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Every issue includes several feature articles, an interview, and columnists writing about a homeschool father's perspective, political awareness and action, Questions and Answers about homeschooling, great homeschool resources and much more!
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Order individual 2009 issues below. Order the entire 2009 collection here:
January-February 2009
Interview Kathleen McCurdy, board games, sibling rivalry, visual disability, writing, Latin, postcards, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Deschooling Gently, pennies, occupational training, magnifying lenses, Children's Future, Hands-off Approach
March-April 2009
Interview with Rain Perry Fordyce, Mom-Centered Curriculum, The Talent Show, Bringing School Home, Art and Hard Science, Writers Block at 10, Capturing Time, Stars and Constellations, Emotional Equations, Homeschool Crones Cafe
May-June 2009
Family on Bikes, Social Studies, Kinesthetic Learners, Make a Kite, Cooking Up Independence, Real Play, Knitting, Techno-Phobia, Protecting Parental Rights, The Well-Adjusted Child, Save the Whales, Exercise Regime
July-August 2009
Rithmetic Meet Reduce and Recycle, Curricula Panic, Resources the Little Guys, Parental Rights, The Dice Child, Winging it with Curriculum, Starting a Homeschool Group, Dad Angst, Interview with Barb Lundgren
September-October 2009
School Supplies, Lessons from the Third World, Money Matters, Waldorf Meets Unschooling, Word Birds and Other Games, A Different Kind of Trip, Keeping Homeschooling Freedoms Alive, Ready, Set...Elect!, Pasta!
November-December 2009
Parent's Work, Hands On History, Teaching Money Smarts to Older Children and Teens, Using Writing Contests, Homeschool Boys Book Club, What Does Homeschooling Cost?, Seven Habits of Happy Homeschooling
Order individual 2008 issues below. Order the entire 2008 collection here
January-February 2008
Winter Doldrums, Comic Books, Confessions of a (Spasmodic) Homeschooling Mom, Math before Breakfast, Language Arts Exercises, Lab Sciences, Going it Alone, Terrific Talking Animals, Cult of Right Answers
March-April 2008
Interview with Cheryl Lindsey Seelhoff, It's a Big World, Teen's First Job, Cooperative Outings, Friends and Siblings, Wretched Writers Welcome, Matzoh Ball Math and More, Chemical Crystal Garden, Pizza
May-June 2008
July-August 2008
Stop the Madness!, Learning from the Hard Times, Top 5 Reasons to Homeschool, Dissection 101, Learning through Literature,Castles, Conversations, and Concentration, Chemistry, Mancala Board Game
September-October 2008
November-December 2008
Learning Through Card Playing, Other Writing Process, Coming Home, Unchained Memories, Board Games, Economics and Recycled Crafts, Cookies, Dealing with a Disability, Coping With the Economy
Order individual 2007 issues below. Order the entire 2007 collection here
January-February 2007
P.E. for Mom, Bubblegum Moments, From Anchorage to Nome, Homeschooling's Bumpy Ride, The Child Who Needs to Try School, From Runes to Romulan, Mexican Yarn Craft, Homemade Bread, Outcome Based Experiment
March-April 2007
Geocaching, Living with a Homeschool Critic, Fear of Failure, Challenges for an ADHD Parent, The Economy, Public Schools, and Homeschooling, Knitting, Windstorm, Build A Robot HandIn, Making the Most of Leftovers, Keep Your Balance
May-June 2007
Interview Patrick Farenga, Mummification Most Fowl, If You Build It, They Will Come, Woolly Bears and Wild Cats, Painted Ladies, The Pathetic Award, Elusive Homeschooling Perfection, The Wretched, Wicked What-Ifs, Resumes That Work, Origami, Medieval Beasts
July-August 2007
Tea, Cookies and Story Books, Foreign Language, Full-Time Work - Full-Time Homeschooling, Resources Overload!, Asperger Syndrome, Strengthening Families, BIG NUMBERS, Boomerangs, Vegetables, Homeschool Advocacy Season
September-October 2007
Stop Me Before I Buy Again!, Homeschooling for Free, Where Experts Fear to Tread, A Little Help from Your Friends, Grayhaired Old Bats?, Pumpkins!, Home Alone - Home Together, Inventions Old and New
November-December 2007
Homeschool Play, Homeschooling Boys, Science Slacker, Sneaky Science, Incredible Edible Map, Ambassadors to the Real World, Hard Times, Underserved by the School System, Preschool, Let It Snow!, Archeology
Order individual 2006 issues below. Order the entire 2006 collection here
January-February 2006
Learning Logs, College Rankings, How to Join a New Homeschool Group, Looking for Money in All the Wrong Places,
March-April 2006
Gifts of Homeschooling, Why Children Are Not For Screening, Compulsory Education vs. Unschooling, The Homeschool Kitchen
May-June 2006
Advice for New Homeschoolers, Homeschooling from Abroad, CLEP Tests, John Holt
July-August 2006
The GED Option, Cheerful Rebel, Come and Join F.A.M.U., Teens Who Dislike School
September-October 2006
Information Night, Being Part of the Homeschooling Movement, Successful Co-op, Secret Lives of Children
November-December 2006
Family Games, Dandelion Wine, 1956 Court Case, Prom Night, Credentials, Chemistry, Boards & Bylaws
Order individual 2005 issues below. Order the entire 2005 collection here
January-February 2005
Mental Health Screening, Why I Shouldn't Homeschool, Homeschooling Moms, Interview with Susan Ohanian
March-April 2005
Big Brother Inspired Teacher Training, Messy Homeschoolers, Early Dip into College Life, Myth of Perfect Children
May-June 2005
Custody Cases, The Library, The eBay Experiment, An Attitude Of Gratitude, Weblog Reviews
July-August 2005
Compulsory Attendance vs. Compulsory Education, Community Ecology, Dealing With Deployment
September-October 2005
Hitchhiking to Creativity, Structured Learning, Support Groups, Studying the Stone Age, Artistic Pursuits
November-December 2005
Universal Preschool, Hands-On Learning, Tax Credits, Homeschool Blogs
Order individual 2004 issues below. Order the entire 2004 collection here
January-February 2004
Perpetual Recess, Homeschooling and Politics, Unschooling, Math Club, Investing in an Encyclopedia
March-April 2004
Viva La Nerds!,Homeschooled Teens Can Rest Easier, Watchdogging the Media, Too Much of a Good Thing?
