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Beginning--Advanced Homeschooling

New! Take a Peek into an Online Classroom
While many parents agree that the benefits of homeschooling are beyond measure, it's natural to wonder if your kids are learning everything they need to succeed. For some families, using an accredited online school is a great way to ensure their children receive the highest quality educational experience from the comfort of home.

New! Pack Your Bags
Join us at Homeschool.com/Travel where we will explore, with a bent towards the educational aspects of family travel. Several times per week we give you tips and tricks for successful travel. Read articles about stretching your dollar by traveling in off-season. Learn about unique holidays, and how to celebrate them with travel. Investigate educational offerings in YOUR city and cities near you.

New! Personalized Summer Learning for Math
The summer months are an ideal time to help your children get ahead in math! Whether you're at home or on the road this summer, ALEKS is an flexible, online math program for grades 3-12 that can be used to provide each child with a personalized learning path tailored to his or her individual needs.

Experience Personalized Math Instruction for Each Child
A math curriculum that works for the whole family can be hard to find, especially when each of your children learns differently. With ALEKS, it�s easy to provide each child with a personalized math instruction to meet their individual needs.

5 Reasons Online Music Lessons are BETTER than Traditional Lessons
Just about every parent wants their child to play an instrument. Parents understand the academic, social, and personal benefits that music offers. But did you know that online lessons have many benefits over local studio lessons? Rockfactory, the expert in live online music lessons (they've been providing online instruction successfully since 2004 ), suggests the top five reasons online lessons trump traditional lessons.

LAST CALL for BIG Curriculum Savings at the Co-op!
With over 94,000 families, the Homeschool Buyers Co-op is the world's largest buyers club for homeschoolers, founded and operated by homeschoolers just like you! (Membership is FREE and private.) Several of our most popular GroupBuys are here -- but for March only. Get your order in before they are gone!

Two HUGE Homeschool Events
GREAT HOMESCHOOL CONVENTIONS is looking forward to a very exciting 2013 convention season! Visit their website at greathomeschoolconventions.com to sign up for their email newsletter and early bird registration announcements!

Four Helpful Tips for Evaluating Online Courses
Many parents who are homeschooling turn to the Internet to find online instructional resources. But determining whether or not certain online courses are an effective academic solution can be confusing, so here are four important factors to consider when evaluating online courses.

LAST CALL for BIG Curriculum Savings at the Co-op!
With over 79,000 families, the Homeschool Buyers Co-op is the world's largest buyers club for homeschoolers -- owned and operated by homeschoolers, just like you! Membership is FREE! This month we have lined up an unusually big batch of freebies and BEST DEALS ON THE PLANET, but most of them are expiring on April 30, so don't delay!

Kids learn to read faster. Try StudyDog for a week--on us.
StudyDog kids learn to read faster because they actually want to play with it. Our online reading program zeros in on what they need--and adapts accordingly. From pre-school through first-grade, StudyDog learning is always one step ahead. Which keeps things interesting.

Could Public School from Home Mean Less Stress, More Success?
If you, like many homeschool parents, have ever wondered about the effectiveness of the curriculum materials you choose or the progress your child is making, you may want to consider accredited online schooling, also known as virtual school. As a mother of four who homeschooled my children for 5 years before switching to a virtual school, I hope to provide you with valuable insights into the online school experience.

HUGE California & Connecticut CONVENTIONS
Faithful Pioneers and Aspiring Newbies alike will find inspiration, encouragement, and support to do what you do best....HOMESCHOOL! Great Homeschool Conventions is excited to host FIVE conventions in 2012. 100's of workshops! A Wealth of FEATURED Speakers! HUGE exhibit Hall! Informative Tracks! Children's Program! Come see what homeschooling is all about.

Want to Review Time4Learning for 30 Days?
Homeschooling your child is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make as a parent. Calvert wants you to know that you don't have to go it alone. Included at no extra charge with your Calvert curriculum order is free, year-round access to Calvert's Education Counselors. Available when you need them, our experienced teachers are available by phone, email or live chat with tips, strategies, advice and answers to your questions.

You're a Great Teacher. Calvert Can Help
Homeschooling your child is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make as a parent. Calvert wants you to know that you don't have to go it alone. Included at no extra charge with your Calvert curriculum order is free, year-round access to Calvert's Education Counselors. Available when you need them, our experienced teachers are available by phone, email or live chat with tips, strategies, advice and answers to your questions.

