What would you do if your child REALLY failed a homeschool class - refused to do history, for example? Let's talk about how to cope, as a homeschool m...

Anne wrote with a wonderful report on her homeschooled daughter! Her homemade transcript, mommy-made grades, and homeschool GPA earned huge rewar...

Here are general guidelines to help you plan high school courses. English Provide 4 years of reading and writing at your child's level. This can inclu...

The High School Solution Review by Susan Anadale and The Old Schoolhouse® Product & Curriculum Reviews ​"Confession: homeschooling high school is ...

Perfect record keeping is keeping records, not keeping records perfectly. See this picture? This is what my own record keeping actually looked like, w...

Total Transcript Solution Review by Laura DelgadoandThe Old Schoolhouse® Product & Curriculum Reviews "Lee Binz is quite literally the first and l...

Most colleges require, request, or appreciate course descriptions. Most parents plan ahead by having homeschool course descriptions ready for college ...

It's always so nice to hear from my Gold Care Club members. Johanna emailed me the nicest compliments and I wanted to share them with you. Maybe you c...

Going to college is not just about getting IN to college, it's also finding a way to make college affordable. That's part of why I suggest making a ho...

Each child will have a different experience with extracurricular activities, so it's impossible for someone outside your home to say exactly how Civil...

What do you do when you live and homeschool in Qatar and your child is going to college in the US? Make a homeschool transcript, of course! Margaret w...

Ditch the Stress and Grab the Confidence It was fun to see another review posted on my book on transcripts and course descriptions. I wrote this book to help homeschool parents ditch the stress and grab the confidence to create beautiful, professional homeschool records, and to save big money on the cost of college. Almost all colleges require an official homeschool transcript, made by the homeschool parent. You do need to know how to make one....

Scholarships Worth 93% of College Costs I got a wonderful letter from a member, and she was very specific about why she felt her daughter got a huge, Huge, HUGE scholarship that covered a full 93% of the cost of attending college! Here is the short version, in case you are in a hurry, but need to know what Kathleen did to become so successful.Executive summary for busy parents Start your transcript early - learn how...

3 Tips for Including Dual Enrollment on College Applications Dual enrollment classes on the transcriptUse an acronym before the class title to clearly show which classes were taken at the community college. That shows that senior year classes are harder than last year - a good trend to show.  You can read about that trend in this blog post, Acronym for Outside Classes.  For the classes your student is currently enrolled in, replace the grade with...

5 Reasons Marcy Crabtree Loves the Total Transcript Solution Marcy Crabtree of Ben and Me recently started using my Total Transcript Solution. I taught a class for her, and during the class she was telling me all about how much she loves it! The Top 5 Reasons Marcy Crabtree Loves the Total Transcript Solution 1) I know that I'm going to be prepared and that helps alleviate so much fear and so much pressure for me....