In the district that I work, I receive $200 per year to help outfit my classroom. Most of the time I try to use this money for extra curriculum or consumables. Last year I bought art supplies and a map for the wall. This year I plan to use my classroom money on buying more consumables like Kleenex and things the students use on a everyday basis. Time will tell what I will need this year for my students, since every year is a little different on needs.
Every year I state when the school year begins, this is the year that I am not going to spend a lot of money. I am getting better at looking for bargains (Goodwill, Value Village and garage sales) do help stretch the dollar. Also Target and Fred Meyer along with coupons. I also download FREE items from Currclick and Homeschoolshare. Pinterest is another site I will be checking out for great ideas.
So I am going to say it again this year - this is the year that I will not over spend money for my classroom and maybe you can follow along and see how I do.
So far this year I have bought a peel and stick white board (I'll let you know how this works once I get to school), 5 coloring art books (Value Village - $4.00), 1 box of Kleenex (Target - $.75), cement form to create plant holders (Home Depot - $7.54) and a few other odds and ends.
In the past I have used my own money on buying intriguing lapbooks and handwriting skill workbooks that I thought would have high interest and students would be able to take ownership in their learning.
What do you do about spending money for your classroom?
** UPDATE: Another site I think is worth mentioning is Homeschool Freebie of the Day - this site has a variety of materials to download FREE. Whether its in MP3 format or storybooks, science material or social studies. It has a little of everything.
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