Affording to Home School


With money being tight, it seems I may not be able to purchase the curriculum I would like to for home schooling.  It caused me a little anxiety at first when I realized we may not be able to "afford" home schooling this year.  How in the world can we home school if we don't have a curriculum?  I live in a state with some fairly strict home schooling laws.  Unschooling in my state is difficult, if not impossible, at least for me.

Anyhow, as I sighed and lamented my lack of all those cute workbooks and lesson plans I see in all those home schooling catalogs flooding my mailbox, I realized something.  Yes, a blessing.  Yes, a call to work.  Yes, creativity.

A few years ago, my neighbor invited me over to the one room schoolhouse on his property to take whatever schoolbooks out of the enclosed bookcase I wanted.  This grades 1-8 schoolhouse closed in the 1950's or 1960's, but left almost everything in it.  Over the years, my neighbor has cleaned it out for use for storage and critters have damaged a lot of things, but I have schoolbooks.  Lots of them!  Classical schoolbooks!

It's going to take a LOT of work on my part to put my own curriculum together, but it sounds fun!  Imagine reporting my curriculum to the school district.  Yes, superintendent, I am using the school district curriculum....from 50 to 100 years ago!!!!!

If finances improve, I will probably still order from the catalogs, but for now, it is nice to know that we won't have to go without.

I was also told about EasyPeasy homeschooling.

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Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage said…
Hello!

I understand how you feel. We have had hard times for the last 9 years. Somehow, some way, I've schooled my children. Lots and lots of library books! My dollars go first to math. I cannot make that up on my own. I've heard of a curriculum called Ambleside that is on-line and free. It's Charlotte Mason style. You might Google it and see if it's of help to you.

Blessings to you!
Laura
Homeschooler since 1995
Harvest Lane Cottage

9:48 AM
Unknown said…
This is a great story. When you are meant to do something it will happen and you are meant to homeschool this year. Great work!
12:23 PM
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