Friday, May 30, 2008

Planning for next year

Lessons by Helen Allingham
Lessons

To all you Home Schoolers out there, are you starting to plan for next year already or are you just ready to be done for a while? May/June seems to be a fun time for me to start hitting book sales and thinking about the next year. I think about what worked well for this year and and what didn't work so well.

I went through my bookshelves & catalogs and made a list of items that I want for next year. Just for fun, I totaled how much it will cost if I bought it all new. I will take my list to the various book sales in order to stick to my plan and not overspend (my husband and I both have this problem when it comes to books!). I think I may even put it on my sidebar to keep a running total. I hope to spend half (or less) than if it was purchased new.

We are blessed to live in an area that has an excellent library system. We use many resources from there to add to our learning. Non-fiction books (living books) and DVD's are fun.

We also have our convention coming up. I have never been to one but I think it would be fun to go at least once.

I'll be off to my first book sale tonight! I can't wait!

1 comment:

Paula said...

I also enjoy the challenge of getting a good deal on our school books. I found a lot of wonderful free supplemental material on the internet. It takes a lot of extra time to "dig" for the good stuff, but it is well worth the effort. :)