Stores with discounts offered to homeschoolers.
Passed on from a dear sister…JAK!
Stores with discounts offered to homeschoolers.
Barnes & Noble (From card: 20% off publisher’s list price on
hardcover or paperback titles for use in the K-12 classroom. Show
excusal letter to receive card. Expires each year (in Oct.))
Kinko’s
Jo-Ann’s
Media Play
Book Warehouse (This is the book outlet store in Monroe, they offer
15% off of any book.)
Holcomb’s (They will give you the teacher’s card, which used to give
you a discount, but now only entitles you to special coupons. They
had a rebate-type punch card, but I’m not still if they still do.)
WaldenBooks
Office Depot (“Star teacher” program available to homeschoolers. Card is good for 5% off store items and 15% off copy services, and an invitation to annual teacher appreciation breakfast in August, where they have give-aways and 10% off.)
Staples (Ask at the store for their educator card, then you
send in the application. Card is good for a $10 gift certificate in the mail when you have spent $100. You can also apply online, I have heard.)
Please share some of your “finds” too!
HomeSchoolTracker.com – free record keeping software
Highly recommended by a member of a homeschool group I’m in:
There is a free download, and it’s so fun to play with. Makes report cards
etc. I like that it tracks our hours, in the event that we were ever
questioned. It does take a lot to track it all, but that is something I
like to do.
Ever since I became a mom, I basically gave up my ultra-Type-A, organized, psycho-lifestyle…and record keeping or even tracking time is by FAR nothing I do on a regular basis…but for the one who LOVES documentation, systematization, organization, etc….I’ve seen what this prg produces for my dear friend, and its simply amazing! Report cards and all!
So, if you’re one who likes paperwork, be my guest.
Report your experiences please.
Two sites we frequent the most as homeshoolers
- Internet4Classrooms
There are SO many incredible websites, all my girls LOVE this site.
- Oh, and we’re totally hooked on StarFall
Show, Tell; Recommendations from local homeschool parents
update: 450 More Story S-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-r-s (Stretchers) for the Primary Grades: Activities to Expand Children’s Favorite Books (Paperback)
by Shirley Raines
*If I missed anything, please feel free to add on. Thanks in advance.
Five a Row Unit Program – provides a step-by-step, instructional guide using outstanding children’s literature for children ages 4-8! http://www.fiveinarow.com/
“Story Structures” award winning children’s books ??
“What you need to know” series by Hearst Communications, Inc.
“Let’s Read and Find Out” series
http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/lrfo/
Sonlight – Christian literature- rich homeschooling curriculum
http://www.sonlight.com/
“Big Book of Big Book of Everything”- Alphabet, Preschool – Fifth
Grade, Instructional Fair
A BEKA
http://www.abeka.com/
Bob Jones – Christ-centered resources for education, edification &
evangelism
http://www.bjupress.com/
Apologia Educational Ministries – Quality Science Curriculum
for the Home School http://www.highschoolscience.com/
The Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA) is a tuition-free public charter school that gives parents the curriculum, tools, and support they need to deliver a high-quality, well-rounded education to their children at home. http://www.ohva.org/
“Explode the code” & “Get Ready for the Code” books by Nancy Hall “The Phonics Dance” – See it, say it, dance it, read it, and write it!
http://www.phonicsdance.com/
“Leap Frog” Phonics DVDs: “Leap Frog: Talking Words Factory,” “Leap Frog: Talking Words Factory II: The Code Word Caper,” and “Leap Frog: Letter Factory”
The Educated Child: A Parents Guide From Preschool Through Eighth
Grade (Paperback) by William J. Bennett (Author), Jr., Chester E. Finn
(Author), Jr., John T.E. Cribb (Author)
