Reorganizing Our School Room
Our school room is tiny, so I have to find ways to make the most of the space we have. Yesterday I reorganized our room and supplies and found some much needed space! Here are a couple of things I did:
~ I took our math manipulatives, science project supplies, and other supplies out of their boxes. Instead they are stored in plastic, zipper bags and categorized in baskets that will be labeled. It was amazing how much space I saved by eliminating the packaging materials.
~ I removed our puzzles from the school room. (We have two big boxes of them.) Each puzzle is stored in plastic, zipper bags with the picture of the finished puzzle inside. Now they are more compact and can easily be stored in our living room where we actually do puzzles.
~ I had to relocate my scrapbooking supplies. Even though we will use some of those supplies in school, I really don’t need them to be readily accessible every day. That in itself eliminated a whole book case and a few bags.
~ I rearranged the furniture so that the wall we will use as a chalkboard and for our math calendar will be more accessible and usable. I also have more wall space for posters, artwork, and the like. I plan to buy a rug to put in front of this wall, too. That will add another dimension to the space.
~ It became apparent that I had to put the art supplies including crayons, glue sticks, and scissors out of reach. Formerly those items were stored in each child’s school supplies basket. I changed my mind after the kids emptied the white glue bottle all over their table and tried gluing scraps of paper I had let them cut up the day before. Now these supplies are in a very large basket up high on a bookcase. I used recycled plastic yogurt cups and sour cream containers to store paint brushes, markers, and glue sticks within that basket.
~ I now have two shelves for the kids’ books and one shelf for my books on my bookcase. I just have to fill up the space! That won’t take long at all.
Now that the room is better organized, I can paint the walls with the beautiful paint that we bought today! I will post pictures once the painting is finished.
Photo courtesy of MiRo740
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