October 2012 Contents ®
About Our Cover
1 NashHillSchool............................................ Tina Rice
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Homeschool Faculty
10 Meet Our Contributing Writers and Columnists
Editorial
14 “You Homeschool? You Must Be SO Patient!” . . . . . . . . . . . Deborah Wuehler
Teachers’ Lounge
18 From Our Readers
The Factual Homeschooler
20 Reading—How Important Is It? .................... Dr. Heather W. Allen
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Show & Tell
22 MeettheBentzBunch.................................... Renita Bentz
The Gentle Art of Learning:
The Charlotte Mason Homeschooler
26 A New Suit of Clothes With Room to Grow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Andreola
His Joyful Homeschooler
28 Where Did All the Superheroes Go? ........................ Denise Mira
30 RejoicinginDifferences ............................... Sheila Campbell
The Ordinary Homeschooler
32 TheProjectMethod................................. Mary Hood, Ph.D.
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The Unit Study Homeschooler
34 GodlyCharacterIstheGoal .............................. Jessica Hulcy
The Literary Homeschooler
36 Reading Classic Literature From a
Christian Perspective—Part I ........................... Adam Andrews
The Classical Homeschooler
38 Wide-EyedWonder...................................... Leigh Bortins
40 Don’t Forget What the Ancients Found........................ Amy Barr
Vendor Hall
42 Mandala Fellowship: Rediscovering the Quadrivium
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