Before you build a house, you need plans. You need a BLUEPRINT.
Blueprint Homeschooling is for home educating parents of all philosophies and styles who are looking for a better way to manage their time, energy, and sanity throughout the school year. Do you spend your school days searching for missing ingredients to science experiments? Do you feel like you are constantly behind or like you are not doing enough compared to other people you know? It doesn't have to be this way.
Blueprint Homeschooling is a friendly, humorous guide to planning your school year. Before you even take a glance at a calendar, you'll discover why you homeschool, explore some of the educational philosophies and teaching methods available, and set goals that take into account the reality of your life. By the time you're done, you'll have all the tools and supplies to make it through an entire year of home education, fine-tuned to the real world you live in. Filled with practical advice and stories of those in the homeschool trenches, Blueprint Homeschooling has something for beginners and seasoned homeschool veterans alike.
Seasonal sales (especially in January and in June) usually drive the book to the top 50 of Homeschool books on Amazon. It has 17 ratings on Amazon, averaging 5 stars. There are 18 ratings on Goodreads, where it has a 4.67 star rating.
This book isn't really about planning. After you've gone through it, you'll have a great plan for your school year, but that's just a bonus. This book is really about dreaming, envisioning, discovering, and preparing an ideal year of homeschooling for your whole family. Rather than having you fill in a bunch of charts and calendars, I will walk you through the process of discovering why you homeschool, what you hope each of your children will get out of homeschooling, and how you will make those dreams happen with a solid, workable plan.
By the time you're done reading this book and working through some of the questions and projects included in each section, you'll have two plans, or blueprints, for your year. Your first blueprint will be the one for your dream home: your ideal homeschool year. If you had unlimited time, energy, money, and resources, this is the plan you would go with. Your second blueprint will be the one for the house you live in while you build your dream home. This is the homeschool year that is interrupted by illnesses, unplanned activities, unexpected visitors, and those days when no one, including you, wants to do anything.
| Language | Status |
|---|---|
|
Dutch
|
Already translated.
Translated by Angelique Hersman
|
|
|
Author review: Angelique was very easy to work with and met all of the book deadlines without any issues. Her translation was clear, and she also kept the book in the original formatting, which made my job formatting it into an ebook much easier than some of the other translations I have had. I highly recommend her and if I had a chance to work with her again, I would. |
|
French
|
Already translated.
Translated by Bibi Sahida Dilmamode
|
|
Italian
|
Already translated.
Translated by Marzia Bosoni
|
|
|
Author review: Marzia Bosoni has been a delight to work with. She is very professional and delivered all materials on time. She asked questions when needed to clarify the translation and project, and has been clear about how and where she will market the book. I highly recommend her if you want a professional translator who is easy to work with. I would work with her again if I had the opportunity! |
|
Spanish
|
Already translated.
Translated by Sabrina Sattnin
|
|
|
Author review: Sabrina was easy to work with, very communicative, and was right on time with all translation deadlines. I was very happy working with her. She has been very professional. Marketing for this book has been difficult as it is a niche topic. |
