Welcome! I’m glad you’re here! I’m Connie, a California credentialed teacher, homeschooling mom, and homeschool teacher.
I’m so glad you’re here (so much so that I already said that 😀)! Whether you’re suddenly homeschooling by choice, that’s the cards you’ve been dealt (like with the CoronaVirus), you’re thinking about homeschooling, or you’ve been homeschooling and are just looking for new ideas and inspiration, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome!
What Supplies do I need to get started Homeschooling?
Here’s a FREE printable Home School Supply List! (Preview it below)
The Homeschool Supply List
| Suggested Supply | Possible uses |
| GOOD quality pair of children’s scissors | Fine motor skills, art and other activities |
| Crayons or markers | Art, can be used to do worksheets too and marking the text for reading or editing/revising writing |
| Paper Plain white copy paper Construction paper Lined/binder paper Graph paper* | Printing out worksheets and essays, art, writing *For students who need it for math, larger squares for younger kids, smaller squares for older math students |
| Index/recipe cards Ruled and unruled if possible | Flash cards and things to study, word walls, math facts, making games |
| Craft sticks | Randomizing math facts or movement activities, games, art, making puzzles and matching review games, etc |
| Glue | Art, cutting and gluing activities, science (ie, slime) |
| Pencils | Tracing and writing |
| Dry erase markers **Black Expo seems to erase the best. | Writing on vertical surfaces, using on sheet protectors, writing on a white board to do work instead of using paper |
| Page protectors or dry erase sheets | Put worksheets in them, write with dry erase marker to reuse page; also an easy way to display something you want to change out frequently |
| masking tape or painters tape | Indoor movement activities, temporarily displaying art or other work, art supply |
| pom poms | Counters (math), sorting, fine motor activities, art supplies |
| Colored dice (if you get dice, and you don’t need pom poms for art or a younger child, you probably don’t need both dice and pom poms) | Counters (math), sorting, fine motor activities, math games |
| Paint Brushes (different sizes & types) | Art, practicing writing letters/words for younger students |
| Paint Tempera Acrylic | Art- tepera is great for younger children and is usually washable and can be watered down (water colors) |
| Sidewalk chalk | Learning outside, PE/movement activities |
| Sticky Notes (different colors preferably) | Marking pages in books, playing games, brainstorming and planning writing, making reminders |
Things that are Nice to have when Homeschooling
- Plastic table cloth or shower curtain
- Journal or notebook
- Colored Pencils
- Embellishments (stickers, sequins, googly eyes, etc.)
- Sticky notes
- Stapler and staples
- Invisible tape
- Magnifying glass
- Flash cards
- Water colors
- Oil pastels
- Ruler and/or tape measure
- Highlighters
- Page tabs
Teacher Tip: Use movement as an educational break!
Try a quick game of “Simon Says”
