Little Women

• Mar. 9, 2009 - Can't sleep; might as well organize!

I had trouble sleeping tonight (not unusual for me), so I finally decided to get up and try a few things.

I had read earlier today about a method for organizing your child's school day by putting each item into shoe boxes, on a neat rack.    Here's the basic system: http://www.workboxsystem.com/       And here are some pictures of what it looks like in the end:   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LeslieNelsen (Look for March 4 and again March 8.)    It looks like a really cool idea, but I didn't want to just run out there and buy a bunch of stuff that I won't use. (Starting and organizing things is easy for me, but actually DOING it is a lot harder.)

So, I looked around the house to see if I had something I could "try it out" with.    I found a bunch of magazine racks (cardboard, from IKEA, very inexpensive).    I grabbed them and put them in a row across my 3rd grader's desk.   There turned out to be 9 of them, plus 2 notebooks.    The "system" suggests 12, but that's what fits.

I was able to fill them easily:   Awana and Bible in one; a sheet with a song she loves to sing with me in the next; a card to send our state legislator; her language arts book; her math book; a jump rope; etc.   I think she'll have fun with it. It's a good visual to see where she is in her day.

Now, to figure out how to sample the idea for my K!     I need more magazine boxes, or some such!

Earlier in the evening (when I was supposed to be awake, I revamped our Managers of their Chores chore cards.    The 3rd grader had lost 1/3 of hers, and I needed to see if the other ones were still the jobs I wanted them to do.    I got all the new lists made of what each person should do when (including ME!), though I only got the cards made for 3rd grader.    K cards are still about right, though, and they are the 2 who most need them.

Now if I could just find a store that sells persistence, discipline, and keep-pushing-to-the-end-ability, we'll be in FINE shape!   :)

• Mar. 9, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by 2boysmom

I'm also an organization junkie! But - I also have the problem of following through. Usually, I am great at making the charts, boxes, etc. but carrying out the idea for more than a week is where I fall short. Same with budgeting! I will work on the budget for hours ( or schedule, etc.) and within a week, it's fallen apart!
Did I mention I'm great at organizing?

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