On one of the few message boards I frequent, there's a post regarding school supplies - frankly, I am shocked at how much some of the parents have to provide for their public-school kids! Anyhow, it got me thinking about my school supply list for the upcoming year, which I add to whenever I think of something else. I thought I'd share it here in case there's anything obvious I'm completely missing, which I'll admit is pretty likely. This list does not include curriculum:
>Pencils (both kids like the thicker ones I found at the teacher supply store)
>Paper - plain, lined, construction, other
>Gluesticks/glue, & tape
>Binders (haven't decided how many, or sizes yet)
>Blank spiral-bound notebooks for nature journaling
>Crayons - lots of crayons
>Coloring pencils
>Watercolor paints, mixing trays & brushes
>Pastels
>A magnetic, dry-erase board for lesson planning so that I don't go through a million reams of paper ;)
>Coloring books for biology, maybe a couple for history
>Maybe some teddy bear counters for C.J.'s math lessons
I know odds and ends will come up for particular projects, but offhand, these are the basics. I would like to get a nice sized corkboard for artistic displays, but it's more on my wish list than a necessary item, and I think I may actually have one somewhere stored at MIL's house.
Do you make a supply list? Did I miss anything you think would be really helpful?
story paper - we've been using that more than any other type and I just bought it on a whim. You know, the kind that's half blank and half lined? I found it at Staples. I'm sure the teacher supply store has tons of it.
ReplyDeleteDo you have scissors, hole punches, and glue sticks? Clay and/or Play Doh? I think that's about it.
Pencil sharpener. We seriously are always losing it and having stupid pencil trouble and then having to dig it up from a drawer. But it's so needed. Pencil sharpener, definitely.
ReplyDeleteAnd do your kids use pencil grips? Miguel holds his pencil all wrong, so we had to invest a whopping $1 for a pencil grippy thing.
Did you have stapler? I can't remember now even though I just read your blog 10 seconds ago. We usually need the stapler for some story or what-not that the kids made up.
I may still have their wands! Do you remember what they looked like?
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