With the large amounts of homeschooling material that you have on hand it can be easy for the classroom to become a huge mess. In order to organize things better and keep your homeschool room clutter free try using these tips.
Find Storage Everywhere
You will have some cupboards and shelves in the room, but will soon realize that they are no where near enough for all the homeschool material that you have floating about. This is where you need to get inventive about finding storage areas. Get some bins that have covers and can be stacked up one on top of the other. Label the bins by subject or by child. Let the back of each child’s chair double up as storage with a tote hanging behind. The basic stationary for the child can be placed here. Use large glass jars or plastic bins to store manipulatives, flashcards, art material and more. Have everything labeled so that the children know what goes where.
Display Wall for Artwork, Schedules and More
Given the number of worksheets and artwork that each child generates in an academic year, you will have to come up with a good system to display them and preserve them. The best will naturally go in to the portfolio of the child which is a formal requirement at the time of college admissions. The rest can take turns being displayed for about a week on the display wall in the classroom before they are stored in a folder. Again make separate folders per child so that you can have easy access to the papers when you wish. It would be a good idea to label the folders with the year and what they contain if you have the time to do so.
Create Free Work Spaces
Not all families invest in separate study desks for each child. Some use the dining table, others use smaller tables and some just let the children sit on the floor. No matter what system you follow, a certain number of work spaces for writing, art and craft work, and doing science experiments needs to be created. Ensure that you keep these surfaces free of clutter and ever available to work on.
