umsami Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I seem to have trouble getting rid of old curricula... even if I didn't really like it... or I don't think it's a good fit for any remaining kids. I tell myself that once my youngest is past that level, I can get rid of it.... only I don't. Anybody else have this problem? ? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Yes!!! I have been an empty nester for over 20 years. My only grandchild will probably never be homeschooled, and even if he were, my dd would probably homeschool completely different than I did. It's just so hard to get rid of my stuff!!! 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lang Syne Boardie Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 It's not hoarding if the books are clean and stored properly upright in bookshelves, and the math toys and spelling tiles are hermetically sealed into Rubbermaid totes. If you might have chalk and crayons (and little wooden slates, and six reams of newsprint) that you think you could use in a post-apocalyptic scenario, that's just being responsible. 7 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I hoard the old portfolios. The curricula are easy to part with. But you'll pry my big box of Cuisenaire rods out of my cold, dead hands, thank you very much. 4 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I think that's called...being a homeschooler! 4 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 No, I plan for the future. It's different. You shush. 8 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTVKath Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 If I didn't like it, I ditch it. But if I liked it? The grandkids might need it in 20 years! What if there's a general societal meltdown and I've got to teach the neighborhood kids!! :-) 6 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Let's just say I probably fall into the "homeschooling prepper" category. ? If the internet dies tomorrow, I could still do K-12 with all books we have in the living room, kitchen, coat closet, both of my bedroom closets, upstairs hallway, downstairs hallway... I like options. 8 1 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acresoft Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 To have a few paper textbooks or reference books around, and not just rely on the internet is great. Also having a Bible, and not just relying on a computer Bible, is a good idea if weather or something makes the computer unavailable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Yep. Loads of early readers that we never used but I can’t bring myself to get rid of. And Sonlight pre k and k. Love curricula... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 11 minutes ago, Ausmumof3 said: Yep. Loads of early readers that we never used but I can’t bring myself to get rid of. And Sonlight pre k and k. Love curricula... I have all three volumes of KONOS and at least one timeline, plus several R&S English texts, plus several Saxon texts, and of course all my Spalding stuff. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 :::giggling::: I love hearing so many of you have the same apocalyptic reasoning for clinging to books and curricula that I do... ? 8 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homemommy83 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 7 hours ago, CTVKath said: If I didn't like it, I ditch it. But if I liked it? The grandkids might need it in 20 years! What if there's a general societal meltdown and I've got to teach the neighborhood kids!! ? Yes...this...as if that is what we will be thinking about without electricity or running water...hahahahaha...I totally plan to keep my curriculum, slates, and chalk for this very thing. I think we could be sisters. What will my house look like without my books?. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homemommy83 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 5 hours ago, Ellie said: I have all three volumes of KONOS and at least one timeline, plus several R&S English texts, plus several Saxon texts, and of course all my Spalding stuff. I will go to Ellie's house when the U.S. meltdown occurs....Konos is totally enough to homeschool for eternity...I never have purchased them...but I totally need to?. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homemommy83 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 5 hours ago, Ausmumof3 said: Yep. Loads of early readers that we never used but I can’t bring myself to get rid of. And Sonlight pre k and k. Love curricula... Sonlight prek will never leave my hands. I have used it daily for 11 years! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homemommy83 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 7 hours ago, Zoo Keeper said: Let's just say I probably fall into the "homeschooling prepper" category. ? If the internet dies tomorrow, I could still do K-12 with all books we have in the living room, kitchen, coat closet, both of my bedroom closets, upstairs hallway, downstairs hallway... I like options. Zoo Keeper I think you are a friend after my own heart! I totally don't use the internet or video programs in my teaching now...not that that is a bad thing...just out of my budget. I love solid interesting textbooks-Notgrass/ BJU/ Rod and Staff with a ton of historical fiction, biographies, and the best literature. We have Kindles, but we are still keeping a very basic library of the best literature as I honestly do worry about hard times coming...but that is another topic. Brenda 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homemommy83 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I find it interesting that if hard times came to America that it would be the homeschoolers....and awesome prepper teachers?....whom will be able to educate their neighborhoods....just kinda cool to think about. Brenda 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 My husband and his siblings went to public schools all the way. My in-laws has an almost complete collection of their textbooks dating all the way back to 1974 when his sister (oldest child) enter first grade. If my in-laws ever have to move, we’ll pay our share for junk disposal. My kids are keeping their AoPS textbooks for souvenirs and my oldest might want to keep some physics textbooks. That’s about it. If we have to move without relocation benefits, it wouldn’t cost too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeway Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I got rid of things I did not like. Except the Foersters stuff only because my 16 yr old expects me to keep it. But the moment he lets me rid of it, it is going. I liked Dolciani a lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 11 hours ago, Zoo Keeper said: Let's just say I probably fall into the "homeschooling prepper" category. ? If the internet dies tomorrow, I could still do K-12 with all books we have in the living room, kitchen, coat closet, both of my bedroom closets, upstairs hallway, downstairs hallway... I like options. "Homeschool Prepper" should totally be a show on HGTV! ? 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 OK, "Homeschool Prepper" could explain a lot of books I can't get rid of. The normal things I used or might have used fall into that category. And, never used, never planned on using, now I have the perfect excuse why I have it, "High School Subjects Self Taught," 1254 pages, copyright 1946. Every Homeschool Prepper should have one, here is a link, there is one for just $6.76, perfect for the apocalypse!! Interesting but totally impractical otherwise. https://www.amazon.com/High-school-subjects-self-taught/dp/B0007E2QW4 I might have the 1967 Edition, I'm not sure, outdated either way, although the math, older history, foreign language, grammar, composition, etc is still good. https://www.amazon.com/School-Subjects-Taught-Revised-Enlarged/dp/B001768N1E/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1535516829&sr=1-6 I use most of the spelling and phonics resources I have with my remedial students, but have a ton of math and supplemental books taking up space. Realistically, in an actual apocalypse, all I would take is a bible, a Speller, my Lials Basic College Math, and "High School Subjects Self Taught." I occasionally use Lials with a student who needs a bit of math help, too. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I pulled three two-foot high stacks off the shelves just yesterday. I need to sell them but am not motivated. I have a couple of totes full downstairs as well. I have a hard time selling expensive hard-to-find-used curricula because I know it would be difficult to get them back were I to "need" them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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