Register Your Kids for Home School Convention Art Workshops Today!

As online registration for the Searcy Convention draws to a close, I wanted to remind everyone that Visual Manna will be conducting art workshops at both of our conventions this year.

A number of you have signed up your families for art workshops at the Searcy Convention.  However, if more people do not sign up for the workshop at the Springdale Convention soon, Visual Manna will likely have to cancel it. We don’t want to see that happen. Sign up today by calling 1-888-275-7309 or emailing visualmanna@gmail.com.

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Ask the Readers: Video or Textbook (Or Both)?

A couple of weeks ago we asked you what your favorite curriculum was.  We got so many responses through our blog, our Facebook page, and Twitter, that we thought we would pose another question: Does your family use textbooks, videos, or both as part of your everyday home school curriculum?

In the last decade, the Internet, DVDs, CDs, and multimedia in general have made information more accessible than ever before. Many curriculum providers that previously specialized in textbooks now offer companion DVDs; some new companies publish almost nothing but CDs and DVDs. what do you use?

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