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Brave Writer

239. Tools to Buy Instead of Curriculum

Brave Writer

Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley

Books, Arts, Education For Kids, Kids & Family, Education

4.8904 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

When parents map out the annual homeschooling budget, there’s a tendency to only focus on curriculum. In this episode, we encourage you to prioritize tools that really bring learning to life. Plus, we give you tips on how to get them on the cheap.

We dive into specific suggestion after specific suggestion, mainly grouped into six buckets: Writing utensils, art and handicraft supplies, baking ingredients and tools, science kits, games and puzzles, magazines and field guides.

We also give examples of experiential, rather than physical, tools that are great for homeschool families. We’re big fans of annual memberships to art museums, zoos, botanical gardens, science museums, etc. Volunteering at local theaters or animal centers can be a great way to access fun learning environments. 

The right tools make all the difference in having a happy learning life. We hope our suggestions spark creativity and joy in you and your kids! 

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0:00.0

Looking for a great math program, CTC math provides online video

0:07.0

tutorials that make learning math easy and effective by using creative graphics and

0:12.4

animation that are sure to grab and keep your child's

0:15.7

attention.

0:16.7

Here's a great testimonial from Lori.

0:19.6

She said, one day my 10-year-old was in tears over math.

0:24.2

I tried my best to help, but I ended up in tears as well.

0:28.1

That very night, I received an email offer for CTC math. The following Monday we reviewed the curriculum together.

0:35.8

She was willing to give it a shot and we have never looked back.

0:39.8

Start your free trial today by visiting CTC Math.com. So today, Melissa and I want to draw your attention to the time of year.

0:57.0

It is May, and May is that time when I remember starting to get the itch to do curriculum research.

1:04.0

Did that happen to you, Melissa?

1:05.9

Isn't it funny the way your mind would leap ahead?

1:08.7

It still does for me.

1:10.5

We're still finishing up what we're doing this year, but I'm already thinking like, oh, what's on deck for the fall?

1:16.0

No, I think part of that is because you're tired of the stuff, right?

1:20.0

All the books look a little tattered, the workbooks, you're towards the end and somebody ripped out an important page, you know, some toddler got a marker and scribbled on the cover of your favorite and read aloud.

1:32.0

So at this point you're like fantasizing about an

1:35.2

injection of new. Today though I thought it would be really important before you

1:40.5

start spending all that money on the new math books.

1:44.0

Maybe we need to talk about how to budget so that we include in our homeschools something besides printed paper.

1:53.2

Melissa, what do you think?

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