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FEATURED ARTICLE
When Life Broadsides Your Homeschool, Vicki Bentley NEW!

DEPARTMENTS
Manual Highlight Featured articles from The Virginia Homeschool Manual—FREE!
Featured Writers
Getting Started, Staying the Course SEVERAL NEW ARTICLES
 Homeschooling Works
 Homeschooling in Virginia
Housekeeping NEW SECTION
Navigating Convention
The Law
Extra-Curricular Activities
Struggling Learners

FEATURED WRITERS
Gary Chapman, The Five Love Languages, www.fivelovelanguages.com/start.html
Speaking Love to Children  

Andrew Pudewa, Institute for Excellence in Writing, www.writing-edu.com
Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing  

Jeff Myers, Secrets of Everyday Leaders, www.inspiredleadership.com
Seven Tips for Good Communication With Your Kids  

Debra Bell, Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling, www.hsrc.com
Learning Styles: Part I 

Chris and Tracy Klicka, Heart of Homeschooling: Teaching and Living What Really Matters, www.hslda.org
Seven Important Tips for Homeschool Fathers 

Jonathan Lindvall, Bold Christian Living, www.boldchristianliving.com
Memorizing Scripture: A Joyous Legacy  

Vicki Caruana, The Organized Homeschooler
Still Meeting the Needs of Children  

Susan Wise Bauer, The Well-Trained Mind, www.welltrainedmind.com
Dodging the Homeschool Stereotype  

Inge Pohl Cannon, Education Plus, www.edplus.com
Finishing the Job: Tips for Guiding Young Adults to Responsible Independence

GETTING STARTED, STAYING THE COURSE
Live and Learn: Setting Up A Homeschool..., washingtonpost.com
A Mom's Sentimental Journey, Vicki Bentley NEW!
Lesson Planning & Record Keeping, Vicki Bentley NEW!
Navigating the Used-Curriculum Route, The Virginia Home Educator
Nine Reasons for Not Using Public Schools, Nehemiah Institute
Seven Success Tips for the Eclectic Homeschooler
When Life Broadsides Your Homeschool, Vicki Bentley NEW!

HOMESCHOOLING IN VIRGINIA
Virginia Is For Field Trips, The Virginia Home Educator
Virginia Homeschool Info , Time4Learning  

HOMESCHOOLING WORKS!
All Work Is Homework, Harvard Political Review
More Evidence That Homeschooling Works, obcl.edu

HOUSEKEEPING
Organizing for Thanksgiving, Florence Feldman NEW!

NAVIGATING THE CONVENTION
Making the Most of Convention, Janice Campbell 
Navigating the Used Curriculum Route, Practical Homeschooling

THE LAW
Home Schoolers Take Special Needs Case To Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, HSLDA.org 

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Checklist For a Successful Field Trip, Virginia Home Educator
How to "Bee" a Spelling Winner, Homeschool World (home-school.com)
Homeschool Sports On the Rise, Thomas Scheino, www.homeschoolbasketball.net

STRUGGLING LEARNERS
Homeschooling Children with Learning Disabilities, Kathy Kuhl
NEW! Kick off Your Running Shoes, Cathy Steere
NEW! Four Misconceptions about Homeschooling Struggling Learners  - Kathy Kuhl 

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