A couple of years ago, I put together File Boxes as modified Workboxes. That really worked, but somehow, I stopped using them. The main reason was the work load to keep them loaded and to make sure everything made it back to their spots. Also, the Hanging File Folders kept falling apart. The first revamping…
Category Archives: homeschool organization
This Week’s Homeschool Plans Were Stormed~Literally
As in, the rain we have been praying for came, along with high winds, and hail. We didn’t really receive at our home, but over at my in laws where we keep a lot of our farm equipment is another story. The out building that we stored some of our smaller equipment was blown away. …
Our Assignment and Record Keeping Notebooks~Using TOS Planner and My Custom Planner Pages
Over the years, I have worked hard to put together a record keeping book that would work for assignment too. However, they have always been a little too much for my older children. This year, however, seems to be the year I figured it out. I have used forms from my The 2011-12 Schoolhouse Planners,…
Easing into the New Homeschool Year
This week we are easing into the new homeschool year. I have four weeks of lessons planned for our new year, but we won’t start on them for at least two weeks. Because we took an unexpected time off through most of the summer, I want to spend some time reviewing where we left off….
Watchminder 3 Review~Helping your child stay on track.
Do you have a child who struggles staying on task? Do they get “lost”? What about you? Watchminder 3 ($69) may be a little gadget that will help. It is a watch that you are able to set to alert or remind you or your child to the tasks ahead of them or that they…
Homeschool Home…My home is the schoolroom
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been organizing our homeschool areas. At first, I was going to go back to a school room setting, but, really my children don’t work so good there, or really as a family it is not really a good plan. The one room that could function as a…
Color Coded Magnetic Chore Board
I have tried a new chore reminder system every year for many years. The biggest problem I have is, I can’t easily change things already written down if something in our home changes. So, as I was contemplating how, I was going to work out a system that would be more adaptable to change, I…
Changing Routines to Help Meet the Ever Changing Needs of Your Family
Along with organizing this week, I have been implementing new routines to help us get prepared for the new homeschool year. Daily Schedule The above page is posted through out our home and in each notebook, to hopefully keep us on track. We are not a set time, kind of a family, we have animals,…
Organizational Week~Getting the Homeschool Ready
We all have them, days when we walk through the house and want to turn tail and run because there are messes everywhere. As we move through the house, we notice there is very little that can be done with these messes… What? Where did it all come from? Typically around here, it means we…
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