Posted in My Homeschool FAQs

Not long ago I was surfing blogs and someone had posed the question "What item that you use for homeschooling could you not live without?"  I thought it was great question, but I couldn't come up with just one item right away. Well, after thinking about it for awhile I have come up with an item.  We call it "the crate" and it goes everywhere with us.  I bought it a couple of years ago at a Scrapbooking Convention.  I originally thought I would use it for storing my scrapbooking paper, but after  few months I found that I needed to find a new home for my paper because the crate was spending all it's time being used for homeschooling travels. 

Sometimes I think the term homeschooling is a misnomer!  We seem to spend as much or more time in the car, at the library, on trips, on field trips, at co-op classes, at friends houses, at the park and at church than we do at home.  I sometimes think Carschooling would be a more fitting name for what we do!  LOL  But, the crate seems to make being on the move much easier.  I don't know how we ever checked out libray books without it!  We take it to co-op with the supplies we need, it goes to church when I am teaching classes, it goes to the park and to friends houses with things we need for the outing.  It's a huge help and the thing I like best about it is that a child as young as 3 can grab the handle and pull it along behind them.

Yes, after much thinking I am sure the crate is our must have homeschooling item.  What's your?

My 5 year old demonstrating how she can pull the crate


2 year old little brother getting in on the action!
No, he cannot yet pull the crate, but he thinks he can!


Here is a site that sells crates like we use.  Mine is what they call the Large size one.  I highly recommend it!