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When getting ready to homeschool your children at home it’s really nice if all of your books and supplies are organized so you can access them quickly and rule out the frustration of trying to locate something needed for the homeschool day.
You don’t have to spend a lot of money or have tons of extra room in your home to be organized and efficient for homeschool.First find your space. Where will you be homeschooling? In the dining room? The family room? Do you have a spare room? An big hallway?
Second if you’re using a room that also serves another purpose plan where you can locate a bookshelf or cabinet to hold books and supplies. If your homeschool has to go into a place such as the dining room look for cupboards that close, boxes with tops. This will help you to tune out the other use of the room for a peaceful dinner or rest if you’re using a room such as a bedroom.
So now you have your space pull together the books and supplies you will have to organize. Know how much stuff you have to organize before shopping or pulling in furniture.
Next call in reinforcements. Pull in another set of eyes to help you plan out the space. A good friend, family member etc. Tell them the project and ask how they would organize it. You don’t necessarily have to go with their set up sometimes just hearing other options can help you tremendously.
Measure your space before shopping. Nothing is worse than going to get what looks to be the perfect solution only to find it doesn’t fit.
If space is tight think vertical. Such as the elfa® collection at The Container Store You can line a whole wall with shelves and make the bottom shelf the desk space. Anchor free standing bookshelves to the wall to keep them secure.
Use baskets and boxes to keep project tools together. Art supplies in this box. Reading books over here. Music supplies here.
Here is an excellent homeschool room at the Little Acorns Country Day School (a homeschool). I wish I had this much extra space but even if you don’t have this amount of space the excellent use of shelves and boxes can give you ideas of how to organize your own space.
