Thanks to the ladies over at HSS, I was introduced to this great concept, the workbox system. There are many many other homeschool blogs around that explain how and why they use it.  I've modified the system to fit us, and we used it for the first time today.  I'm trying not to be premature, but our first day went very well. 

I set it up and explained to Bug how it would work.  He quickly understood that he was to go through them in order and he spotted a couple things that are not normally 'school work' that he was looking forward to doing.  I also told him that if the box wasn't ready for him when he woke up in the morning, then there was no school that day.  He thought that was great.

For our modifications, I used large, clear plastic bags that I got from the Dollar Tree, and a milk crate.  It doesn't take up too much room and is easily transportable.  It's also very easy to change the number of bags we use on any given day.  The only down fall is that its a little sloppy looking and the bags don't stay standing up.  But with the numbers on the bag, I don't think its that big of a deal.

The preschoolers that I babysit each got one bag with some worksheets to do.  It kept them entertained for a while.  They needed help with a lot though, which distracted Sebastian.  It'll definitely take some experimenting to see what works for them all.   Bug's last bag had a puzzle that all the kids could work on with him: