What our homeschool table actually runs on — 4 kids, one printer that has seen things, and supplies I reorder instead of replacing. Some links here are affiliate links — I may earn a small commission at no cost to you.
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The Printer Corner
Table Tools
Paper & Cards
The Pen Empire
Art Supplies
The Printer Corner
The homeschool MVP. Cartridge-free, because I refuse to buy ink cartridges in bulk for four kids' worksheets.
EcoTank ET-2800 Wireless Color All-in-One Cartridge
The one ink bottle that keeps the MVP alive. One bottle outlasts a school year of printables.
EPSON 522 EcoTank Ultra-high Capacity Black
Table Tools
60-minute visual timer. The kids can SEE time running out, which ends half the 'how much longer' negotiations.
KADAMS Pomodoro Timer Visual
A cheap pink mouse that survives being borrowed by everyone. When it dies, I reorder the same one.
TECKNET Compact Ambidextrous Wireless Mouse Pink
Volume-limited headphones so four kids can do four different lessons at one table without a volume war.
JLab JBuddies Studio Kids Wired Headphones Pink
Paper & Cards
Flashcards, vocab, memory work. The 4x6 size because little hands lose the small ones instantly.
Find It Tabbed Index Cards, 4 x 6 Inches
The ring keeps them together. Loose flashcards in this house become confetti.
300 PCS Index Cards 3X5 Inches
Bookmarks, reminders, ‘mom was here’ notes in their workbooks. We go through these like water.
Post-it Notes 3x3 in Canary Yellow
Tabs for the teacher binders and the books we re-read. Removable, because plans change weekly.
Post-it Tabs, 2 inch Solid, Assorted Bright Colors
The sticky ones that actually stick — to the fridge, the camper wall, wherever the lesson moved today.
Post-it Super Sticky Notes, Multi-Size
The Pen Empire
The good pens. Smooth enough that handwriting practice has fewer complaints. Fewer. Not zero.
Paper Mate InkJoy Gel Pens, Medium Point (0.7mm)
Bulk mechanical pencils because wooden pencils vanish into a parallel dimension here.
BIC Xtra Smooth Mechanical Pencils, 40-Count
Refills, because the 40 pencils above outlive their lead by Monday.
BIC Mechanical Pencil Lead Refills 0.7mm
The backup pack for the backup pack. Pencil math with four kids is just loss management.
BIC Xtra Smooth Mechanical Pencils, 10-Count
Highlighters for reading passages and my planner. Chisel tip, assorted, bought in bulk on purpose.
BIC Brite Liner Assorted Highlighters, Chisel Point, 36-count
Dual-ended: fine point for notes, chisel for underlining. The planner markers.
Sharpie S-Note Duo Dual-Ended Creative Markers
For the kids' journals and my margin notes. Don't bleed through, which is the whole requirement.
