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• Christmas Goodies for Your Family
  by EHO Staff
  Storybooks, units with lapbooks, Christmas music, coloring books and much more in our Christmas freebies for 2009 freebie palooza!
• Daily Planning Resources
  by EHO Staff
  Resources, forms, and more to help you with your daily lesson and curriculum planning.
• Decision Time
  by Beverly S. Krueger
  It's decision time for many homeschool families. The curriculum fair has come and gone. Homeschool catalogs have been pored over. Product reviews have been read. Now it's decision time. Which math program am I going to purchase for my reluctant daughter? Is there anything that will motivate my teenage son to do more than sleep, eat, and play video games?
• Extra Stuff for Your Homeschool
  by EHO Staff
  If you’re like me, you’re always looking for extra stuff for your homeschool. Cool things, free resources, and great ways of doing things…it’s all good. We’ve put together a list of extras you may want to get for your homeschool.
• First Steps to Planning Your Curriculum
  by Beverly S. Krueger
  What is the key to choosing the right curriculum for your home and your child? Are there things you can do that will put you on the right track?
• Games and Gaming
  by EHO Staff
  Games can be educational, but they should always be fun. We've listed some resources for online game play, educational game play, learning about video gaming, and a highly recommended site for discovering new and innovative board games.
• Games in the “Classroom”
  by Tammy M. Cardwell
  It’s easy to invest all of your time, efforts, and finances in “real curriculum,” but often the best “curriculum” is one that doesn’t appear to be educational – a toy or a game that either teaches or reinforces learning on the sly.
• Getting Physically Fit with the President’s Challenge
  by Beverly S. Krueger
  The President’s Challenge offers a series of programs that can get your basic couch potato on the path to a more active lifestyle to winning the gold medal in the Presidential Champions program. These programs are available to kids, teens, and adults and can be done on an individual basis. There are also two programs designed for educators which homeschoolers can use in their support groups or co-ops. The programs provide downloadable resources to help implement them and a variety of items like t-shirts and stickers to get your kids excited about getting physically fit. Awards including patches, certificates and medals are all reasonably priced.
• Homeschool Conventions: Tips Before You Go
  by EHO Staff
  f you've ever felt overwhelmed by the wealth of workshops, keynote addresses, and resources for sale or conversely felt so giddy that you just had to buy, buy, buy, these tips for staying on track should help.
• Homeschoolers Helping Hurricane Victims
  by EHO Staff
  This article includes listings of organizations that are accepting donations to aid homeschool hurricane victims or have resources available to hurricane victims.
• Homeschooling for Free or on a Budget
  by Laura Carter
  When you're looking into ways to homeschool you can research hundreds of different curricula and styles of homeschooling. Sometimes it can get overwhelming, especially if you're on a tight budget. There are way to homeschool for "free" and on a low budget, but it takes a little bit more work and planning.
• Homeschooling Scope & Sequence
  by EHO Staff
  Scope and sequence resources to assist you in planning your homeschooling curriculum.
• Project Noah: Bringing Help and Hope
  by Beverly S. Krueger
  Project Noah helps homeschool families who are in financial crisis whether that be from a natural disaster like Katrina and Rita or because of individual crisis like the death of a spouse, severe illness, or loss of income. Project Noah supplies curriculum for homeschoolers in need. Read more to see how you can help Project Noah get replacement curriculum into the hands of needy homeschoolers.
• Stocking a Low Cost Library
  by Beverly S. Krueger
  Shelf space and cost are both barriers to collecting a decent homeschool library. Most eclectic homeschoolers like to use real books, and while the library is certainly a inexpensive option, owning the books that are key elements of curriculum is the ideal we all hope to reach. Assembling a low cost library is possible as Beverly explains.
• The Cost of Homeschooling
  by Beverly S. Krueger
  Many people interested in homeschooling are naturally concerned about how much it will cost. That's a hard question to answer because the answer depends on so many variables. We'll look at some of your options.
• Theft by Any Other Name
  by Tammy M. Cardwell
  There is a scenario that plays out in homeschooling households all over. It begins with a homeschooling parent on a tight budget. Mom (or Dad) decides she must have a certain curriculum for her children, but it is costly. So, she develops a plan. She will purchase the curriculum, either photocopy the consumable pages or have her children do their work on notebook pages so that the book is preserved, and then she will resell the curriculum so that she can recoup some of her cost. Is this frugality or is it theft?
  First published 2/15/2005.

Unit Study Articles - Curriculum Helps

• Finding the Perfect Video for Your Homeschool Lessons
  by Beverly S. Krueger
  We’re posting a number of video reviews with the October 1, 2005 update, so it seemed the perfect opportunity to discuss how to find a video to go with your studies.