TammyinTN Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I'm looking for household wise and schooling wise. Thanks bunches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I'm looking for household wise and schooling wise. Thanks bunches! Ours is broken (a cockroach fried itself on the motherboard) and I can't get the spare part. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendra Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 My MacBook :) Also, set meals in which I don't have to think, "What's for breakfast?", doing as many subjects together as possible (includes copy work, memory work, geography, history, science, art, p.e., and Bible study), and laying my own clothes out the night before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph the vet Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 My hp printer/scanner/copier and my 3-hole punch. Could not do school without them!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 My teacher's book. I put together all my lessons plans, worksheets, and whatever we need that is paper and put it in order of need in the teacher's book so it is really easy to just pull everything out instead of searching all over the house and through files for this or that paper.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam Wilhelm Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 My greatest time saving equipment? Hmmmmm......... the ability to play hookie when we want/need to. lol lol lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friederike in Persia Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 My breadmaker. Living in Germany you'll find the prepacked flour for them everywhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy in Indy Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I just bought an all-in-one and I think it's going to prove very valuable...no more running to the copy store which is 20 minutes away! (And it scans beautifully as well.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 My laptop and my copy/printer. It has been a lifesaver. Outside of technology I'd have to say my dining room/classroom itself. Since we rarely eat in the dining room I can leave things out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Readsalot Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I find the biggest waste of time is trying to find things so I try to stay very neat and organized, our motto a place for everything and everything in its place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I agree with the pre-planning for school, planbook, copier, and three-hole punch. Also, my mother has time to go yard-saling on a regular basis and she picks up various sizes of three-pronged notebooks for me for next to nothing, so I generally have a good supply on hand. That's helpful as they're pretty expensive. I would add that I really like pre-planning of meals for the week so that I know I have what I need on hand. I have been doing 30 minute meals for years (my time involved, not necessarily the amount of time for cooking) and I look for recipes that keep me in the kitchen no longer than that. I think a good crockpot is great for busy days when I won't be home until dinner time. I can start the meal in the morning before we start school and not have to think of it again. Regena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenKitty Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 HSTracker and fast scanner printer that prints both sides! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in MO Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 my Edu-Track program for planning our lessons (except, now that there's HS Tracker, I wish I had that!) In the meantime, I stick with Edu-Track because all the other lesson plans are on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basketmaker Amy Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 HST plus is a big time saver here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 A good electric pencil sharpener that can sharpen pencil crayons without mangling them and a laser printer with built in copier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in NH Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Crock pot, audio books so we can "do school" in the car, our printer/copier and an extra vacuum cleaner! I can be vacuuming and my ds5 can be vacuuming in another room ( for that matter, sometimes the 2 year old vacuum too, and I am free to do something else)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lorna Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Mechanical pencils (I used to spend evenings sharpening traditional pencils). Dishwasher, washing machine, even running water and toilet facilities (after camping without water supply and drainage for six months - no more walks to the tap etc:o). My Moulinex for chopping, blending, squeezing and grating (which we are without just now:(). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Aside from my laptop and all-in-one printer (and the internet...), my kitchen timer to keep us on track when we have very full days is a big plus. Also, my FAT 3-ring binder where I put all of my teacher's materials, copies of legal stuff, lists, master copies for maps, worksheets, math charts, etc. and whatever else I can fit in. I like having it all in one place! :D Also, our nice t.v. trays and/or our Belkin CushTop laptop platforms (basically a ventilated, cushy-but-firm, inclined lapdesk)--we have 4 laptops here :rolleyes: and someone always needs to use one for school so it's nice for us to be able to use them comfortably while sitting on the couch! Or a bean bag chair... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindyg Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 A digital voice recorder. I record our memory work on it, add in a few files from various music and memory CDs we're working with, and DS listens independently an hour a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodi-FL Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 and having teenagers old enough to do breakfast and lunch (though they rarely clean up as well as I'd like them to, we're working on that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Other than the computer itself, our all-in-one computer printer-scanner-copier. It saves me countless trips to the copy shop. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancypants Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I'm looking for household wise and schooling wise. Thanks bunches! Doing all scheduling online at Pageflakes. Really. That is the biggest timesaver for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I'd have to say HST. It's saved me time, but it's also saved me loads of paper and erasing and marking and messing around trying to make up some kind of schedule. Of course, we don't stick to the HST schedule any better than we did the paper one, but I feel more organized and it's a lot easier to move stuff around. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in Central TX Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I wouldn't complete all of the work I would like to during our school year without Edu-Track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlemaiden Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Pre-holed copy paper! I agree with the in house copy machine, but it's even better when the paper is pre-holed. I also use a ton of 3 ring binders so everything has a home. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 My seventeen year old. Do I really have to let her graduate and go to college next year? Can't I just make her stay here and be my personal asst. for the rest of my life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 It's a tie between my dishwasher and my copy machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 Thanks so much for the great idea's! I have several things from your list of favorites I'm going to purchase. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 and sigh with happiness like a the woman in the grocery store ad with the full leg cast on who sees a nubile young man bringing her groceries to the door ("you know it's got to be good" is the tag line). Grab this book, a gentle tworl, grab that book, a bag of dice and a pointer plus a pencil for each of you. People come over. Do the oogle the 19th century marble bust of Joan of Arc, no, it's "oohhhh, I need to get one of these" as they spin it about. Happy Monday all, hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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