• Jan. 15, 2008 - A few of my (rare) organizing tips
I knew I wouldn't have enough room in this week's THM to get too much into discussing how I (sort of) organize things around here, so here are a few of my tips.
- First of all, we have an old chifferobe in our dining room where we keep our "everyday" type books. On the side where you'd usually hang clothes, I've put three milk crates - one for each boy and they can find their things easily there. I use the drawers to store our markers, crayons, pencils, paper, flash cards etc... (the usual stuff).
- On our main bookshelf, I have one shelf for each boy for all of their "extra" books that they'll get to later in the year. I started doing this when we were using Sonlight and it made it really easy to keep all of the books together. They keep the current book they're reading in the chifferobe, but keep the others on this bookshelf.
- And finally, I have a Rubbermaid storage cabinet out in our garage where I keep things we're not currently using, but I want to hold on to. I organized things in it by grade level because it makes it easier for me to see what I have on-hand that way. Don't you just hate it when you realize *too late* that you actually had something that you could have used?! When I pack things away in boxes they just pretty much get lost. And this Rubbermaid cabinet keeps things pretty clean and easy-to-see.
I wouldn't call myself organized or anything, but those things do help us keep up with our "stuff." Oh and I do have one more tip.
I created a homeschool notebook in a 3 ring binder for our family. It's not one of those all-inclusive notebooks this is just for our most important homeschool records and emergency numbers. I created it in part so that the boys would have something to reference if anyone ever showed up at our door when Tony and I weren't home.
I once heard of a policeman who stopped by a homeschool family's house and they quizzed the older child who was left in charge about what she would do "if" different things happened. After hearing that story, I wanted to have key information at our fingertips in case anything like that ever happened to us.
- On the first page, I put our cell numbers, neighbor's numbers, emergency numbers - the stuff you would put for a babysitter. The boys' important information.
- On the second page, I copied our hslda card and wrote our member number and their phone number - juuuust in case. I also copied the Kentucky homeschool law right on there too.
- Behind that, I created basically one page transcripts for each boy that covers attendance and grades (per Kentucky law).
- Finally, I have their report cards and then any awards they've gotten or things I wanted to save.
So, those are my basic tips. I've seen a LOT of great organizing tips on other people's blogs. If you see any good ones or decide to share yours here, leave me a link so everyone can see them!
Y'all have a great week!
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• Jan. 15, 2008 - Untitled Comment
I *love* the rubbermaid storage idea for books not currently used. I have tons of those, having already graduated 2, and still having a long way to go. I'll have to start saving my money!
Letitia