Comments on: An Inside Look at Homeschool Organization for Small Spaces

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Tue, 09 May 2017 15:38:08 +0000

In reply to Michelle. School at the beach sounds awesome! It would certainly motivate my kids. :)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 08 May 2017 23:18:46 +0000

In reply to Sara Dennis. We have plans of doing schooltime at the beach each Friday (weather permitting) before jumping in :) Hoping it will be motivation to finish up work during the earlier part of the week.

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 19:23:50 +0000

In reply to Amanda. Thanks, Amanda!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 19:16:34 +0000

Great ideas for keeping things organized!

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:15:16 +0000

In reply to Ashley Wright. Depending upon where you live, outdoor space could be just the ticket! I've lived most of my life in areas where it's either rains or snows during the winter. Doing schoolwork outside rarely occurs to me. :-)

By: Ashley Wright

Ashley Wright — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 06:55:35 +0000

What great encouragement and inspiration. Thanks for this! Your advice is always so practical. I think having some outdoor space is key to making this situation work well.

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:20:22 +0000

In reply to Stefani Mons.

Kids sneaking off to their bedrooms has happened here a few times. Eventually we did an informal ban on schoolwork in the rooms. Not only do books get lost, but kids get distracted, lol.

I love your idea for an independent bin and a one-on-one bin. Currently I’m tossing both groups of materials into the kids’ crates. The youngest children have very little they can do independently while the teens have very little that needs to be one-on-one. 🙂

By: Stefani Mons

Stefani Mons — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:04:12 +0000

We love bins! Each of my 3 kids has two bins: an independent bin and a one-on-one bin. I use multi-purpose bins from the Container Store and put them in my Expedit bookcase.

I don’t feel like we homeschool in a small space (our house is about 1700 SF for 5 people–2 adults and 3 children), but it definitely isn’t a huge space, so we still have to keep things well organized.

And I hear you about the bedrooms being a black hole. We call our kids’ room “The Vortex” instead though because so often the children themselves sneak off to their rooms and forget to come out to complete their work. LOL