S/O which subject do you spend the most money on?

[Free Indeed]

I have noticed that we spend the most money on books for history. I usually spend most of our money on real books instead of curriculum. Now, I have been wondering where other homeschoolers put their money- besides MCT. :lol: Do you spend the most money on the 3r's or do you spend it on other subjects? What do you pay the most for that you think is worth every penny (IEW, MCT, TT)? Thanks for playing along. :D

[johnandtinagilbert]

initially, history, but since after I own the goods, I won't need to buy them, I'd have to go with math by the time school is over. Science may be a close second.

[coralloyd]

History and Science

[mrs.m]

I didn't spend much on History. I use the library as much as possible even Interlibrary loan if I have to.

 

I spent the most on Math. And maybe science is a close second because I switched programs.

[Dinsfamily]

Books...history, lit, and science. They are the biggest investment for me, but non-consumable and worth it :D.

[patchfire]

Yes, our biggest investment is definitely in books - literature, biography, history, science, art, music, math... all those wonderful books that are not even technically curricula at all!

 

That said, once I buy those, I don't have nearly so many to buy for the younger two - i.e., I could get through SOTW 1-4 at this point without any additional purchases (but I wouldn't want to ;)). By the time it's all said and done, I anticipate we'll have spent the most on science supplies. Kits are consumable and relatively pricey.

[LoveBaby]

Books then Math.

 

I went ahead and ponied up for the newer versions of MUS since I'll have 4 other students using them over the next few years. I thought they would hold up better in the hardbound than the comb-bound.

[MIch elle]

Next year for grade 8 so far I've spent the most on Saxon algebra I books & Art Reed DVD's and The Teaching Company courses for history. I may buy Rosetta Stone Spanish so that would be the largest single expense for grade 8.

 

In the past I've spent TONS of money on history literature (SL) - NO more!

[Heather in WI]

History and Science

 

Us, too. But, that's because we use a literature approach and want to build up our home library.

[melmichigan]

Individual subjects, history/literature hands down since we use SL and MCT. :D But I look at those as investments because I buy for the first and eliminate most of the cost for the next four with real books, ebooks, and other printable downloads that are all non-consumable. So, if you divide it out that way, then I spend the most in science and math with consumables and online access for programs, hands down.

[Closeacademy]

Math. I have spent a lot of money on math. History is probably our runner up. We are spending more on history now than on math because we have found our flow with math.:001_smile:

[LizzyBee]

Science used to be the most expensive subject. Now it's reading because my 8 yo is dyslexic and we use Barton Reading and Spelling for her.

[homeschooltoone]

We spent most of our budget in history/literature because we use sonlight.

[Heather in VA]

High school. Most of our budget goes to high school which aside from math is expensive in every subject. And even math can be costly if you use DVD programs - I used to use VT but now I use Life of Fred so it's cheap.

 

Science is the most expensive because of the lab supplies home class. We outsource writing (Classical Writing online) and Latin (Lukeion) so that is the costliest.

 

But for my younger students, I spend the most on Latin and Classical writing (and math for my youngest because she uses Right Start).

 

Heather

[Neesy]

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[Quiver0f10]

History has been the most expensive but we are building our library. Math would probably be second then language arts.

Edited January 8, 2010 by Quiver0f10

[Guest aquiverfull]

I always spend an insane amount on history and literature.

[elegantlion]

Latin or CW. I buy extra student workbooks for myself so that increases the cost.

 

Next year it will be Lit as I plan to use LL LOTR and buy the full audio CDs of the books.

[Satori]

I am absolutely uncontrollable when it comes to books, so I would say history. If literature were a subject that we officially do, that would probably be first.

[Whereneverever]

Books, then math, then science.

[Annie Laurie]

At first I was going to say history, then math, then the more I thought about it I realized that LA and science are a lot too. We use SL and WP, RightStart and Teaching Textbooks, AG, IEW, Oak Meadow high school science and SL Science, and they are all on the expensive end. Though history is probably still the most all together, when I add in things like Time Travelers, VP cards and cds, The Homeschool in the Woods timeline figures cd, and all the living books.

[dragons in the flower bed]

In the beginning I spent most of the money on books for history and science. This year my biggest purchase was mathematics. I suspect RightStart for my second to youngest will continue to be the big ticket item until the oldest hits high school and needs labs.

[KarenNC]

PE, because she takes aikido and goes to two different PE/activity classes (one weekly and one monthly). I can't resell or buy used classes like I can books.

[rwjx2khsmj]

This year I spent a lot of money on every subject but it was our first year homeschooling. I got a lot of things that won't need to be purchased again and a lot fo things that will be passed down to the youngers.

 

I'd say our top ticket items were math and music. I can see that music will continue to be pricey because of the lessons.

[Momling]

Rosetta Stone Polish was my single priciest one-time purchase.

[Ali in OR]

Definitely history because of the number of real books we buy.

[LittleIzumi]

Science!!! :D NOEO, lots of experiments, lots of books (everything from science encyclopedias to Magic School Bus), little microscope, etc. And we hit up the library, of course.

[Tree House Academy]

I have spent the most on history and science so far...however, that will change because we have finally found our groove with those two things (for older ds anyway) and that cuts the costs considerably. I tend to be a curriculum junkie/hopper and finding a niche has been a Godsend!

[lovemykids]

Math, science, LA, foreign languages and then history. Hopefully, LA will taper off as we continue and I know that science will take the number one spot even above math by high school. I have already calculated science for high school and it’s going to break the bank. We tend to use the library to the full when it comes to history, and even though we use SL and SOTW, I substitute books if we can’t find them at the library or we don’t already own them. I only buy a few books that I consider absolutely necessary. Of course, if I can find it used at a great price, I’ll grab it, it’s nice to have a home library, but our science library outweighs our history books by far. I hope to use TOG soon and continue to buy used and utilize the public library.

We already had a good literature home library when we started, and many people seem to give me a lot of books since they know I'm homeschooling. :D I love book handouts. I'll always take them!

[Karen in CO]

Books - so probably literature, history and science books - oh I'll just call it READING as a subject. After that is PE (ski school) and art (art classes). My Rosetta Stone was free from the school district otherwise it might be a contender. I do get to reuse the books for two kids so that helps me to justify, but I'd buy them anyway. The library was way more expensive because I am terrible at returning. :D

 

 

 

I feel much better about the books since my ds started college classes - figure about $100 - $200 per class for textbooks in US universities (his textbooks in Japan are only $40 per semester).