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07-31-2018, 09:03 AM | #16 |
Rose Garden
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Re: What's on your homeschool supplies back to school list?
We get pensels and paper. I also buy note cards because that works best for us for lists. I also use this time if year to buy things for stockings at Christmas, little pens and books and things that are fun but not necessarily useful.
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08-02-2018, 06:34 PM | #17 |
Rose Garden
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Re: What's on your homeschool supplies back to school list?
I always buy the pronged pocket folders in a variety of colors this time of year, because at other times of year they're nearly unfindable or cost $2-3 each.
Scotch tape replacement rolls often have their best price now too...and we go through a LOT of tape, lol. I also get 1-2 boxes of Bic Xtra Strong Mechanical pencils; they're the only ones with leads that don't constantly snap off. |
08-02-2018, 10:02 PM | #18 | |
Rose Garden
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Selkirk Mountains
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Re: What's on your homeschool supplies back to school list?
Magic pencils. Like the magic beans in Jack and the Beanstalk, but pencils.
(No, they don't really exist. ) ---------- Post added at 10:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:00 PM ---------- Quote:
---------- Post added at 10:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:01 PM ---------- I usually stock up on filler paper and some spiral notebooks. Also, co-op classes often require 3-prong folders or 3-ring binders so I buy some of those. And markers, crayons, and glue sticks because they're cheaper now than any other time. |
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08-02-2018, 11:35 PM | #19 |
Climbing Rose
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Beautiful PNW
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Re: What's on your homeschool supplies back to school list?
I skimmed the other posts, so I don't think this one got mentioned. But the one thing I bought YEARS ago that I thank myself for buying every year is a laminator!
I bought a scotch laminator and a pack of laminator pouches at target my very first year of homeschooling my oldest for preschool, and 6-ish years later I still use it several times a year and it was SOOO worth it..
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08-03-2018, 07:21 AM | #20 | |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: What's on your homeschool supplies back to school list?
This is a great thread - it's reminding me of several things I usually look for (I also do the dollar store) and several things that would make my life much much easier I still have school supplies I didn't use last year.
I suddenly thought of something I stock ONLY this time of year - index cards and sticky notes (it was on my list but usually I get them dirt cheap during school supply time). I use them a ton. AND hard plastic pencil cases. In addition to organizing my school supplies I use them in my bathroom for little things I also peruse the school supply area whenever I am at walmart/target or the dollar store between end of july and mid october (after mid september is my favorite time cuz of clearance - i usually try to hold off past labor day to purchase anything). I am going today to walmart and the dollar store. I'm having to take a deep breath because this post has me all excited ---------- Post added at 09:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:17 AM ---------- Quote:
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08-13-2018, 06:45 AM | #21 |
Rose Garden
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Re: What's on your homeschool supplies back to school list?
Anyone have a favorite globe? Our wall map got gross and I’m wanting a globe this year .
I have grandiose ideas like an inflatable one for better storage but worry my goofy kids would destroy it I’m also considering scrunch maps
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08-13-2018, 07:44 AM | #22 | |
Rose Garden
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Re: What's on your homeschool supplies back to school list?
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You could get a hug a planet. Those can’t be destroyed easily. My kids destroyed our regular globe.
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08-13-2018, 07:52 AM | #23 | |
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Re: What's on your homeschool supplies back to school list?
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I looked at Hug a planet— those look cool. I’m going to ask the kids what they prefer
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08-22-2018, 05:11 AM | #24 |
Rose Garden
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Re: What's on your homeschool supplies back to school list?
We have a Hugg-a-Planet. It lives in the Ikea egg chair so it's around whenever we need it. I had to repair the seam once and the stuffing has gotten mashed and matted so that it's no longer round. (It gets sat on and thrown around a LOT. The poor thing takes more than its fair share of abuse with four kids.) I think we've had it 6 or 7 years. It's reasonably accurate. The map is printed in curved diamond panels then cut out and sewn together so our globe has a seam or two that aren't perfectly lined up which used to bug me, but not the kids. I got over it. We have a nice globe we picked up at Costco a couple of years ago but it lives in a closet and the Hugg-a-Planet gets much more use.
We've got the moon, too. I love that the craters are labeled. The Scrunch maps are awesome - easy to store, super portable, and the plastic-y fabric they're printed on is wonderfully durable. I used to take them to a class I taught and have had kids fight over them with never a rip. We have a huge Rand-McNally laminated wall map that is GREAT on detail, but we never use it because I bought it before measuring the wall space. A markable map sounds dreamy . . . . . .
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