How much does home schooling cost?

Question

Parental teaching isn't apart of my question,as I have knowledge of that.

Answer 1

Home Schooling can cost as much or as little as you want. There are so many factors that figure into it.

I found a great information site on Home Schooling at:
http://www.choosehomeschooling.com

Answer 2

It depends on how well the parent's plan. If you buy a premade curriculum, it's very expensive. Prohibitively so, if you have more than one child in multiple grades.

Unschooling is less expensive and allows you to follow their interests, but you are still spending money.

Unit-Studies (which encompass all academic subjects while studying a greater subject like Space) was the most economical for my family. I could tailor the lessons to the multiple grade and the youngers could absorb what the olders where learning. I used the library extensively! Lots of internet research and tracking down various free or affordable resources. Art projects used recycled stuff and supplies that I bought on sale.

I know families that have successfully homeschooled for under $500 a school year with 2 kids. It just depends on how hard you are willing to work.

I bought things like zoo and science center memberships for the family which we used as frequent field trips.

Answer 3

Depends on what you want to do. Some people do it for less than $200 a year. Others spend over $1000 for all the books and everything.

I've looked at the home education info for Australia. I've never seen it saying that it costs anything. That may be state-specific.

Answer 4

It depends on how you do it. If you find a local used Christian book store they should have all the curriculam you need. You could probably do it for about $100 a year for 1 child. Multiple children get complex, because you can reuse some books for the kids.
For more expensive, and sometimes better curriculam you'd need anywhere up to $500.
Also if you know of a local homeschool group, sometimes you can get hand-me-down books for free.

Answer 5

It depends. Almost 95% of our material we got for free on the internet. some was given to us, and other stuff we go to the library and check out books. About the only thing we pay for is paper, pencils, art supplies, but even that stuff doesn't cost too much. Right now I have enough supplies for the rest of the year and I've only spent $20..no joke.

Answer 6

If we are counting basically books, i do no longer spend $a million,000 a 300 and sixty 5 days, it somewhat is to no longer say that it may no longer fee that lots. If I did, it would nonetheless be a techniques under the fee of one new child in a college room. (private faculties in my section can charge approximately $3,500 a 300 and sixty 5 days for instructions, government faculties run taxpayers approximately $5,000 a 300 and sixty 5 days in keeping with new child. this does not incorporate the fee of pastime costs, college room aspects, books, and clothing.) If we incorporate the fee of swim instructions, Cub Scout dues and uniforms, bowling costs (my youngest new child likes to bowl) and kit, piano instructions, etc, you are going to be able to desire to get on the fringe of and in all risk over that $a million,000. It does not, yet, whilst my older babies have been at a extreme college point, we've been given there. bear in ideas that the fee that college instructors are providing you with is possibly in line with their fee of distance discovering (ie ok-12).

Answer 7

The cost depends on where you get the stuff or what you enroll into online i enrolled into a homeschool online and payed $1000 for all high school materials books and tools. Good luck :)

Answer 8

In te US, it depends on how much you spend and where you get stuff from. If your state requires districts to support you, and you use stuff from them, you eliminate much of the cost. If you don't take anything from the district, (your state may not require district supports for homeschooled kids), you will pay more. I know some peopel who spends tons of money on suppplies, and almost nothing on books. I also now poeple who spend money on books and not supplies. I know others who spend basically nothignat all.

Answer 9

Homeschooling costs:

Lots of love
Lots of time
Lots of books
Lots of paper
Lots of thinking, learning, giving, receiving.....

In dollar figures:
Our homeschool program cost $195 for 22 CDs of material for all levels K-12. (divide that by 12 = 16.25 per year for all children)
Our printer cost approx. $200. (our's last about 3 yrs = $66 per yr)
Paper for the year ---- $24.00 for a case of printer paper; Ink for the printer --- $60.00; Notebooks --- 10 cents each ---- about 5 per student per year means 50 cents per kid. We buy a few books besides those available to be printed from the curriculum CD's.

Add in a few incidentals.... pencils, pens, erasers, etc... We spend less than $250 per year for all of our children put together.

(I read a recent report that our State pays $7000 per year per child in the public schools --- We homeschool for MUCH less!!!! AND our children fare very very well. They are smart, they work hard, they study and get very high marks on their material. They also take music lessons and have sports and fun and games.

Answer 10

home schooling costs more per child than public school when you are homeschooling one or two children....
three or more it costs less per child...

well that is how it works in Australia...