Today's post is about how to get free homeschool materials, supplies, teaching materials and more!!!!
RECENTLY:
My community held a nice service down at the park where they gave out free book bags to the children. A friend of mine was so kind as to share with me the application as well as the other location where the same concept of programs where taking place. Now, although this was the very first time in this area that such a program took place; I am heavily assuming that this will not be the last.
I believe that the reason for the program was because of the unreasonable school supply lists that are being sent home either at the end of the school year or the beginning of the school year. Now for some of my vet-home-unschoolers you really have to admit the list gets really CRAZY!!!! I mean, we used to only need supplies for just one and it looked a little something like thisSCHOOL SUPPLY LIST:
1.PACK OF PENCILS
2. PENS (DEPENDING ON THE GRADE)
3. FOLDER FOR HOME, ONE FOR SCHOOL, AND POSSIBLY ONE FOR EACH SUBJECT
4.A NOTEBOOK FOR EACH SUBJECT
5.A BINDER
6. A PACK OF LOOSE LEAF PAPER
7. A RULER, SCISSORS
8. SOME TISSUES
And all you had to do was replenish crayons/markers/colored pencils through the year. Well now it seems they want you to bring supplies in for the whole darn school!
So with this program I went and got a free book bag and supplies for the boys because although I had went on a haul, I still hadn't gotten the bulk of what I needed. After the program I went and started organizing all the supplies in those neat little bins that I found at the dollar store. Depending on where you are located, you may be able to find something very similar.
Here are some other links you may check out to find free school supplies and giveaways
One or two of these sites may have a program expiration but save/bookmark them anyway if it is in your area. You can always keep it for next year in advance.
Some other wonderful teaching materials, whether you are un-schooling part time or full time can be found here:
http://teacherspayteachers.com : This site has always and will always remain my very favorite site for downloadable curriculum and instruction. If you check out the free section, there are many sheets, lessons, charts, and more that you can download. This site is perfect if you are on a very strict budget and need printable curriculum or even organizational tools.
This site although I am very new to it is great for printing out worksheets. The navigation on the page is amazing, very simple and easy and you can easily find the subject of topic of focus quickly.
Science!!! Your student has to watch these online but still chocked full of valuable information
HOMESCHOOLING BEST BY FAR!!!! Okay so I found this site last year and ordered science video's for my then 4th grader. I actually found the site on a Facebook group where the mother's were sharing free sites. If I have never been shocked before, wow this was a HUGE shocker. As I am looking through the list of science video's and adding them to my cart I could not help but to wonder "Dang, I am going to get to the shopping cart and they are going to ask for SOME form of payment". So after adding and looking, I went to the checkout and BOOM, checkout with an email, no payment. Now if that wasn't cool enough, I got the video's within 2 weeks. Although my DS was bored to the entire death of the day, I could't have been more excited.
Another free site, great for starting your students off with agriculture and introductory elements. This site also mails supplies to you free of charge. You want to click on the for teachers link on the site and fill out the form. Once they get your request they start to fill your order. I used them twice and they were very fast with shipping, the only problem that I had was that everything that I requested was not sent; HOWEVER, they were free materials that I would not have had otherwise. :)
Here you must go on their Facebook page and request membership. once you do that you are able to request materials or donate outdate or unused materials.
Fill out the form and they ship to you free of charge a ridiculous sized package of stamp material. Now this may sound silly but WAIT!!! When I opened it I was amazed to find the amount of material they put in there. There were crossword puzzles, a stamp collection, envelopes filled with topic based curriculum, black history segments, math with maps, and the stamps I still have left over. Many of them I have never seen before and were VERY old! I still have them because i didn't want the boys playing 99 pick up all over the house smh, but even still an amazing giveaway.
So as I close this post I just want to remind many of my momma's/ instructors/ and or pupils, There are so many resources out there. While some do cost, not everything does. The biggest misconception of homeschooling is that it will cost entirely too much and that because the parent did not go to school for teaching means that they will not be a good teacher. Word of encouragement: We live in the age of information technology. There is nothing at all wrong with stalking YouTube for some curriculum inspiration!
A bit off topic but not too far:
How many of my parents actually were aware that the planet/Earth has a huge hole in the north pole and travels inside the earth several thousands of miles deep? My point (Although seemingly very creepy right now) is that this is the kind of information many of us were not privy to while attending these programming institutions. As I said before, some states (Especially in NY) have strict regs of subjects the student must learn, but you can still incorporate what you chose. Can you just image the type of FREE and INTELLECTUALLY prepared generation we can bring up in the coming years simply by incorporating the un-schooling method while promoting and encouraging critical thinking skills; not telling the children what to think but teaching them HOW to think? This is by far the most amazing decision that I have ever made and I hope the feeling is mutual between my little boys as well.
Written By: Kym Harris
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