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Can You Afford to Homeschool?

May 10, 2019 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Homeschooling, like anything with kids, can be very expensive! You may be hyperventilating when you search for curriculum options. This can lead many prospective homeschoolers to quit before they begin. They feel like they could never afford homeschooling. Homeschooling does not have to be expensive!With a little planning, it is very doable. Before diving into purchasing curriculum, learn how to budget like a ninja for homeschooling. Here’s a four step plan for you to make an annual plan that works.

Take an Inventory of Income and Expenses

The key to making anything affordable is knowing how much you have to spend. Knowing how much you have coming in and going out is vital. If you already keep a budget, great! Look over it and decide how much you can allocate to homeschooling.

If you don’t have a written budget, or your budget is tight, dig a little deeper. Take some time to look over your expenses. What other expenses need to be covered? Is there anything that can be cut or modified to make more room for homeschool resources? You may want to get a budget tracking app, such as MINT, to help with tracking expenses. After a few months, you will have a better idea of where your money is going.

Decide What You Can Afford

Now that you have analyzed your expenses, it’s time to build your budget. How much can you afford to spend? How much money and how much time. Time probably wasn’t what you were thinking. Saving money takes time! Yes, there are ways to homeschool for almost nothing but, everything has a cost. If you are choosing to create everything yourself to save money, you need to find a way to budget more time. There’s no such thing as completely free. Buying a boxed curriculum is expensive, but you will not have to create lesson plans, activities, etc.

On the other hand, you can save hundreds of dollars by building your own curriculum. You will need to budget time to gather all the materials, write out lesson plans, make up tests, and so on. Homeschooling can be affordable, just be realistic when budgeting your time and money.

Create Goals for Each Student

Homeschooling can also get expensive when you don’t have a goal. It is easy to get swept up in the amazing curriculum options. It is important to know what you need and truly want your children to learn. What subjects are required? Is there anything else that you want to add? Be careful not to add too much. One or two additional subjects is plenty. Remember this is about budgeting time and money. If you buy more curriculum than you can use, you are wasting money.

Try our FREE Homeschool Goals Worksheet!

Look at your goals and make a list of exactly what you need for each child. Are there any special tools you will need( such as a microscope or laptop?) See how many resources you already have or can borrow. Now it’s time to divide your overall budget between your children according to their needs.

Do Your Homework

Research is an important part of being prepared. Know what you want and research the options BEFORE attending any type of curriculum sale or homeschool conference. This will help you stay focused and make an informed decision. Look into how the curriculum works and what learning styles it serves. Read over reviews for potential curriculum choices. Know how much the curriculum choices cost and what they go for used. Having a short list of ideas will keep you from getting overwhelmed with the options. Also, an informed consumer makes better decisions. Your research will keep you on budget and help you avoid buying something you don’t really want. Remember sales representatives can be very convincing. Of course, they all sell the “best” resources around.

Try our Free Simple Homeschool Planning Pack

Filed Under: Homeschool Budget, Homeschool Classroom, Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschool Deals, Nature Crafts

10 Places to SELL Your Used Homeschooling Curriculum

March 28, 2018 By Crafty Team Leave a Comment

What do you do with your used homeschooling curriculum after the semester is done? Each time you need to purchase new homeschooling curriculum, you also have old curriculum you need to get rid of. One of the best things you can do is to sell your used homeschooling curriculum, helping fund the next set you need to buy.

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Filed Under: Art Curriculum, Classroom Products, Full, Homeschool Books, Homeschool Budget, Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschool Deals, Homeschool Fundraisers, Homeschool Tools

Dollar Bin Homeschool Deals… Are They Really Worth It?

February 14, 2018 By Crafty Team 1 Comment

These days, homeschooling on a budget means you look for every deal or discount you can. If something is free – you grab it. If something is a great deal – you stock up. So what about those dollar bin homeschool deals? You know – the little school supplies, notepads, and other trinkets you often find at the front of large megastores? Are they really worth it?…

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Free Simple Homeschool Planning Pack

May 24, 2017 By Valerie Mcclintick 2 Comments

This set of simple homeschooling resources is intended to help you simplify your goal setting, curriculum shopping and daily schedule.  Today, we are offering this small collection FREE for all of our newsletter subscribers.

