May 2012 Contents ®
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About Our Cover
1 The North RoadSchoolhouse ................................
Tina Rice
Homeschool Faculty
10 Meet Our Contributing Writers and Columnists
Editorial
14 WhyAmISoTired?.................................
Deborah Wuehler
Teachers’ Lounge
18 From Our Readers
Homeschool Support
22 Encouraging Moms to Homeschool Their Children . . . . . . . . . . . .
Liz Nieves
24 Organization—It’s More About Mindset
ThanYouThink .....................................
Melissa Morgner
The Informed Homeschooler
28 No Bullying—On What Authority? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dr. Brian D. Ray
Show & Tell
32 Homeschooling Our Two Giggly Girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stefanie Smith
The Gentle Art of Learning: The Charlotte Mason
Homeschooler
34 How to Recognize a Living Book .......................
Karen Andreola
His Joyful Homeschooler
38 An Ordinary Homeschool Mom With IMPACT! . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Denise Mira
40 TheImpactofaChild.................................
Sheila Campbell
The Ordinary Homeschooler
42 How to Build a LEGO Robotics Team . . .
Dr. Mary Hood with Shelly Browne
The Struggling Homeschooler
46 The Biology of Auditory Processing and
Short-TermMemoryIssues ...............................
Dianne Craft
The Relational Homeschooler
48 ThePowerofGifts......................................
Diana Waring
The Unit Study Homeschooler
52 5 Ds of Learning for All: Gifted, Special Needs, and Average . .
Jessica Hulcy
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