When the holidays are over and we’re headed through winter, I begin to think about new homeschool curriculum. Call me crazy, but I love pouring over the curriculum websites and planning what we’ll use for the next school year. Although we do some homeschooling year round, our new school year always officially begins in August. But I typically have all of our curriculum planned out by the spring so that we can begin purchasing things as we’re able.
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Thinking and planning out the next year’s curriculum always helps me in several ways.
- I can see what new materials we really need. If one child can use something another child previously used, then I won’t have to buy anything.
- Knowing what we need helps me to budget. I write out all we need for every child in every subject. I price out those things online, and then I total what we’ll need for new curriculum that year.
- When I have all we need written out, I can look for bargains and deals. I never buy right when I first plan out the curriculum needed. Instead I take my completed list and begin looking for how to find the best price. Can I buy it used online or from a friend? Which online store has it for less?
- I like to see the big picture. Having the curriculum planning all written out helps me to make sure that everyone has everything they need. This means that when the first of August rolls around, and I decide it’s time to officially start “a new year”, I’m not taken by surprise or caught waiting on materials I should have already ordered.
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