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Homeschooling on a Budget
Homeschooling is on the rise. After the pandemic exposed many flaws in the public education system, more and more American parents are seeking better options. But what about those who cannot afford private schools and have no access to good charter schools? It's never been a better time for home education. Parents from any background, with any income level, can give their children the best education possible by utilizing affordable tools within their community. From libraries to book sales and internet options, homeschooling has never been easier, and best of all, parents can do it for less than 5% of the costs that public schools spend on average per student.
186 pages, Paperback
Published August 2, 2022
About the author
Jessica Marie Baumgartner
26 books93 followersJessica’s motto is: Adventure first, then write! When not running around exploring life, she chases multiple versions of herself (5 Kids) and feeds animal babies. She is also the author of "Reclaiming Femininity," "The Magic of Trees," "Homeschooling on a Budget," "The Magic of Nature," "Walk Your Path," "The Golden Rule," and more . Despite being a walking oxymoron factory: dyslexic-writer, maternal-tomboy, conservative-Pagan, she loves everyone and works for the Right Side Broadcasting Network, Mid Rivers Newsmagazine, and Witch Way Magazine. She is an America First Free-Speech advocate and current member of the Missouri Writers’ Guild and Saturday Writers groups.
Her writing has won:
2024 2nd Place Saturday Writers July/August Poetry Award for, Unexpected Beachfront Property
2024 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Nonfiction Book Award for, The Magic of Trees
2024 3rd Place Saturday Writers President’s Contest Drabble for, Dad’s Making Hot Sauce Again (A National Hot Sauce Day Horror Story)
2024 Saturday Writers Pen & Paint Poetry Contest winner, Forgotten Home
2024 Saturday Writers Pen & Paint Short Story Contest winner, A Capella Memories
2023 3rd Place Saturday Writer’s May Writing Competition for, Hungry Bird
2021 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Walter Williams Award for, Walk Your Path
2021 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Best Poem Award for, Paternal Admiration
2018 Bards & Sages Author of the Year Award
2018 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Children’s Book Award for, The Golden Rule
2018 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Short Story Award for, English Escape
2018 3rd Place Bards & Sages Short Fiction Award for, By the Stars
2018 Story of the Year Bards & Sages Award for, Gold Bands
2018 New Apple Award’s Best Spiritual Book of the year for, The Golden Rule
2017 New Apple Award’s Children’s Spiritual Ebook of the year for, The Golden Rule
2016 2nd place in the Summer Indie Book Awards for Best Sci-Fi Book, By the Stars
Publications that have featured Jessica Marie Baumgartner’s articles and stories: Right Side Broadcasting Network, Sasee Magazine, Extremely American, Giant Freakin Robot, The Foundation for Economic Education, The Vermont Daily Chronicle, Edge of Humanity Magazine, The Conservative New Mexican, The Conservative Woman, Missouri Conservationist, Go 2 Tutors education news, The Federalist, Aspire Magazine, All Things Weird & Strange, The New American, The Epoch Times, The Sedona Journal of Emergence, American Thinker, Pagan Pages, Magic of Motivational Poetry and Quotes, Evie Magazine, Father and I, Woods Reader, Witch Way Magazine, Light of Consciousness Magazine, Breastfeeding Today, New Spirit Journal, Alban Lake Publishing, Conscious Shift Magazine, Witchology Magazine, LitReactor, Buddy Lit Zine, The St. Louis Post Dispatch, Kids Imagination Train Magazine, Mothers Always Write, It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life, Fantastic Tales of Terror: History’s Darkest Secrets, The RAC Magazine, Bards & Sages, Aurora Wolf, Spaceports & Spidersilk, My Wandering Uterus, Guardian Angel Kids Ezine, The Society of Misfit Stories, FrostFire Worlds, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for Teachers, Outposts of Beyond, Everyday Fiction, The Lorelei Signal, Circle Magazine, Yellow Mama, The Horror Zine, The Witches’ Voice, Blood Moon Rising, Magazine, Bewildering Stories, Spirit One Magazine, Fiction on the Web, Jitter Press, Down in the Dirt Magazine, Beyond Imagination Literary Magazine, Postcard Shorts, Hellfire Crossroads, and Quantum Muse and The St. Louis Examiner (where she used to be a staff member).
