Before you build a house, you need plans. You need a BLUEPRINT. Blueprint Homeschooling is a guide to help home educating parents of all philosophies and styles create a homeschool year that works for their kids. Are you looking for a better way to manage your time, energy, and sanity throughout the school year? Do you spend your school days searching for missing ingredients to science experiments? For anyone who feels that they are constantly behind or not doing it right compared to others, 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.