Print Simple Homeschool Planning Pack Here

Homeschool Goals:  Sometime before you start your curriculum planning we suggest sitting down and writing out your goals for each student.  This doesn’t have to be detailed, it can be as simple as, “Get through 5th grade math.”  However, there may be subjects that you have more detailed answers for, “Develop empathy and self control.”  Doing this for each student is a great way to customize their education.

 

Homeschool Curriculum:  Print one page for each student and use this sheet to keep track of what products, resources and classes you’ll be using during the year to cover each subject.  Take this sheet with you to homeschool conventions and curriculum sales so you can always update and keep organized.

 

Homeschool Schedule:  This sheet is intended to be an independent planner for your students.  Print and add in your daily subjects and a photo of your student.  Laminate or store in a page protector then provide your student with a dry erase marker to keep track of their daily tasks. Encourage students to mark off the boxes as they complete each task.

 

Print our Free Homeschool Planning Pack Here

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Build Your Bundle Coupon

May 19, 2017 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

In case you haven’t heard the Build Your Bundle sale is back for 2017!  This is the biggest homeschool sale of the year and it lasts for one week only.  The sale won’t start until Monday, however if you CLICK HERE you can grab a bonus coupon that you can use during the sale. (No, the coupon won’t be available once the sale starts, so grab it now!)

 

While your there you can enter to win over $4,400 in Homeschool Curriculum.  This is a great opportunity to add some amazing homeschool titles to your digital bookshelves.  Enter to Win Here

And Stay Tuned….this sales is going to be HUGE!!  Here is a sneak peek:

Which Curriculum Publishers are in the Sale?
Over 100 of your favorite homeschool publishers are participating, including:
Bright Ideas Press
Character Concepts
Grammar Galaxy
Knowledge Quest Inc.
Master Books
Raising Real Men
The Homeschool Scientist
The Old Schoolhouse
Trivium Pursuit
and over 90 more……
Click Here for entire publisher list
 
Mark your calendar for May 22nd and
Stay Tuned for more Sales Information

What is the Build Your Bundle Sale?
Only the Best Sale of the Year!
When does the BYB Sale Start?
The BYB Sale goes LIVE at 5am PST on Monday, May 19th
How Much can I Save?
Homeschool Curriculum bundles are priced up to 96% off.
Hint: Grab an additional coupon here

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Back to Homeschool Curriculum Discounts

August 25, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Discounts

If you’re like me you like to stretch every single penny with your homeschool curriculum.

Sometimes I’ll wait ALL year for a curriculum to go on sale just to save $2.50.  No Joke.

I even pass up the 16 cent spiral notebooks during the Back to School Sales, because I know we’ve got 65% of our pages left from last year. Our binders are tattered and worn, but if they still work they still work.

When I do buy school supplies I try to focus more on quality than quantity, and I look for resources I know will last through different seasons of our homeschool.

Almost half of my Curriculum is digital. I purchase many eBooks for their re-usability factor, and many online subscriptions that can be used with multiple children.

Investing in a Home Binding Machine was one of my smartest purchases for my classroom.  It takes me less that five minutes to print, punch and assemble a curriculum for my children, and provides me with options to switch things up as needed.

I also create many of my own resources and share them with our newsletter readers.

If you don’t already, be sure to subscribe to our newsletter.  It’s free and it’s a great way to stay updated with our newest freebies and eBooks added to our curriculum store.

We also feature many exclusive offers from Top Homeschool Curriculum publishers.

Currently, our newsletter is featuring  50+ Deals on some of your favorite publishers at up to 89% off. 

There are products in Math, Language Arts, Science, Special Needs, Technology, Phonics, History, Geopgraphy, Art & Music and even All in One Curriculums.

You don’t want to miss these deals or the ones we have planned for our future newsletters.






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Filed Under: Homeschool Budget, Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschool Deals Tagged With: curriculum, Discounts, Freebies, homeschool

Awesome Deal on Homeschool eBooks!

August 20, 2013 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

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If you haven’t already heard, the 2013 Homeschool Omnibus was just released!
This is a collection of 90+ Homeschooling eBooks, including our own Poetry Guide.
There are so many titles, from getting started homeschooling, to full preschool curriculums.
The value of this collection is $590, but you can grab the entire thing for $25.

It’s a steal, and it’s only good through Sunday.

Read More and purchase Homeschool Omnibus Here.

View the 90 eBook titles here:
Omnibus

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