Well, I thought I could be helpful….but maybe this won’t be.
We spent $2565 on homeschooling last year – or so says QuickBooks!!! Looking over our numbers, I see that I included in those figures the admission to museums, books (some new, some second-hand), our support group fee, babysitting so I could go to the convention, admission to other field trips, the standardized tests, all that stuff.
So my number looks big, but it’s not just curriculum. And really, it’s for a 4th grader, 2nd grader, and K. (With a 4yo tagalong.) So, all things considered, it’s not a bad number, when you look at the cost of private Christian school —- or buying boxes of Kleenexes and school supplies to send into public school with your children.
So maybe I was helpful! Show your husband my number and the cost of private schooling or hte cost of buying tissues, markers, etc. for your child to go to public school.
ETA: I should be clear that my number includes markers and paper and glue and anything that we use for homeschooling! (And the occasional roll of tape – I figure if they’re creating and “wasting” my tape, I’m counting it as homeschool-use!).