Transcripts Made Easy (A REVIEW)

With my 7th grader quickly approaching the end of his 7th grade year, and the last year of middle school I am starting to think about his high school years, so I was excited to for this review of  Transcripts Made Easy: The Homeschooler's Guide to High-School Paperwork from Everyday Education to help me prepare. I have to admit homeschooling the high school years feels really intimidating to me, but reading this has given me a little bit more confidence and understanding.

Cover of Transcripts Made Easy by Janice Campbell

I received this book through email as an e-book. I downloaded it to my computer and opened it up as a pdf. At first I was going to read it just on the computer, but decided it would be worth it to print it up so I could read it anywhere, and refer back to it. It is a 130 page book with many pages to write things down including worksheets for keeping track of subjects, a transcript form, a reading log, and much more. There's a lot of great  helps and tools in this book!

My printed up black and white version

How did I use this? Since my son is only in 7th grade I am not ready to use this to its fullest yet, so I have not been able to implement anything yet, but I read and skimmed through it with the mindset that we will be using it soon.

The book is split up into 6 parts, starting with meeting the transcript to creating the transcript and everything in between. Followed by all the reproducibles and resources at the end. This book covers everything you could think of, and even the stuff I didn't think of! It also includes information for unschoolers/non-graders and what to do if you are a very relaxed homeschool family. It can even help if  you have a senior and need a transcript right now. There is literally a tutorial on how exactly to layout a transcript, and exactly what to put in it. There is also information on how to create a high school diploma too!

Another great thing covered in this book are many tips on preparing your homeschooler for college, and not just the credit/transcript side, but the practical side too. The reality of it. For example there is a section called "Seven strategies for a successful year at college. These are things you can do to help your high schooler to prepare for the realities of college life. They are things I didn't even think about, but I am thankful they were pointed out in this book. There is so much to think about with the realities of college that I am wishing I had thought about with my daughter who is almost done with her senior year. I am looking foward to talking to her about some of these things. Even though I am not making a transcript for her, I wish I would have found this book a long time ago. It would have helped me in other ways as she navigated her high school years.

I highly recommend reading this if you have a homeschooled child getting ready to enter the high school years. Even if they have already started, it's not too late. And even if you aren't creating a transcript yourself for your child this book is a great resource for thinking about needs for college and preparing your student.

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