Her writing has won:
2024 2nd Place Saturday Writers July/August Poetry Award for, Unexpected Beachfront Property
2024 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Nonfiction Book Award for, The Magic of Trees
2024 3rd Place Saturday Writers President’s Contest Drabble for, Dad’s Making Hot Sauce Again (A National Hot Sauce Day Horror Story)
2024 Saturday Writers Pen & Paint Poetry Contest winner, Forgotten Home
2024 Saturday Writers Pen & Paint Short Story Contest winner, A Capella Memories
2023 3rd Place Saturday Writer’s May Writing Competition for, Hungry Bird
2021 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Walter Williams Award for, Walk Your Path
2021 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Best Poem Award for, Paternal Admiration
2018 Bards & Sages Author of the Year Award
2018 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Children’s Book Award for, The Golden Rule
2018 3rd Place Missouri Writer’s Guild Short Story Award for, English Escape
2018 3rd Place Bards & Sages Short Fiction Award for, By the Stars
2018 Story of the Year Bards & Sages Award for, Gold Bands
2018 New Apple Award’s Best Spiritual Book of the year for, The Golden Rule
2017 New Apple Award’s Children’s Spiritual Ebook of the year for, The Golden Rule
2016 2nd place in the Summer Indie Book Awards for Best Sci-Fi Book, By the Stars
Publications that have featured Jessica Marie Baumgartner’s articles and stories: Right Side Broadcasting Network, Sasee Magazine, Extremely American, Giant Freakin Robot, The Foundation for Economic Education, The Vermont Daily Chronicle, Edge of Humanity Magazine, The Conservative New Mexican, The Conservative Woman, Missouri Conservationist, Go 2 Tutors education news, The Federalist, Aspire Magazine, All Things Weird & Strange, The New American, The Epoch Times, The Sedona Journal of Emergence, American Thinker, Pagan Pages, Magic of Motivational Poetry and Quotes, Evie Magazine, Father and I, Woods Reader, Witch Way Magazine, Light of Consciousness Magazine, Breastfeeding Today, New Spirit Journal, Alban Lake Publishing, Conscious Shift Magazine, Witchology Magazine, LitReactor, Buddy Lit Zine, The St. Louis Post Dispatch, Kids Imagination Train Magazine, Mothers Always Write, It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life, Fantastic Tales of Terror: History’s Darkest Secrets, The RAC Magazine, Bards & Sages, Aurora Wolf, Spaceports & Spidersilk, My Wandering Uterus, Guardian Angel Kids Ezine, The Society of Misfit Stories, FrostFire Worlds, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for Teachers, Outposts of Beyond, Everyday Fiction, The Lorelei Signal, Circle Magazine, Yellow Mama, The Horror Zine, The Witches’ Voice, Blood Moon Rising, Magazine, Bewildering Stories, Spirit One Magazine, Fiction on the Web, Jitter Press, Down in the Dirt Magazine, Beyond Imagination Literary Magazine, Postcard Shorts, Hellfire Crossroads, and Quantum Muse and The St. Louis Examiner (where she used to be a staff member).
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August 3, 2022
If you are thinking about homeschooling or already are, it’s always helpful to find resources to help trim costs. Ms. Baumgartner gives you a variety of ways to save money so that homeschooling isn’t a financial burden by utilizing the free or inexpensive resources available to you.
Are you teaching a child who is in Kindergarten? Maybe you are teaching a high school student. This book covers all of the grades, plus resources for post high school. I recommend you read this helpful book before purchasing all of your curricula. Ms. Baumgartner’s ideas will save you money.
I was given a complimentary copy of this book. I was not expected to give a positive review. All opinions are my own.
Are you teaching a child who is in Kindergarten? Maybe you are teaching a high school student. This book covers all of the grades, plus resources for post high school. I recommend you read this helpful book before purchasing all of your curricula. Ms. Baumgartner’s ideas will save you money.
I was given a complimentary copy of this book. I was not expected to give a positive review. All opinions are my own.
December 9, 2022
Homeschooling on a budget is a nonfiction self-help book teaching parents how to homeschool their children based on either having the inability to send them to private school or just preference. Not only is it hard to make this decision, but also you need to have the discipline to implement such structural learning. For this reason, it is very useful to have a book such as this one guiding you with the steps you need to cover and at least know about.
I found the literature to be helpful but also informative and educational. What I liked about it was how organized it was. It is apparent how much care and organization has gone into producing it.
I recommend this book to parents who are considering homeschooling.
I found the literature to be helpful but also informative and educational. What I liked about it was how organized it was. It is apparent how much care and organization has gone into producing it.
I recommend this book to parents who are considering homeschooling.
August 5, 2022
By far one of the best books on the subject. Many people completely write off homeschool as on option due to what they think is a money pit,, but this book proves it can be done at any financial level. Insightful and helpful as well as straightforward. A great primer for beginning a homeschooling journey. Can't recommend it enough. This gets an A+.
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