8 Companies You Didn’t Know Offered a Homeschool Educator’s Discount

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Did you know that there are companies that offer a Homeschool Educator’s Discount?

It is Back to school time once more. Many companies recognizing the financial strain on our often underpaid teachers  (whose work with our children is so important) are gracious enough to offer some great teacher discounts.  And yet what about Homeschool educators?  Homeschooling multiple children is not cheap or easy and often in order to homeschool, families have to sacrifice the income that one of the parents would bring in because they are home with their children.

The homeschool movement has grown tremendously over the last decade. There are now Millions of homeschooling families across the United States. While the laws and educational requirements vary from state to state in most cases homeschool parents are all considered Educators. Sadly not many companies believe this and so they do not extend their educator’s discount to homeschoolers…Yet.

I decided to do some research to see which if any of my favorite companies did extend their Educator’s Discount to homeschoolers or had a corresponding program specifically for homeschoolers.  While some had the needed information on their websites for many I had to personally reach out to get the information I needed. I am so happy to report that the 8 companies below all offer Homeschool Educator’s Discounts.  Keep reading to find out what discount they each offer and what you need to apply to get it!

1-Barnes & Noble

Barns & Nobel does extend their Teacher Discount of 20% off the publisher’s list price for all purchases you make for the classroom (as well as a special 25% off during their Educator Appreciation Days) to Homeschool Parents! According to their site:

Homeschooling parents are eligible by providing a photo ID and a letter with the following information:
–  Family name and address
–  Name of homeschooling parent(s)
–  Grade level of each child being homeschooled

**I usually bring in my ID and my Homeschool Affidavit from our School System along with a letter including all the info requested above. 

For more details on how to get your Educator Discount Card Go –> HERE<–

2-Scholastic

Scholastic has a Teacher Store as well as book clubs where you can get awesome discounts on your books and supplies. When I contacted them directly to ask if they offered these resources to Homeschoolers I was told:

Homeschool teachers are welcome to order from our Teacher’s Store as well as our Book Clubs. They’ll just need to call 1-800-724-6527 Monday through Friday, 7am to 4:30 pm Central Time and register their homeschool.

To Register Homeschool Parents will need to provide:

Their homeschool name and address as it is listed on their certificate, the grade levels they will be teaching, how many students they will be teaching, and their legal first and last name.

To Check out their Awesome Teacher Story go –>HERE<–

3-Michaels Stores: 

Michaels Stores does extend their Teacher Discount of 15% off of all your purchases to Homeschool Parents!! When I contacted them I was told that to qualify for their Teacher Discount :

Home School Educators must present:

An affidavit to home school, and letter from their district or a membership ID card from an official Home School association (ex.: PEAH, HSLDA or state/local Home School association)

For more details on how to get your Educator Discount Go –> HERE<–

4-Joanns Craft Stores

Joanns Craft Stores Does extend their Teacher Discount of 15% off of all your purchases to Homeschool Parents!! According to their site to Qualify for Eligibility:

An authorized homeschool teacher with current documentation or proof of membership in an official homeschool organization.

**When I contacted Joann’s they said that showing your official Homeschool Affidavit from your school system would be sufficient.

For more details on how to get your Educator Discount Go –> HERE<–

5-The Container Store

The Container Store Helps Teacher stay organized year-round with special discounts available when registered in their Organized Teacher Program. I contacted them and happily learned that YES Homeschool families are eligible! Here is what I  was told:

Thank you so much for reaching out to us. We love our homeschool teachers as much as we love all other teachers, so of course, our Organized Teacher program applies to homeschool teachers too! Have teachers fill out the Organized Teacher program info located on our website:

For the school district & school name, just put down ‘Homeschool’ or provide the name of the school district in which they are homeschool teachers in. When the teacher purchases anything at the store, I would advise that they do bring proof of their homeschooling, like a certificate of some kind.

For more details on how to get your Educator Discount Go  –> HERE<–

6-Adobe

Adobe Extends it’s Student/Teacher Discount where you can get their full creative Cloud  (includes Photoshop, Illustrator,, Acrobat, InDesign and more) for only $19.99 a month (normally $52.99) According to their Website to Qualify for this Educator Discount homeschoolers must submit proof of Eligibility:

Proof of eligibility may include:
• Dated copy of a letter of intent to homeschool
• Current membership ID to a homeschool association (for example, the Home School Legal Defense Association)
• Dated proof of purchase of curriculum for the current academic school year

This is especially great for older students who are interested in stying photo editing, graphic design, 

For more details on how to get your Educator Discount Go  –> HERE<–

7-Academic Superstore

Academic Superstore offers great year-round discounts on school supplies to educators in the U.S.  Homeschooler are eligible to order from them. According to their site to register:

Home Schools & Home School Students

Enrollment Requirement: Full-Time

Verification of Eligibility Required:

A district-approved letter of intent -or- a copy of Curriculum receipts -or- registration through a home school program -or- membership in a recognized home school org -or- Letter of registration from a home school organization

This online store really does offer some amazing deals for school supplies. To look through their store and see all the deals they offer go –> HERE <–

For more details on eligibility and how to register  –> HERE<–

8-Silhouette

On Silhouette’s website, they have a whole page talking about how they work with educators. Including offering an Educators discount. Since they didn’t mention homeschool parents I decided to reach out to them. Here is the response I got:

“We do offer our 20% Silhouette Educator Discount to homeschool teachers. They will need to  provide some type of certificate or affidavit from their state of school district to qualify.”

For more details on their Educator’s Program and for how to register  –> HERE<–

Are you a company that offers a Homeschooler Educator’s Discount and want to be added to this list? Contact me –>HERE <– and I will get you added. I will need your company name, what your discount includes, and application requirements. 

I have personally used the homeschool discount for a couple of these companies in year past and plan to this year as well. These discounts have been a great blessing to our family as I seek to give my children the best education I can to prepare them to take on the world when they grow up and live their dreams.

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