Homeschooling on a Budget
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Getting Past “ID BE NICE”
Take the "ID BE NICE" test to see if the things you think are essentials to your life are REALLY necessary.
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Becoming a One-Income Family
A step-by-step guide to staying home and home schooling your kids.
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Teaching Reading at Home: Free Phonics Worksheets and Resources
If you are teaching phonics now or will be in the future here are some great free worksheets to get you started. Find out from teachers and homeschoolers all over the net--you can do this frugally!
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Living on One Income in a Two Income World: Part Two
The second in a series on living frugally-Find budgeting ideas for homeschoolers and free printables on managing your family's finances.
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Living on One Income in a Two Income World: Part One
When we choose to homeschool, it seems most of the time we also must make the decision to live on one income.If you are thinking of switching to one income in order to homeschool or are presently homeschooling on one income and finding those dollars you're stretching about to rip, here are some ways to economize.
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Crafts Your Family Can Afford To Make
Want to make seasonal crafts but not sure where to start? Do you have a large family and think the idea of buying expensive premade craft kits for each child is too costly? Here is the Frugal Homeschooler list of sites that give you inexpensive crafts to make with your kids.
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Legos As An Educational Tool
You bought your kids Legos as a toy, but teachers all over have used these little plastic rectangles to demonstrate construction, patterning, logic, math, science and much more!
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10 Frugal Ways to Help Your Child Master Multiplication
Teaching multiplication can be a long process, but here are a few free things right here on your computer to help you and your child achieve table triumph!
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Living in History: Teaching In Tragedy
Your kids are talking about it; seeing it on t.v. and feeling the sadness of the terrorist attack on New York City and Washington D.C. Talk about your teachable moment...here are just a few of the free resources out there on dealing with sadness and loss and educating our children on the topics of tolerance, geography and current events.
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Using One Book or Subject for Many Grade Levels
Teaching one child during the day is a pretty straightforward process, but if you are teaching several grade levels you may feel like you're a waitress for the lunch crowd! Here's a way to be a time tightwad--use one subject and vary it for different learning levels.
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PE Programs for Your Frugal Family
Your kids may learn on the couch but that doesn't mean they need to become couch potatoes. Here are some frugal ideas for obtaining a physical education curriculum.
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Teaching Frugal Kindergarten
If you are starting to design a curriculum for kindergarten you may find fewer resources available than for upper level grades at least in the curriculum catalogs. Here are some of the ways I taught frugal kindergarten.
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Find Those Free Catalogs For Your Comparison Shopping
If you like to comparison shop for curriculum, then here's how to get a coffee table full of homeschool catalogs delivered to your door.
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How Can a Site About Vegetables be so Good for Homeschoolers?
Here is one of the best kept secrets on the internet--a gigantic used curriculum board on a site about...vegetarian living.
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Find Educational Items for Pennies on the Dollar at Yard Sales
There are so many great educational items out there for children--have you thought of going "saling" to find some of them for much less?
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Using the VCR to Capture Educational Videos For Free
Ever price those educational videos offered through the cable channels? Here's a quick reference to finding when and where you can tape those shows on your own vcr.
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Free Lesson Plans for the Core Knowledge Series
If you use the Core Knowledge Series (The "What Your....Needs to Know" books) here is a place to find free lesson plans to go along with them.
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Shopper Savvy for Curriculum Sales
As you go into the curriculum sales at your homeschool convention, it's time to get smart, get prepared and get the best price and product for your family!
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Free Handwriting Resources, Supplements and Guidance
Teaching handwriting can be a little more complicated than it looks. Here are some free resources to help your little writers!
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A Summer Reading Program With Prizes Someone Else Pays For
Ready to get that summer reading program revved up? Here's a site that will give your child free prize incentives!
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Design Your Own Spelling Curriculum Without Paying for a Book
There are spelling lists listed all over the web for no cost. Now you can take those lists and add in games, worksheets and study aids to make your kids top spellers.
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How to Make Your Own Free Educational Games
Have you priced those educational board games lately? You can spend $20 to $30 on them or you can learn to make your own...for free.
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Frugal Curriculum Choices
If you are new to homeschooling you may be wondering if buying a complete curriculum set is a good idea. Here are the good points and bad points to this purchasing decision.
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Unit Studies: The Free Textbook
If you are looking at textbooks wondering if they will cover all of next years objectives-think about augmenting them with FREE unit studies.
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Homeschooling on a Budget: Websites with Free Worksheets and Teaching Materials
Don't pay high prices for worksheet books. Get ready to download and print to your heart's content! Worksheet sites listed.
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Don't Throw it Away! It May Have Educational Value!
From juice can lids to waffle boxes there are ways to incorporate them into your frugal homeschooling...read on to learn how!
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Homeschoolers Give Out Free Public School Textbooks,Homeschoolers Give Out Free Public School Textbooks
Somebody out there is giving away textbooks to homeschoolers. What the public schools throw away may be a goldmine for frugal homeschoolers!
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Create Your Own Homeschool Classroom Online
Here is a way to create a page for no cost for your kids to access learning games that you have made uniquely for them.
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Free Christmas Literature to Read With Your Kids
Look at those beautiful displays of Christmas books at the bookstore! Look at those little price stickers on the back of the books! Here's how to celebrate Christmas with free resources found right here on your computer!
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There's Gold in Them Thar Files!: Shareware Motherload for HS
Have you ever tried shareware? It's just like it sounds and the best part is it's FREE. Educational programs for your children are just a click away.
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The Web is Rich With Thanksgiving Educational Freebies!
Find all you need to teach Thanksgiving to your children right here on the web!
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Using Support Groups To Save Money and Sanity
Joining a support group can be an important money-saving tool for homeschooling families.
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Encyclopedias-Get The World's Information for Free
It's not like the old days when you had to go to the library to find an encyclopedia. Now you can find the most up-to-date information...and for free!
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Do You Know Where Homeschoolers Get Free Educational Videos?
Find videos for your curriculum on a variety of subjects and for FREE! Don't forget to check the list of homeschool freebies at the end of the article!
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