May-June 2004
Apples and Oranges - Rocks and Pears, Schools and Homeschools, Public School ID Systems, A Large Dose of Reality
July-August 2004
The Other Side of Homeschooling, Writing Group Strategies, Lesson in Semantics
September-October 2004
Alternatives for 18-Year- Old Homeschoolers, Homespun Games, Learning Styles, Interview With Micelle Wilbert
November-December 2004
Philosophers' Club, Exploring History, Pig in the Pantry, Kid's Classic Books, Homeschooling and Partisan Politics
Order individual 2003 issues below. Order the entire 2003 collection here
January-February 2003
Adventures on Rota, Privacy, Trust Thyself, Learning to Love Math, How to Speak DOEse, Homeschoolers1 Memorabilia
March-April 2003
Unschooling and the Art of Running, What Makes Us Different?, Self-taught and Teaching, Maintaining Reasonable Homeschooling Laws
May-June 2003
Doubts, Bunrout, Claim Responsibility for Our Homeschools, Unchores, Measuring Up
July-August 2003
Future of Homeschooling, Kids in the real World, Type A Dad, Starting Up, Dealing with Death, and Sibling Rivalry
September-October 2003
Federal Homeschooling Legislation: HR 2732, Baby Blues and Moneybags?, Reconnecting Families, Opera, Silk Worm
November-December 2003
Reading and Perpetual Motion, Couch Potatoes, Children's Fiction, Junior Scientist, Leader of the Pack
Order individual 2002 issues below. Order the entire 2002 collection here
January-February 2002
Bunrout, The Ultimate Field Trip, Inaccuracies in a Sociological Study of Homeschooling, Resource Center in a Public Library, Standardistas
March-April 2002
John Taylor Gatto, Charter Schools, Free Lunch Revisited, ABC's and other resources Golden Age of Homeschooling
May-June 2002
Public eSchools, Working Full Time, Homeschooling Books, Homeschooling is About Families
July-August 2002
September-October 2002
Interview With Daniel Pink, 'Expert' Advice, Independence Is Essential To Homeschooling<, Turn 'em on, Tune 'em in, Drop 'em out
November-December 2002
Looking at Those Lessons, Decisions, Decisions, Bennett's Public e-Schools, What Does Your Husband Do?, A Matter Of Trust
Order individual 2001 issues below The entire 2001 collection is no longer available.
January-February 2001
Science, Pirates, Questions and Answers, Unspelling, Romance, Confidence in Homeschooling, A Philosophy of Homeschooling
March-April 2001
Teens, Unschooling, Leanring in the Community, Gifted Children
May-June 2001
Ask Carol, Waiting for Unschooling to Work, Big Hairy Audacious Goals, Good Stuff
July-August 2001
Federally-mandated testing, Travel, What's in a Name?, Homeschooling Wisdom
September-October 2001
A gift of Time, HSLDA's History of Homeschooling, Military Homeschoolers, Oz Never Did Give Nothing to the Children
November-December 2001
Reading, Stories, Military Homeschoolers, Changing the World, Protctivness
Order individual 2000 issues below. Order the entire 2000 collection here:
January-February 2000
Reference Material, Organize a Convention, Unschooling, Working for Homeschooling Freedoms, Calendars and Clocks for Kids
March-April 2000
Interview with David Albert, Playing in Nature's Sandbox, Something to Say, Delicious Math, A King's Curriculum, Teachers Unions, Sports
May-June 2000
Kids in Business, Reading, One of those Days, Interview with Misty Dawn Thomas, Sports and Homeschooling Freedoms, High School Literature Survival Guide
July-August 2000
"Unqualified" Homeschoolers, Reluctant Scientist, Questions and Answers, Homeschool Documentary
September-October 2000
My Word! by new columnist David Albert, Is Our Good Name For Sale? by the Kasemans, Science and Math in a Kids World, Interview With Michael Fogler
November-December 2000
A new column by Linda Dobson, Virtual Schools by the Kasemans, Late Reading, The Value of Mistakes
Order individual 1999 issues below The entire 1999 collection is no longer available.
