| Yearbooks are both wonderful keepsakes and | | | | same sections you would find in a public school |
| great learning tools. Here are some tips for how | | | | yearbook should apply here too. You should make |
| to create a great yearbook for your homeschool. | | | | sure to have plenty of photos of every activity |
| Planning: | | | | and plenty of group photos to choose from. Make |
| The first thing you will want to do is to sit down | | | | it a point to tell your photographer or |
| and make some notes about who is to be | | | | photographers to snap away liberally throughout |
| included and involved with your yearbook project. | | | | the year so that when you are starting to go |
| If your family is large, you'll probably find that the | | | | through the photos you will have plenty to choose |
| older, high school age children are the most | | | | from. |
| interested. If you work with a larger homeschool | | | | Divide your book into chapters and sections based |
| organization or group of homeschoolers, you will | | | | on classes, and make sure to assign someone, |
| probably want to get together with them and | | | | such as your copywriter, to write captions for |
| figure out a plan of action. The earlier in the year | | | | each of the photos. |
| that you start your project, the better, especially | | | | It will, of course, make the entire project easier if |
| when you are going to be working with those | | | | you keep up with activities as the year |
| other groups. That way, you can help to make | | | | progresses rather than trying to frantically put |
| sure that there will be enough photographs and | | | | something together at the end of the year. To |
| other material to work with. | | | | that end, as suggested above, you should make |
| Again, as early in the year as you can, start a | | | | sure that the yearbook committee meets on a |
| yearbook committee and plan for them to get | | | | regular basis and doesn't get too far behind. |
| together on at least a monthly basis. Here you | | | | Printing and Binding: |
| can begin to assign departments to different | | | | If the photos you use are going to be in color, |
| students - such as official photographer, | | | | you will want your graphics person to make sure |
| copywriting, and layout and design. | | | | that they are fairly high resolution, and that you |
| As far as software, you will likely want to see if | | | | use a high quality digital printer. |
| you can get something along the lines of the | | | | As far as binding, you can send it away or have |
| Adobe Creative Suite. This will include PhotoShop | | | | your local print shop do the job. You may be |
| and InDesign, which should be enough to do the | | | | interested to know, however, that the machines |
| project from beginning to end. These programs | | | | that do this kind of hardcover binding can be |
| are the industry standard, and it is very useful in | | | | purchased new for less than $100, and are easy, |
| real world terms for students to be familiar with | | | | fun and educational to use. Having one of these |
| them and know how to use them. | | | | machines on hand will also allow your students to |
| Organization: | | | | create their own personal projects and books |
| There are no hard and fast rules on how to | | | | whenever they like, and to do so in mere |
| organize your yearbook, but the some of the | | | | minutes. |