We use crates to keep our school books organized and the loose paper under control. If we decide to go somewhere to work on school for a day or a week, everything is portable. It is easy to pick up and go.
Each child has a crate.
Above are the boys' crates and below is the one for the girls.
The boys have hanging files for each subject and filing folders for lose paper drills, tests, hand writing papers, stories, schooling ideas... The girls have activity books, reading (picture) books, coloring books and a few toys.
In the back of Tyson's crate is my 3 ring binder with weekly work schedule pages for each boy, our calendar of scheduled days off, home-school legal papers, test answer keys, record keeping logs and other misc items.
Each child has a weekly work schedule page. I normally make these the end of the week for the following week. Their workload depends on what activities and appointments we have scheduled for the week. These pages help us keep on track.
Braden (5th grader) is responsible to do what is required for the day and ask me if he has questions. We normally go over Math and English together as those subjects can be troublesome if he has issues and I don't get his work corrected that day. I ask him questions about what he is reading in Heritage and Literature throughout the week to make sure he is comprehending what he is reading. I try to check Braden's work every day. The following day he begins with corrections. Since I have implemented redoing things that are incorrect, he has become very thorough about his work. We do Science together as a family.
Braden's weekly work schedule, minus his science assignments.
This is what works for us. Each family is different. I'd enjoy hearing how you organize your school life or any ideas you have.
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