Practical Homeschooling Magazine's i-Learn Awards & Reader Awards
Every year, Practical Homeschooling requests reader nominations for our famous i-Learn and Reader Awards.
Our i-Learn Awards™ are for interactive curriculum: software and online.
Our Reader Awards™ are for traditional "hold it in your hands" curriculum: print (workbook, textbook, etc.), DVDs, CDs, and anything else that isn't interactive.
Once the nominations are completed, thousands of homeschoolers cast their votes for the curriculum they have used, in dozens of categories. Votes are based on satisfaction, not just on how many votes are cast for a product. Homeschoolers score products they have used from 1 (terrible) to 10 (the very best). The curricula with the highest satisfaction ratings are the winners. So you'll know our winning products are those your fellow homeschoolers LOVE!
Our two Awards issues are the best and only way to easily find out what thousands of your fellow homeschoolers actually recommend as "the best" in all these curriculum categories, from their own experience:
This year, the 2023 Reader Awards were published in our Summer issue (pictured), and included the following categories:
Preschool/Readiness Curriculum • Kindergarten Curriculum • Elementary Curriculum • Middle School Curriculum • High School Curriculum • Unit Studies • Educational Subscription Kits • Lapbook & Notebook Studies • Song-Based Curriculum • Bible Curriculum • Grammar • Handwriting • Comprehensive Language Arts • Literature • Logic • Phonics • Primers/Readers • Public Speaking • Spelling • Vocabulary • Writing/Composition • Foreign Language • Greek • Latin • Geography • Government • History • Worldview Curriculum • Elementary Math • Middle School Math • Algebra • Geometry • Trigonometry/Pre-Calculus • Math Drill • Elementary Science • Middle School Science • High School Biology • High School Chemistry • High School Physics • Sciece Kits & Supplies • Computer Science: Preschool-Grade 5 • Computer Science: Middle & High School • Creation Science/Intelligent Design • Health • Art Appreciation • Art Training Curriculum • Music Appreciation • Music Playing Curriculum • Music Theory • Domestic Science/Real-Life Skills
This year's i-Learn Awards were published in our Fall issue (pictured). These awards are for interactive curriculum, which at this point has come to mainly mean online curriculum.
They include these categories:
Elementary Complete Curriculum • Middle School Complete Curriculum • High School Complete Core Curriculum • High School Electives • AP Courses • Online Academies (Teacher-Led) • General Enrichment • Art • Bible • Classical Studies • Comprehensive Language Arts • Computer Science • Foreign Languages • Grammar • History • Latin • Literature • Elementary Math • Middle School Math • High School Math • Music Theory & Appreciation • Music Playing - Guitar • Music Playing - Piano • Planners • Reading Instruction/Phonics • Elementary Science • Middle School Science • High School Science • Spelling • Vocabulary • Writing/Composition
If you subscribe to either our digital or print editions, you will receive each year's Awards issues when they come out, and be able to see all the curricula that won in every category.
We hope you decide to join us in our ongoing pursuit of homeschool excellence!
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