My used curriculum deals

**joyofsix** · 06-11-2009, 06:03 AM

I went to my first used curriculum sale. Woohoo! I spent about $50 and got most of what I'll need for my 8 and 5 yo. I also hit free boxes for 'stuff'. I'm very pleased; I even found the math I wanted. Along with the library (which is my favorite place) we should be good. I posted here because no one else IRL appreciates the thrill of finding good stuff cheap!

I need to meet more homeschoolers IRL.

**YankeeMom** · 06-11-2009, 08:49 AM

I LOVE the used curriculum sales. I'm astonished at the stuff I found in free boxes. Ours was last month and our local library had a used book sale the following week. I got GREAT deals.

Here's what I got at the used curriculum sale (called Books & More because people like to bring things besides "books"):
I've decided I'm not buying ANY actual "textbooks" next year. Everything except Math (which I already have books for- Singapore) are going to be learned using real books.

DK Math Made Easy grade 4 ~free
DK Life Science booklets (6) ~ free
Boys Life Magazines (11) ~ free
Lego Magazines (3) ~ free
1960s Superman comic ~ free
1980s Wonder Woman comic ~free
Complete Book of Grammar & Punctuation~ free
Learning Resources Magnet Mania~ free
Mad Libs books (2) ~ free
Easy Reading Shakespeare books ~ free
- Taming of the Shrew level 5
- Measure for Measure level 2
- Much Ado About Nothing level 3
Bring the Classics to Life books ~ free
- Captain's Courageous
- Robin Hood
McGraw Hill Test Prep grade 4~ free
A Beka Place Value concept cards~ free
Complete Train Guide (3-ring binder full of pages of information on every train you could think of) ~ free
Wonder Tree Woodgets (kind of like Tinker Toys) ~ free
Usborne Time Traveler's Book of Knights & Castles~ 25c
Draw Write Now book 1~ 25c
Blood and Guts~ 25c
Cat Warriors Graphic Novel #2~ $1
Cat Warriors Graphic Novel #3~ $1
The Tale of Despereaux Graphic Novel ~ $2
Walter the Farting Dog~ $2
Walter the Farting Dog and the trouble at the yard sale ~ $2
If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620~ $3
If You Lived in Colonial Times~ $3
Star Wars Light Saber Game ~ $5
Leapster L-MAXw/ 7 games, charging dock, and backpack $20

I can't even remember all we got at the library sale. We brought home a big box of books for around $5.

**Debbie-cat** · 06-11-2009, 09:42 AM

Wow joyofsix and yankeemom, you both really got some great deals! Congrats!

**Jenibelle** · 06-11-2009, 10:16 AM

I'm not a homeschooler...but I when I was in college, getting my teaching degree I was the "resource coordinator" for my group of fellow Science Teaching majors....you would be amazed and how many websites there are out there that will send you free teaching products/posters/lesson plans. I had 3-4 big rubbermaid containers filled with resources by the time i got my degree...then i decided not to teach and never used it LOL. I'll try to find some of the websites i used and put them up here