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I definitely should have my wife write on this topic, because I’m a little budget-challenged. I’m not really a spender, but numbers make my tongue swell. My wife, on the other hand, loves number crunching and budgeting, and if she was a squirrel, she could gather a hoard of nuts from the Sahara Desert (in other words she knows how to make a dollar stretch).
She’s really busy right now, so let me just imagine the kind of advice she would give:
- Make eBay your best friend. Most likely, you’ll pay a fraction of the retail cost by looking for used curriculum and supplies instead of new. Used curriculum sales are a good option too. Give yourself some extra school money by selling the unused curriculum that has been cluttering your shelves. My wife is working through a small stack of books that she’s selling on eBay right now.
- Be content and use what you have. There are indeed times to change curriculum, but most of us hop from curriculum to curriculum in hopes of finding the “silver bullet.” Chances are the curriculum you want won’t be any better than what you have, so stick with what you presently use or see if you can borrow what you need from a friend.
- Work with your husband. If your husband thinks you’re breaking the bank to homeschool, he may not be real excited about doing it. In fact, he may want you to quit because of it. So talk with him. Decide together what you should spend and then don’t go over it. We’ve seen so many homeschooling moms stand at our convention booth and say, “I’ve already spent all that I was supposed to, but I really want these books.” I’m telling you Mom, that’s a good way to put a burr in your husband’s homeschool saddle. So once you’ve spent your budgeted homeschool money, don’t spend any more. Need more money? See Tip #1.
I think that’s all she’d say.
The only thing I would add is …
Be real,
Todd
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