Homeschool Supplies

In a few weeks, the Back to School sales will be starting up (if they haven't already), so I am starting to survey what we have and what we'll need to get. Here are a few handy printables to help!

Homeschool/School Supply Master List

Homeschool Supply Shopping List

This one helps me see which kids which need which supplies. I hang it on the fridge and they can mark off which supplies they need. Then, when I get the supplies, this list helps me distribute the supplies.

Student School Supply List

This one is handy to pass out to the kids and during the school year, they can mark off items that need replacing.

Back to School Sales

Back to School Sales - Passion for Savings.com - Great place to see when Back to School Sales begin at major retailers and what is offered. There is also a downloadable back to school price list.

Related:

• How to Make the Most of Back to School Sales
• Back-to-School Shopping Tips: Start Early and Save
• 14 Tips to Save Money on Back to School Supplies & Shopping List
• 7 Ways to Save Money on School Supplies
• 6 Ways to Save Money on School Supplies

School Year Calendars

In my early days of homeschooling, I made the mistake of not planning out our school years.   I hadn't defined our beginning and end dates or any breaks. We would just keep going until we got burnt out and were forced to take a break out of desperation.

Even if you homeschool year around, like we generally do, establishing a school year is very helpful and the year I started doing that was a game changer.  It really helped knowing that we had set breaks to look forward to so that it didn't seem like one endless journey.

As I said, we homeschool year around and I've tried many different types of yearly schedules. Sometimes we start the school year traditionally, such as in August or September, sometimes we start our new year after Ramadan/Eid.  Sometimes we'll school for maybe 6 weeks and then take a 1 week break in between. Nowadays, I have older kids in public school so I generally try to plan our homeschool breaks around their breaks so the kids are all off at the same time, more or less.

But my school year planning starts with defining our school year. Below are some of the places I like to get school year calendar templates from. 

• Calendar Labs - School Calendars (PDF and Word formats)
• Vertex42 School Calendars (Excel format)
• Calendar Pedia (academic and split year calendars available)
• Win Calendar
• 5 J's Homeschool - she usually puts out a yearly school calendar each year

Summer, Summer, Summertime

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