January-February 1999
March-April 1999
May-June 1999
July-August 1999
September-October 1999
November-December 1999
Order individual 1998 issues below The entire 1998 collection is no longer available.
September-October 1998
Mothers, Watchdogs, Statistics, The Homeschooling Book of Answers, Archaeology For Kids, Of Ponds and Tadpoles, Tackling Foreign Language, Interview with Cafi Cohen, Protect our Freedom, Educational Choice, Publicly Funded Programs for Homeschoolers, All Homeschoolers Welcome
November-December 1998
Current Events Journal, Foreign Language Study, Unschooled Adult, Welcome to the Sisterhood, Family Book Club, Compulsory Unschooling, Homeschooling Records, Indepent Study and Umbrella Schools
Order individual 1997 issues below The entire 1997 collection is no longer available.
January-February 1997
Homeschooling Fathers, School-to-Work: Problems and Alternatives, Becoming Unschoolers, Homeschooling Comes Of Age, Institutionalized Homeschooling, Book Reviews, Movie Reviews, Rethinking Midschool/High School Math, N HA Roundtable, Truancy, Curfews and Our Response
May-June 1997
Family Baseball, Book Reviews, Whose Mother are You?, Good Stuff, Volunteering, Movie Reviews, Peaceful Unschooling, In Defense of Workbooks, A Visit with Mary Hood, Dealing With Doubts, Newsletters Online, News, Views and Information.
July-August 1997
The Door is Open, Book Reviews, Less is More, Good Stuff, A World of Learning, Above Board and Underground, Interview with Patrick Farenga, Fortuic Acid, News, Views and Information.
September-October 1997
This Internet Thing, Resource Reviews, Making Your Home a Place for Literacy, Movie Reviews, Sharing Shakespeare With Your Child, Interview with Linda Dobson, Where do We Put the Sandbox?, News, Politics and Information.
Order individual from 1996-1989 issues below Sample articles and columns not available online
March-April 1996
Content list coming soon
September-October 1996
November-December 1995
Concept Of Experts, Quilting Among Friends, Unschooling, Teachers Text, Experiential Learning, Finding Common Ground, Homeschool Art Enrichment Class, Forced Homeschooling, Rocks And Rockhounds, Movie Review, Why Homeschooling
September-October 1995
Play, Socialization, Teaching Responsibility, Math... And Other Tales Of Horror, Going Away To School Traveling And Teaching, Bored With Games? Make Your Own!, Home Education On Horseback, Linda Dobson, Geography Resources, Homeschoolingteenagers Perspective
July-August 1995
Teaching Children About Work And Wages, Least Likely To Homeschool, Homeschooling The Chronically Ill Or Disabled Student, Homeschooling With PBS, The Writing Club, Homemade Musical Instruments, Making Mailbox Memories, Correspondence Schools
November-December 1993
Ten Years Of Publishing Home Education Magazine, Earl Gary Stevens, Regaining Trust In Homeschooling, Doubts Of Friends And Relatives, What About Socialization?, Instant Science Toys, Custody Issues
July-August 1992
Freedoms And Responsibility, An Interview With Mary Foley, History From The Kid Up, The Myth Of Learning Disabilities, Pat Montgomery On Learning Disabilities, Learning On The Road, Geography Resources In Depth, Working With Mentors, World Of Radio Broadcasting
May-June 1992
The Library - Your Silent Partner, A Landmark Case For Homeschooling, When Values Collide With The Law, State-Mandated Recordkeeping, Ancient History, Studying The Sun And Solar Energy, Gardens For Kids, Apprenticeships
November-December 1990
Thoughts On Competition, Conversations With Kathleen McCurdy, Junior Great Books Program, Socialization, Homeschool Heroes,World History, Neighborhood News, Returning To Public School, Writing Habits
September-October 1990
Conversation With Pat Montgomery, Picking Up the Pieces, Working for Unity Among Homeschoolers, Fostering a BiLingual Home Life, When Mothers Sing Children Sing, Legislative Action, World of Work
May-June 1990
Homeschooling in Tunisia, Teaching History In The Making, Senate Bill 695, Homeschoolers For Peace, College Admissions, Motivating kids to learn
March-April 1990
Lessons in Repetition, Competition, From Home School to College Freshman Comp, Confessions of a Conference Junkie, Using Our National Parks
January-February 1990 Content list coming soon
November-December 1989
Letters from Homeschoolers, Home School In the Fifties, Encouraging Creativity, Selective Use of Workbooks, Sing a Simple Song, Higher Education, Reflections
September-October 1989
Play with Your Children, Pennsylvana law, Exploring Competition, Learning Disabilities, Hands-On Equations, Child Care, Higher Education, Earl Gary Stevens