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Homeschooling Life Made Easier
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items Everything "homeschool" to help you prep and function efficiently! Prepped from an experienced homeschooling, Canadian Mom.
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Organizing Systems
Supplies For Everyday Use
Daily Morning Board
Toddler & Young Kids - Book Faves & Activities
Outing Item Must Haves
Equipment & Electronics
Organizing Systems
Easiest wheeling cart, to bring from room to room. Pull out drawers glide out perfectly, even for kiddos. Love the transparent look to see supplies inside. And the easiest plastic to wipe down.
Sterilite Wide 3 Drawer Cart (White)
Easy rolling cart perfect for sorting supplies. Very easy to clean and super durable.
Steel 3-Tier Utility Cart (With Wheels)
Love our homeschool mini sideboard cupboard for organizing our overstock booklets, course work and materials. Easy to move around solo as it has wheels. Love the wheel locking mechanism.
CANVAS Wood Top Storage Cart (With Wheels)
Supplies For Everyday Use
Go through crayons here like toilet paper. The washable aspect makes cleaning less stressful, especially when it ends up on walls from toddlers. Crayola lovers in this house.
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A household favourite. My kids love the tips on these for colouring. My teen and I enjoy these for doodling and adult colouring books as well.
Crayola Super Tips Washable Markers (20 Count)
Purple glue, perfect for little learners who need to see where they’re applying the glue!
Elmer's Disappearing Purple Glue Sticks (40G - 3 Pack)
This thing is heavy duty and it's my favourite hole puncher around. After buying so many cheap versions, I decided to splurge on a solid piece. Have had this for years and it's great for weak wrists!
Black Heavy Duty 3-Hole Punch (Can Do 30-Sheets)
We laminate regularly and this one is just simple and standard. I've laminated many pages over the years with this thing and it's still going strong.
Amazon Basics 9-Inch Thermal Laminator
Good size value. Work perfectly with the Amazon laminator. Give a nice, slight gloss finish to any laminated product. Love these for picture poster laminating and dry erase pages for kids.
Amazon Basics Clear Thermal Laminating Sheets (9x11.5, 200-Pack)
Fave WHITE chalk markers. Love the choices in thickness. These are liquid and easy to use.
White Chalk Markers - (Various Sizes 5 Pack)
Keeps papers, folders and thin binders neatly organized. Great for divvying up multiple items if wanting to use for various subjects or if wanting to use for multiple students. Makes it so everything is in one place for less headaches.
2 Tier File Rack Organizing System for
These expandable accordion style pocket folders are so great to have on hand. So many uses. I primarily use ours for organizing all of our kids' important paper work such as: homeschool letters, activity forms, course completions; really anything sch...
Staples Expandable Folder (13 Pockets - Letter Size)
Love these scissors for toddlers who are moving up from plastic scissors to a real set of scissors. The tips are blunted so it helps teach them the safety aspect. They're study and a perfect size for growing hands.
Staples 5" Blunt-Tip Kids Scissors
These are the best beginner of all scissors! If your kiddo has never held a pair of scissors, these are perfect for starting with. They help with learning to hold correctly and build those little muscles. They really aren't intended for the best cutt...
Crayola First Scissors (3 Pack)
If you're kiddo is ready to move up to an actual pair of scissors these are great. They have the sharp point, so definitely suggest building confidence in a blunt point first. These cut very well, with proper control they'll get a smooth cut. Great f...
Westcott 5" Pointed Kids Scissors (6 Pack)
Printer paper for everyday use. Goes on sale regularly so it's an item we stock up on!
Staples Paper Pack (500 Sheets)
The hefty essential for high paper use families! We do so much printing at home, so this is a must have for us. Goes on sale for a cheaper price than Amazon at times!
Staples Multiuse Paper Box (5000 Sheets - 20lbs)
Daily Morning Board
Daily calendar, weather, season and birthdays
Solid and sturdy, daily use board for our daily calendar. So many years of use; a favourite item in our home!
Blue Felt Notice Board (Size 36x24 & Silver Frame)
This full package of flashcards is perfect for toddler and kid hands. So bright and colourful; laminating isn't really needed. My kids love these, and there's a good selection of weather choices!
Weather, Months, Weekdays & Seasons Learning Flashcards – (In English)
These velcro sticky dots are perfect to put on the backs of flashcards. They can easily attach to any velcro board.
Sticky Back Velcro Dots (1000pcs & 20mm)
Love the full rolls of velcro sticky tape for larger items that require a little more hold. Can determine your own size for cutting. I always have a backup of this stuff on hand cause it has so many uses!
Sticky Back Velcro Style Tape (3/4 Inch x 26 Ft)
Love the simple words and images these flashcards have; make it fun and easy for toddlers to comprehend and follow.
Classroom Rules Flash Cards (English & 16 Pieces)
These are a great size for adding onto any board or just as posters on the wall. Perfect for little hands to help put up also.
Daily Routines Learning Flashcards (English & 20 Pieces)
These are great for organizing and storing all of our board card pieces. I love that they're see through so kiddos can grab the correct one they need. They have so many uses!
Clear Plastic Zip-Up Baggy Style Folders
Toddler & Young Kids - Book Faves & Activities
Little board book, a classic favourite with adorable photos. Small size suitable for toddler hands.
The Teddy Bears' Picnic (Classic Board Book)
Easy flashcards with eveything you need for toddlers and young kiddos
Alphabet Flash Cards - 56 Cards
Shapes and colours for practicing. Even my young kids love these, we play a speed round game to see who can name what the fastest and it ends in laughs.
Colors & Shapes Flash Cards - 54 Cards
Simple number flashcards, great for daily practice
Numbers 0-25 Flash Cards
Outing Item Must Haves
My kids' favourite waterbottles! So easy to clean and of course dishwasher safe. Stainless steel, so keep water nice and cool. Durable as we've dropped a good handful of times and these are left with no dents; yet! Comes with three mouth pieces which...
Insulated Water Bottle (Size 22oz & With Attachments)
Hands down best brand around. These are a one time buy. My teen has had hers since elementary days, spoon as well! Decent size for a solid meal. Will keep food hot so long as prepped correctly; talking the whole entire day. Will pick THERMOS over Sta...
Thermos® Stainless Steel Insulated Food Jar (Comes With Spoon)
Always a favourite to have on hand for backpacks or in the car. Love the packs so everyone can have their own or to overstock extras.
Mini Sketchbooks (6 Pack - 25 Sheets/Book)
Perfect to have prepped and ready for each homeschooler for day/field trip days. The lanyards come in various colours, so it helps keep everyone having their own individual piece (we colour coordinate here). Love for places like the zoo, museums or t...
Adjustable Lanyards with Vertical ID Badges (6)
Equipment & Electronics
We love an all-in-one for every day use. The scan feature is so easy to navigate. It's wireless which is a requirement for printing in this day and age. The ink cartridges are easy to come by and no work involved in filling. I love the back and front...
Epson EcoTank ET-4850 Wireless (All-in-One Color)
We love our LeapFrog Tablet! It varies hugely from a regular tablet or an Amazon kid's tablet but that's because it's its own. Everything on it is strictly LeapFrog, which I absolutely love because that means no internet browsing, Youtube, etc. Every...
LeapFrog LeapPad Academy Tablet