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Single Mothers Homeschooling Part 7: Using the Library to Homeschool Your Children

Posted by singlemom

December 11, 2008 |

While I have never been able to homeschool my children for free solely by using books from the library, it sure has come in handy when I couldn’t afford to purchase new materials and I couldn’t find them used.

For instance, I am currently helping my sister homeschool my nephew. He is studying The Wild West/Pioneer Days. One of the books we are using came from me, the other my sister purchased. We have already finished that one, and am near about done with the other.

Unfortunately, we are not able to afford any other books. We are both single mothers on tight budgets, so we are using the library. Every other week my nephew and I walk to the library where we look through and check out books on the subject. We check out everything for that time period: Research and other fact books, story books, cooking books, crafts books and anything else that we can find.

We enjoy looking through all of the books while we are there, and choosing what to bring home.

If you are reading this article from a library, then you are already aware that your children can use the computers there for free. While I have a computer at home where I can supervise the children’s online educational experiences, I am greatful to know that, if the need be, we can go to the library. Actually, Zowie is 16, and takes two courses and participates in Key Club at a high school a few towns over. She has free access to a computer there, as well as at the University during the summer where she goes for Upward Bound.

You will also want to wander over to the movie section of your local library, where you may find movies or documentaries dealing with whatever subject you are learning about.

In all honesty, you can likely find books at your library for learning just about any subject. If they don’t have a book that you are looking for, you may be able to do an inter-library loan, which is also a free service.

Shannon

P.S. If you have any questions or tips, please fell free to post them in the comments below.


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