What are some homeschool supplys? I homeschool my 7th grader now.
{Please i dont want your opinions on homeschooling i homeschool for serious health reasons}
2006-08-27 08:48:55 · 16 answers · asked by ME 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
Get some suggestions from teachers. Buy textbooks for each subject that your child will be learning now.
2006-08-27 08:51:40 · answer #1 · answered by gwen 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need set up a small library with: Atlas, large collegiate dictionary, thesaurus, a globe, some maps, your curriculum of choice and some grade appropriate literature. Be sure to have a well-rounded schedule. Have English and math for 4 days a week, then have sciences, history, social studies, reading, sports/PE, music, and such. If he likes to read, have a bunch of "Dover Thrift Edition" books of the great authors. These are affordable.
Besides this, please invest in a decent PC and some educational software, like Encyclopedia Britannica, or Microsoft's Encarta, or educational games or grade specific software for fun on the side.
Then the usual, pens, paper, notebooks, binders, rulers, compass, calculator, etc. Have an adequate first aid kit at home, and all the important telephone numbers by the phone. Become a member of the HSLDA.
Set up a quite study area, with plenty desk space and good access to books.
Then, work your schedule around health care. If he gets ill after a morning tablet, start school later in the day, end later for example. If he had an afternoon at the hospital, add a Saturday morning. If he is very ill, place a vacation week in, but remain on track for the year.
Relax and remember to let him play and socialize with family and friends.
2006-08-27 16:27:21 · answer #2 · answered by schnikey 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Homeschool supplies are really your same basic school supplies.
But I would recommend looking in to the My Name Is America series of books for history. Accurate, informative, and more engaging than a textbook. The ones I've read were quite stimulating and made me want to learn more about whatever they were about, and instilled a better sense of history, realizing that real people served in the Civil War. The series covers people in various important points throughout history, as a fictional diary. I think Dear America is the girl version, but I always thought those were less interesting.
2006-08-27 18:10:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can go to your states department of education website and print off the standards pages. They will give you ideas on what to plan on teaching.
As far as supplies, get plenty of notebooks, pens, paper, computer paper... stuff like that.
Teacher supply stores also can give you other supplies that you might need.
You can find cheap textbooks on ebay, half.com or amazon.com.
There are many websites that can help you come up with new and interesting lesson plans. One I like a lot is www.discoveryschool.com. It is maintained by a teacher that has put together wonderful lesson plans, worksheets generators and many other helpful tools.
Good Luck!
2006-08-27 21:58:30 · answer #4 · answered by mommato4boys 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Math flashcards and manipulatives.
Math text book and answer key. We use Saxon Math.
Spiral notebook, pencils and pens for writing essays.
Books for reading. A lamp, a chair and a table.
A good set of pre-1960 Encyclopedia and an early dictionary. (The earlier the better -- they are bigger and have more words for studying vocabulary)
A computer and a good laser printer.
We use the Robinson Curriculum -- it is a set of 22 CD's with enough printable books to read for every grade, k-12. It has many more things too.
You are welcome to contact me if you want to know more.
Barb
2006-08-31 13:25:11 · answer #5 · answered by Barb 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Supplies? Pencils, pens, paper, glue, whatever you may need for crafts. A calculator. Not near as much as what one needs in public school. '
You can order workbooks for any subject from www.frankschaffer.com
they are very reasonable. You can also see if your school district has a book depository where you can get free text books.
2006-08-27 17:21:46 · answer #6 · answered by Jessie P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The most important Home Schooling supplies today are the cutting edge software products.
Stephen Dillon
All you need to know about Home Schooling
http://www.choosehomeschooling.com
2006-08-27 18:50:46 · answer #7 · answered by sl_dillon 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I home schooled my daughters in the Jr.High years. They had books from their school along with things mainly associated with math. Calculator, ruler, protractor. They also had a dictionary, thesaurus, writing paper, library books, folders and all the other things they would've used in school. I also did alot of Art/crafts with them and today they are very intelligent and creative.
2006-08-27 20:12:15 · answer #8 · answered by edible 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find an online homeschool they will have "kits" for everything.
Alpha Omega Publication have it for sure. Microscopes ect,,,
2006-08-31 09:34:52 · answer #9 · answered by Janna 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hello!
I am just starting to Home school my Daughter and I like A Becka books, personally.
www.abeckabook.com -- (search page for home schooling)
Also try www.abeka.com
Or there is Bob Jones books.
they both have perent kits and child kits.
Good Luck!
2006-08-27 22:47:09 · answer #10 · answered by laura_kay2005 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