My 8-year old is now in 3rd grade. For each year she has attended school, she was always provided a list of school supplies that she needs to provide prior to the beginning of each school year. The list usually includes pencils, crayons, scissors, paper, glue, etc.
At the end of her school year last year, she was sent home with her extra school supplies. Rather than buying new school supplies, we recycled some of the supplies from last year. I already mentioned using a backpack from a previous year, but why not use those extra supplies and save the money? I was able to re-use her scissors, ruler, folders, glue sticks, and paper from last year. My school supply cost was cut in half.
