FOMO (fear of missing out) is real. If you and your homeschool student are considering alternatives to traditional college, including exclusively obtaining a degree through distance learning, you may be concerned about missing out on the normal college experience. Some say college is the best time you’ll ever have in life—that this is as [...]
The homeschool life is a busy one. It goes without saying that making time to eat healthy meals and snacks as a family is a challenge. It can be tempting to just grab fast food instead of putting in the effort to make a home-cooked meal, or to just reach for something salty or [...]
Your child has spent his or her entire academic life in homeschool. It’s been a fun and engaging way to learn—with lots of variety, flexibility, and self-paced learning suited to your student’s learning style. But soon your student will leave the nest and head off to college. And the idea of new living arrangements, new [...]
Have you ever considered homeschooling through college? If that idea sounds odd, bear with me. Homeschooling through college simply means that you take all your classes remotely. Here at Transcript Maker, we think this can be a great option for students. Why? Here are eight benefits we think you’ll like. 1. It typically costs [...]
We know that spring is the time when many homeschool families work on transcripts. To help out, we're offering a 20% discount on all Transcript Maker plans using the code SPRING2021. This is the sixth part in our 6-part series on the basics of homeschool transcripts. Read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, [...]
Some of us are morning people, some night people. Whether it’s a learned behavior or baked into our genetics, the divide between the perky morning lark and the wired night owl is pretty much universal. Benjamin Franklin might have said, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise,” [...]