5 HUGE Homeschool Events: CA, CT, SC, TN, OH
Attend amazing programs--including Comedy with John Branyan, the Worldview Teen Track, Parenting Track, Children's Programs, Creation Apologetics Track and Group Leader Track. Enjoy all of this and more, including hundreds of Exhibitors in our huge exhibit halls.

School Districts Get Volume Discounts - Why Not Homeschoolers?
Check out these live "Group Buys" for big savings at the Homeschool Buyers Co-op.

Every Life Is Beautiful
Opening in theaters on March 23, OCTOBER BABY tells the story of Hannah, a young woman who learns that the story of her life is much different than what she's known. In the midst of an incredible journey to discover her hidden past and find hope for her unknown future, Hannah learns that every life is beautiful. Provident Films (Courageous, Fireproof) and Samuel Goldwyn Films (Amazing Grace, Facing the Giants) present OCTOBER BABY, the feature film debut from the Erwin Brothers, Jon and Andrew, who have won numerous awards as the directors of Christian music videos from leading artists.

Mike Huckabee has a Free History DVD for you
Learn Our History produces a great series of animated DVDs that teach children all about US History from a positive, patriotic standpoint.

Great Homeschool Conventions offers Outstanding Parenting Workshops
Great Homeschool Conventions offers outstanding parenting workshops--over 300 workshops! Read information about Dr. Tedd Tripp, Kirk & Casey Martin, and John Rosemond.

On the Hunt for a Homeschooling Curriculum that Fits your Family?
Oak Meadow Curriculum and School combines experience and innovation, and provides both print-based and online alternatives. More importantly, we offer a creative and uniquely flexible approach that acknowledges the myriad of ways that students can learn. Whether you chose to purchase our curriculum, or enroll in our fully accredited school for the added benefit of teacher support and school records, you can be assured of a learning experience that truly fits your family.

Come See What's Great About Homeschooling
GREAT HOMESCHOOL CONVENTIONS strives to help you along the way on your homeschool venture by providing a FANTASTIC list of FEATURED SPEAKERS! Gifted children? Special Needs Child? Educational Instruction Needed? Parenting tips for tough TEENS? College Help? Scheduled to speak: DR. Kathy Koch, Carol Barnier, Steve Demme, Andrew Pudewa, Diana Waring, Amanda Bennett, Susan Wise Bauer, Leigh Bortins, David Hazell, Mark Hamby, Todd Wilson, The College Board, John Rosemond, Calm Christian Parenting and DOZENS more! Check the website for speaker variation.

Homeschool.com's Top 100 Educational Websites 2012
Every January, Homeschool.com asks our Product Testers to send us a list of their favorite educational websites. We then compile the results into the Top 100 Educational Websites for the year. This year was an especially exciting year for two reasons. First, the response was overwhelming! Thank you so much. Second, many new sites were recommended! We sure hope you enjoy The Top 100 Educational Websites for 2012 (there are actually a few more than 100 - because you had so many GREAT recommendations)!

For 2012, give your student a fresh start with flexible online learning from Keystone
The New Year is a great time for change-big or small-in your student's education. Whatever your family's learning needs are, now's the right moment to consider Keystone. Our online private school for grades 6-12 provides a flexible way for students to dive into their subjects from anywhere in the world, work through lessons any time of the day, and succeed at their own pace.

Welcome to Reading Eggs!
99.6% of parents who use Reading Eggs online reading program have seen a significant increase in their child's reading abilities. 98% of teachers recommend the Reading Eggs program to other teachers. Over 2,000 elementary schools across the U.S. are using Reading Eggs in their classrooms. Reading Eggs has successfully taught over 500,000 kids how to read!

How We Maintain The Home/School Balance
My husband and I love homeschooling our children. We also really like our home and we don't want it to look like a school. In case you're like us, and you like the separation between home and school, I'd like to share with you, just how our family maintains the home/school balance at our house.

Old Schoolhouse
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine encourages and supports homeschool families everywhere. The Old Schoolhouse Magazine for homeschoolers is the largest homeschool magazine on the market and features articles and interviews from known experts and speakers in the homeschooling community.