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My Homeschool "Must Haves"Posted on Saturday 12 May 2007 at 10:02 AM in Homeschooling - Post CommentWe will be going to one of our states largest homeschool conventions next weekend. I get all excited to go, anxious to see all the different vendors...and I quickly get burned out because there is just so much there. lol Anyway...no matter what new-fangled stuff they have, I still have my "tried and true" must-haves:Dry Erase Board and Markers - We use this for everything. Our 2' x 3' dry erase board serves as our chalk board as we learn different subjects. Boo used to practice writing his letters on it and he uses it now to write out his math problems and spelling words. You don't even need a dry erase board...just a plastic page protector with a blank white paper in it...which is what we use when we travel. Dice - Not just the standard 6-sided dice, but we have 4-, 8-, 10- and 20- sided dice also. Dominos can be used too...we have the ones that go up to 24. Instead of printing out math problems I give Boo the dice and he rolls them out, writes down the numbers on the two dice and adds them together or subtracts the greater number from the lesser. I also plan on doing the same thing when we really get into multiplication. Sometimes I'll give him 3 or 4 dice and have him add the numbers together. It's one of his favorite ways to do math. Index Cards - I use them as flashcards for everything...math problems, spelling words, vocabulary words, phonics rules, Bible verses etc. They are also portable. I had some extra shower curtain rings...you know the thin, cheap metal ones...and put the index cards on one of those rings after punching holes in the corners. They all stay together and Boo can take them anywhere. Library Card - It's amazing the wealth of resources the library has...even our tiny county library. It's also amazing the amount of money saved instead of renting DVD's or buying books. Laminator - Print it up once, laminate it and re-use it over and over again. Dry erase markers work on these too! I laminate maps, lists, forms, Bible verses etc. The Internet - Honestly...I can't imagine homeschooling without it. These are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. If you homeschool, what are your "must haves?"
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