Last year was our first year. As much as I was warned and I tried to stay away, our room and set up ended up being more of a 'school at home' rather than the lifelong learning intentions I had. While I found some benefits to the school at home set up, I did make a few adjustments going into our second year of homeschooling. This was also partly due to the fact that the youngest is now 18 months old and into everything- so many things need to be 'locked away'!
Our room is a main floor office we had originally intended for a play room. It has great natural light and some large built in bookshelves. We used an old dining room table we had downstairs, an old sofa chair with a slip cover, and a massive white board found at habitat humanity ReStore.
We have a small bulletin board for sight words, clock, reference guides, and 100's chart. Around the room we attached magnet strip to hang art work, maps, and counting strips. The built in desk area houses our printer, pencil sharpener, and magnet boards for AAS.
In one of the big cupboards of the built-ins we have added doors and child locks. This way the markers, stacks of paper, and our pink bins of school books stay safe from the active toddler. Our pink boxes hold our daily workbooks and TM. Above the cupboards I have a blue bin of easy access glue, scissors, pencils, index cards, post its, and my green planning binder. Both girls have a decorated mug filled with their pencils and pens of choice.
The window wall hosts our chair and small play area to help keep the toddler and sometimes 4.5 year old (who's doing some K work this year) entertained.
Often our room expands into the dining area when the 3rd grader needs quiet work time or to the couch for read aloud time, but this is a great space for school central. We are very thankful to have it. Welcome to our room!
My post this week is part of the not back-to school hop over at
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