What are you favorite homeschool supplies?

[momschool]

What are your favorite homeschool supplies? Include things that are NOT books but stuff you use all the time or that you felt was a great investment.
I love my electric Pencil sharpener
A coil Binding machine has been the best purchase ever! I researched for a long time and made a document with different options.
I use my Long arm stapler alll the time.
Glue sticks are so much less messy!
Eco tank Printer so I no longer worry about ink

Also Chocolate, lots of chocolate
What about you?

 

[Sarah]

Hmm.... I don't really have many school supplies that I'd consider an investment.

I guess I'd have to go with our electric pencil sharpener too. We use it every day.

We have a black and white laser printer. The toner cartridges are only $12 and print about 2,600 pages. While I'd occasionally like to be able to print in color, It's nice to be able to print entire books and workbooks at home so quickly and inexpensively.

I would say our computer and internet, but we'd have those things even if we didn't homeschool, so I guess they don't count.

 

[Aunt Kim]

Probably my most valuable supplies are (1) good scissors and (2) TAPE. Lots and lots of tape. All kinds of tape. We cut and tape SO MUCH around here, and you need the right kind of tape for the job. Some things require masking tape, some need packing, some need scotch, some need painter's, some need duck tape, you just never know what kind of tape you might need. We have a "tape box" where we keep it stored so that we can grab whatever we need any time.

 

[Sarah]

Yes, tape! We seem to go through so much of it!

 

[momschool]

Probably my most valuable supplies are (1) good scissors and (2) TAPE. Lots and lots of tape. All kinds of tape. We cut and tape SO MUCH around here, and you need the right kind of tape for the job. Some things require masking tape, some need packing, some need scotch, some need painter's, some need duck tape, you just never know what kind of tape you might need. We have a "tape box" where we keep it stored so that we can grab whatever we need any time.

Ahh yes tape is used by the tons, lol!

I never thought I'd like my binder so much but I use it seriously everyday! I LOVE it <3

 

[Brittany]

Yes, electric pencil sharpener and tape! Rolling cart probably takes spot 3.

 

[Mommykitty76]

Yes on an electric pencil sharpener! I felt almost giddy using it every day!

 

[MamaBear]

A coil Binding machine has been the best purchase ever!

That sounds interesting. I'm going to look into that. I never realized we could do that at home.


Well of course the electric pencil sharpener
My printer, and if we didn't already have it before homeschooling then it would have ended up on my list of MUST GET...... so many great (and often free) resources online to print, and for some reason while my kids hated worksheets in public school they just can't get enough of them at home.

 

[HelpingMeet]

My biggest and best investment was literally semi-gloss paint. You can tape onto it, wash it, and clean marker and crayons. Must have for preschool areas!
three-hole punch,
Ultra-washable markers,
A 3-ring command binder,
And yes, printer!

 

[Jingyi Zhou]

One useful tool for my family's homeschooling is Allschool, kids love one math class that taught him strategies of fast calculation.