A homeschool classroom may not need to look like a regular school classroom, but the homeschool teacher will need many of the supplies that a regular teacher uses. The homeschool parent can end up wasting a lot of valuable school time if these resources are not stocked up at home. Here is a list of supplies that you should get if you are going to use the rest of your academic year gainfully teaching your homeschool students.
All Kinds of Paper
Whether it’s construction paper to work on art projects, or foolscap paper to make your homeschool students do revision work, it is a good idea to buy all kinds of paper in bulk and store it in your homeschool classroom. Make sure you remember and label all the stuff you have so that you know just how to reach it when required. It would be a good idea to divide them up per child so that each student knows what he can use.
Pens, Pencils, Crayons and More
Now that you have enough paper, you need stuff to mark it with. Again it’s economically beneficial to stock up on these items in bulk. You will never have to run out to the store when your little one keeps sharpening her pencil to the every end each day. Just make sure that the students don’t know where all the goodies are stored, so you don’t get caught out without them.
Tape, Glue, Clips and Pins
Doesn’t matter what you are doing, at some time you will need to stick things together. Depending on what material you are working with, each of the above supplies will be brought into use. Only open one packet at a time and make sure that the homeschool students finish using it completely before opening another one.
A Laminator
This may not be an essential resources, but once you get it you will realize that it is a very handy one. You will be able to preserve all the drawings and worksheets that you want using the laminator. It will work out cheaper for you in the long run when you can reuse laminated resources with the next child who hits the same grade.
