Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Must Have Resources: Blog Hop!

I have been homeschooling for 12 years. Throughout this time I have found supplies and resources that have been invaluable to me. I want to share a few of my "Must Have" resources with you today. These links are not affiliate links; they are just for your convenience!

  • A good pencil sharpener! This sort of goes without saying, but having a good pencil sharpener will make your homeschool day go much smoother! There's nothing worse than using a dull or cheap pencil sharpener and having your pencils break or not sharpen.
Bostitch Personal Electric Pencil Sharpener, Blue (EPS4-BLUE)
  • Good pencils! Invest in good pencils and they will save your sanity. Ticonderoga have always been good. They sharpen evenly and don't break easily. The cute pencils with the decorative wrapping - skip those. The wrapping will come off, clog your sharpener, and cause you unnecessary grief!
  • Sheet protectors! I use sheet protectors in our binders to keep our pages fresh and pretty. I hate when pages get torn out of binders and you have papers sticking out and falling out. Sheet protectors keep binders neat and pages in tact. They can be expensive, but it's worth it to me! 
  • Laminator! I use my laminator all the time, especially with my younger kids. I laminate flash cards, games and pieces, resources I want to reuse, and charts. It makes things so durable and almost impossible to destroy. I have had my laminator for years and it still works perfectly!
Scotch Thermal Laminator Combo Pack, Includes 20 Letter-Size Laminating Pouches, Holds Sheets up to 8.5" x 11(TL902VP)

Those are my top four must have resources for the school year! Tomorrow I'll be sharing about curriculum. 
Annual NOT Back to School Blog Hop 2020



12 comments:

  1. I can see the value in all of those things though page protection for every page for drive me crazy

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    1. I love the sheet protectors! I love to flip through the binders that have them.

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  2. It is amazing how much difference there is in pencils. A good pencil really is worth a little extra money!

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    1. Yes I agree! Nothing worse than having a pencil that won't sharpen when you're trying to do work!

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  3. I think the pencil thing is interesting! I do not like Ticonderoga pencils. We have had terrible experiences with them - worse than the dollar style pencils. The lead was always breaking or broken. I sharpened one beyond use right out of the package. Never again will I get that brand. My girls like the cheap click pencils but one of my girls prefers the cheap ones with the plastic covers that you talk about disliking. Those are definitely worth it for us.

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    1. Oh no! Sometimes we get a bad batch of Ticonderoga, but usually they're fantastic.

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  4. We rely on erasable pens, our library card, and games.

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    1. A library card - yes! That should have bene on my list!

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  5. I love the plastic sheet protectors. I got an electric pencil sharpener for my birthday. I really hope that it lasts since it wasn't the one that was recommended as the 'best.'

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    1. You know you're a homeschool mom when you get a pencil sharpener for your birthday, lol!

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  6. I love my laminator! We also always get a good set of new Crayons and not a cheap set, but a good Crayola set!

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