| I have extolled the virtue of homeschooling | | | | service corps," and two feature articles on |
| magazines repeatedly over several articles. In | | | | missionary work. The magazine appears to be |
| those articles I stated how critical such magazines | | | | written from an evangelical Christian perspective. |
| are to the success of the at home learning and | | | | However, that ought not to distract from the |
| teaching experience. In this article, I want to write | | | | practical advice and resources provided. |
| about a particular magazine which parents will find | | | | There is also at least one contest in each month's |
| contains just the help they need to insure success | | | | edition and opportunities for local parents who |
| of their children's education. | | | | home school to submit their own news stories. As |
| Practical Homeschooling Magazine is published | | | | I stated in previous articles, one of the important |
| monthly and requires a paid subscription to | | | | benefits of these magazines is that they sponsor |
| receive it. Subscribers may sign up for domestic | | | | parents forums and Practical Homeschooling is no |
| or international delivery. There are several | | | | exception. With over 100,000 subscribers, the |
| excellent resources offered for free with paid | | | | magazine's parents forum boasts a membership |
| subscriptions. | | | | of 3,500. Most likely, almost any question a parent |
| I reviewed the current issue and found articles | | | | might have about homeschooling has been asked |
| that gave advice on how to afford college if you | | | | and answered at the forum. |
| have more than one child, how to accomplish | | | | It is clear that parents are not alone in their |
| activities in science, math, and history, how to | | | | educational enterprise, although at times that is |
| exercise your toddlers, a day in the life of a | | | | the feeling too many parents experience. Help has |
| homeschooling missionary family, and several | | | | arrived in the form of magazines devoted to |
| other articles and columns. There was also a | | | | those who home school their children. |
| feature article lambasting the "national civilian | | | | |