Back to School

Ivy started back to school last week and I am happy to say it was a huge success. She loves school so much it makes me wonder what is wrong with her! She is trying out for a part in a school play, she is on the dance team and she is co captain of the Anime club.

Birdy will start school next week and I have butterflies already! As I mentioned earlier, we will be starting a homeschooling co-op with a friend and former teaching partner. I will be taking the girls Monday and Wednesday and She will have them Tuesday and Thursday. We have both been working hard to get ready. I thought I would share a few photos of our learning areas and how I am organizing all the (massive amounts of) supplies.

 So this is the changing table which was given to me and which is now serving as a school supply storage unit. Mommy's supplies are on the top drawer.

 These clear plastic drawers I found at a garage sale. The supplies we use most are in here. I like that they are down low so that the kids can get in to them when ever they need to. I also like that we can see what we are looking for.

 The clip boards hanging on the wall hold a copy of our schedule, a field trip list and lesson plans. I keep these here so I can refer to them easily when ever I need to.

 This is my planner. We planned out units for the year and then I went through all of my curriculum and all of my ideas that I had piled up around the house and organized them with little sheet protectors and filed them away according to unit and month so I can find them when I need them.

 This is our temperature chart. Twice a day we check the temperature and chart it here in different colors. One color is for the AM temp and the other is for the PM. This is actually July's because I didn't have a photo of August. It's just as well, I don't think my chart goes up to 112!

 

And this is the children's work table. All of the supplies that we use on a daily basis are stored here along with scraps of paper, blank journals, and alphabet stamps and ink pads.

And finally our back to school sensory tub. I will have more on this tub later. But I wanted a picture just to show that this will be a standing part of our class room. When I taught preschool I loved the big sensory tables in the rooms and so I will try to recreate them every month at home for Birdy and her friend. That is all for now.  If you have any tips for organizing a home school class room, I'd love to hear them. Hope you enjoyed and thanks as always for stopping by.