Places to Find Homeschool Necessities
- Dollar tree stores (Dollar Tree, the franchised stores) have great teacher supplies that you can easily use in your home school classroom, displays, wall maps, stickers, charts, calendars etc - usually located near the greeting card and paper supplies section
- Oriental trading - provides educational and projects supplies as well as bulk pencils etc
- Many websites offer books to match up to curriculum of homeschooling - these are just a few www.books4homeschool.com/ www.homeschoolingbooks.com/ www.usbornehomeschoolbooks.com/
- Bulk discount shops like Sam's club and Costco for things like paper, pencils, books, notebooks, desk lamps, etc
- Teacher's Place shops are open to the public, go in and pick out some supplies
- Science and puzzle shops provide great experiment kits
- Ask your local public school for any extras or leftovers they may have at the end of the school year (you'd be surprised how many things get thrown away that you can use)
- Ask at your local church or community meeting
- Homeschooling support groups often have programs to "share" more expensive supplies and displays
- Sign up on home school websites to product test the latest home school programs and tools
- Send emails to education companies and ask for samples, products to test, and ordering information for small classrooms
- Be creative, supplies and aides can show up in unlikely places
posted by Jane
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