How to Home School Thriftily

After repeated trips to the school day after day and trying to be the best single mom possible and work a full time job and two part time jobs trying to make ends meet, something had to give somewhere. Constantly dealing with an otherwise happy child being terrible depressed was more than I could stand. This had been going on for five years now and I was just sick of it. For a school that had a NO BULLYING policy they were sure doing a lousy job of enforcing it. So my decision to Home School was an easy one.

The home school decision is becoming more and more popular all over America as School Shootings are becoming a common thing these days. It is nothing to come home and turn on the news and see yet another School Shooting is making the headlines. Where are these children's parents?

So, if you are low income can you afford to Home School? You bet you can. You just have to take a little more time to search for supplies than most. For instance, after making my decision to home school my son I first went to the internet to search the different curriculums available and what I thought would be best for my son.

There are so many companies now that offer curriculums. You really have to do the research since what may be right for one child may not be for another. A Beka is one of the most popular since it is one of the most well known. They offer several different ways to home school. They actually have CD's that teach your child in front of a T V, in a classroom like setting. Your child does the work per the teacher on the C D at their own pace and then you mail it off to be graded. The other way they offer is you, as the parent, purchase the curriculum and teach your child yourself. You do the teaching and the grading. A Beka is a Christian oriented curriculum. You can teach your child school work as well as values. They can take God out of the schools, but they can't take him out of our home.

Then you have Bob Jones Curriculum. This is also Christian oriented and teaches excellent morals to. You have Saxon, Sonlight, Rod & Staff, McGraw Hill, Calvert, and many others. I was just trying to mention the more common ones. I personally mixed the curriculums up a bit for my son. Some are better at one subject than another. After you decide what you want to go with then you need to start pricing.

EBay is about the best place to start for low income families that decide to home school. You may not find what you want right away, but if you keep looking you can most likely find any home school material with in a week or less. Someone out there is going to be ready to pass on the curriculum. You can also advertise locally. Post a sign in the local post office or grocery store with you phone number on the bottom. You may be surprised at the response. You also may be surprised at the money you save in the long run. You do not have to have your child wearing the "popular" clothes that "everyone" else is wearing and just about cleans out you wallet. You can have them wear ordinary clothes and save money there.

In closing, I would like to tell you yes, anyone at any income level can home school. You will be surprised what a rewarding experience it is.