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okay.
let's say you couldn't use the internet or the library (but you have a printer!)
what non consumable (or nearly so) curriculum items, materials, or whatever would you invest in to insure you could homeschool for K - 12th grades without having to continue buying curriculum every year?
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Martha,
Depending on the ages of my children.... and my budget....
Books from Catholic Mosaic
catechism books of choice (I like Living My Religion)
books from Sophia Institute Press for kids
All About Spelling
RightStart Math with abaci and cd-rom for worksheets
Anna Comstock's nature study book
Living books on a variety of science topics
Living books for history
All Ye Lands
From Sea to Shining Sea
Famous Men of Greece
Famous Men of Rome
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
and maybe Famous Men of Modern Times (or whatever it is called)
Primary Language Lessons and/or First Language Lessons
Writing With Ease (and not writing in the student books) and/or IEW Teaching Writing Structure and Style
Anne Carroll's book with as much supplementation as my budget allows
(I have a list somewhere)
New Elementary Math
Real Science 4 Kids if desired
That's what I can think of offhand.
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I love this post and I will be looking forward to everyone's response. Ironically enough, I was going through our books yesterday and trying to figure out how to spend very little this year. We have so many resources already!
-Batimore Catechisms No.1 and No. 2
-A History of US
-Teaching Textbooks Math
-Audubon Society Field Guides
-The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
_The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
_All Living books for history
-All living books for science
-saint books (vision and Windeatt)
-Harp Laurel Wreath by Berquist
-How to Design Your Own Classical Curriculum by Berquist (love the booklists)
-Catechism of the Catholic Church
-Fr. Laux books
-Writing Road to Reading
-How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
-Latina Christiana I
-Writing Strands
-Writers INC
-Christ the King lord of History
-Christ and the Americas
-Apologia Science
_MODG high school syllabi
These are things I came up with yesterday:)
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I would buy one of those cheap workbooks (at WalMart, Sams, Staples) for the grades I was teaching. I have found them helpful for practice of concepts that need extra work. And they also can help me figure out different ways to teach something. They sometimes keep me on track for what a "whatever-grader" needs to know.
With the printer(copier?)it could become non-consumable.
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Okay.. I have a few..
primary & intermediate language lessons
lingua mater
composition for young catholics
CCC
bible
catholic dictionary and encyclopedia
history encyclopedia
science encyclopedia (human, animal, and earth)
previously mentioned catholic history texts
story of the world vol. 1 and 2
harp & laurel wreath
a writer's manual
Art with a Purpose and or Draw Write Now
good dictionary and thesearaus
saints sets (vision, windeatt, de wohl, ...)
lots of classic books and primary source readings (something I love about Kolbe high school book lists!)
Ray's arithemetic or developmental math maybe
Life of Fred
Faith and Freedom readers set (or other of choice)
spelling power or natural speller (I have both!)
as many museum and zoo memberships as could be afforded
several good large maps (US, world, each continent)
a quality microscope (I need suggestion on this please!)
heller's world of language series (have and love these)
lial's BCM, alg 1, alg 2
jacobs alg, geometry, human endeavors
or MUS if you wanted one math k - 12
a garden
a small koi pond
plentiful art materials
logic books of choice
handbook of catholic apologetics
high school is "iffy" for me b/c I haven't been down that road multiple times like I have with the younger grades...
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The Robinson Curriculum is all on CD-ROM. You would probably want a good dictionary and math books and Catholic history/fiction to supplement or replace some of those Henty books though.
Hmm, I would probably use either Mater Amabilis or Latin-Centered Curriculum's booklists to build my library. On top of that you just need math and the catechism program of your choice.
Is this theoretical or a real-world scenario?
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I'm focusing on high school since everyone has pretty much listed what I would use for grade school. This is the minimum.
Jacob's Algebra and Geometry
Henle Latin (or Wheelock's)
some type of grammar/English handbook
various Penguin classics.
Frank D'Angelo's Composition in the Classical Tradition (with objectionable sections whited out)
Science books from MacBeth's Opinion
Warren Carroll's Christendom series
Paul Johnson's history books.
The CCC plus a Bible.
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Thanks Willa!
I agree about the Penguin classic versions, they tend to be better versions than most! 
I have no idea how I could for get MacBeths' Opinion! I used to have it bookmarked on my old computer and need to have it again now that you mention it!
who is paul johnson history books?
back on topic...
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For those of you who don't know about MacBeth's Opinion - here's the link 
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Thanks for the MacBath link!
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oh no, let's presume real world scenario!
The reason I ask is because dh and I were talking with some other homeschoolers about pros and cons of homeschooling on the cheap. It doesn't happen often, but 3 times in the last 9 years I've had a major issue with technology not being as reliable or affordable as I would need. A computer crash, with all my notes and free downloads. Purchase of a new computer meaning old software didn't work or needed to be repurchased because the license was only for one computer use. So, much as I love technology, it doesn't always love me and I'm hesitant to base an entire curriculum on it. Then there's the cost of money to copy/print and the time involved. For example, there's no way I could print an entires year of math for the cost of one MCP mathematics workbook.
And my dh pointed out the cheapest thing to do is use what we have and make sure what we have is quality that is non-consumable or nearly so.
So that got me thinking...
If you only bought according to that guideline, what would you buy?
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I'm going to add a quality dissection kit (pan, tools...)
anyone have add ins?
anything that you've repeatedly used over the years?
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I haven't read all of the other replies yet....
Editor in Chief Editor in Chief from Critical Thinking (in fact, they have many great resources)!
Audio Memory Resources (Grammar Songs ex.)- Grammar Songs, Geography Songs, History Songs- etc.
Winston Grammar- this is good, there is a student book to buy seperately, but sometimes I typed out the sentences so I could use it again.
Write with the Best- LOVE this for writing!!
If I think about more, I'll come back and post. I'm sure everyone will give you great resources!!! I can't imagine not having the internet or library for learning! But there are options still to keep costs lower.
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I just clicked buy for that write with the best Tracy! I sure hope it is all you say and the sample page is a good portrait of it.
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Martha wrote:
I just clicked buy for that write with the best Tracy! I sure hope it is all you say and the sample page is a good portrait of it.
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Oh man! Now I have angst!!!  I know I love it, and I hope you do too. I can tell you that when our oldest took his SAT, he got an average essay score. After he did the Persuasive Essay unit over 10 days in volume 2 of Write with the Best, his score improved 3 points! I was pleased with that.
I love how it uses real pieces of literature to show you the different types of writing. And I love how it's all scheduled out by days, so it helps with planning.
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I just wanted to let you know 2 of my boys have finished the first volume and are onto the second now and it is GREAT! I'm seeing some wonderful progress with not a single tear of frustration!
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