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My Back to Homeschool Shopping List

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30 Jul
Returning home from errands last week, I told our 10-year-old to close her eyes and sniff as I handed her a little box. “Crayons!” she guessed correctly (and excitedly).  Do you remember the smell of new crayons?  I love all of the scents of a new school year, from crayons to paper, pencils, binders, books…all of it.

Here are the most essential items on our family’s back-to-homeschool shopping list:

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  1. Pencils: I prefer the highest quality wooden pencils; not mechanical pencils with their ever-breaking tips
  2. College-ruled paper:  I’ve always liked the narrow spacing, but any lined paper will do, from Kindergarten writing pads to wide ruled paper.
  3. Binders:  we use 3-ring notebooks to store assignments and our completed schoolwork
  4. Page protectors:  this is the Most Essential item on my list.  We page protect all school work worth keeping
  5. Colored pencils:  Our artsy 10yo requested these be added to her list
  6. Markers in different thicknesses:  We use markers for studying artists
  7. Crayons:  Because, you know, they’re important no matter your age
  8. Calendar:  I like to have a huge desktop calendar for me, and a wall calendar for the homeschool room
  9. Journal: It’s important to me that the children journal daily.  They can write whatever they like, with the promise that nobody needs to read it.  They keep two journals:  a personal one, and a spiritual one
  10. Scissors:  Since last year’s scissors are hiding, we have to buy another pair.  Or two.  Or three
  11. Glue sticks: Because I prefer glue sticks to pourable (ie. tip-clogged) glue
  12. Pencil/Pen Pouch:  These pouches hold a small ruler, erasers, pencils, a hard candy…having a pouch helps lessen the amount of time we spend looking for pencils, etc.

What’s on your Back to School shopping list?

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