Yes it would be much easier to afford homeschooling if you could depend on two incomes, but most homeschooling families survive on a single income. So if you are a working single parent and want to homeschool, no one says it’s easy, but it’s totally possible.

Have a Budget for Everything

Planning out the expenses can make it easier to buy what is needed immediately and cater for what is required later. Get down all your homeschool classroom needs on paper so that you can budget for buying them. Also make a list of wants that you can save up to buy later. This way you will always know what to do with that extra money that you manage to save. Plus you can hand out the list to friends and relatives to give as gifts.

Use as Many Free Resources as Possible

The internet is like a cornucopia of treasures for homeschool families looking for free and affordable resources. Get into some homeschool forums online to get a better idea about what all resources are available online. This is better than doing random searches online and hoping to find something that clicks. Look for Pinterest boards that collect good resources as well. Ask your friends who are homeschooling about resources they use.

Make Life a Learning Point

The daily routine offers many opportunities to teach your homeschool students life skills that they will actually use even once they are grown up. Teach them to look after their things, to make their own breakfast and clean up around the house. This will also serve you well as their chores will help you get your housework under control. The older they are the more they can help around the house.

Get a Good Support System in Place

Since there is a chance that you may be unavailable due to work or illness to tutor your homeschool students, you need to have a back up plan. A friend or relative should be nominated as second teacher for your homeschool students. They will take over when you are unavailable. This way your children get taken care off even when you are not doing it personally.