, click here and here.

6. 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 24,000 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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