Our School Room 2012-2013

This week at the Not Back to School Blog Hop, everyone is posting about their "school room" (i.e. where we do school or keep our school supplies). It can be anywhere from the kitchen table, to a dedicated "desk and chalkboard" room, to outside! Whatever is your style and works for your family!! Check out all the posts for some great inspiration!

As for us, not much has changed in our school room since last year. We still have our main meeting/workbox area in the den, but the thing that has changed is that we have been doing more schooling at the dining room and kitchen tables, as well as the living room where there is more space. If it is a lesson I need the whiteboard for, we do it in the den, but otherwise each of the kids finds a spot, and I wander back and forth between them if they need help. Since my youngest will be joining us this year, I think we will do all our "together" subjects in the family room and at the kitchen table where there is more space.

To start, here are the posts from past years' school room/storage spaces:

2010-2011
2011-2012

You will notice they look very similar but each year I make changes that help make our homeschool more productive. It's an ongoing process!

This year we are still using workboxes which we love (more about them here and here). I use one box (drawer) per subject/activity and there are 4 "independent" drawers and 4 "work with mom" drawers. The two extra bottom drawers are for storage, but I may have to use them for other subjects/activities this year. My youngest is starting K4 this year, but for now, just the two older ones will use the workboxes until I can figure out a system for him. I am still working on organizing that for the coming year, but that's another post for another day. (;

Okay, I know, it's all about the pictures, so get to it, right? Well, I don't have many "new" pics to show but here are some of the spaces we are using:

The Den and workboxes:

The dining room- I may put up some posters and things on the wall, but we do still use this as our formal dining room so I would like to keep it clean and non-cluttered. The kids bring their work in here for school, and put everything back in the den afterwards.

 The kitchen table- we will use this area for art and science experiments. I have lots of plastic tablecloths.  (;

 The Family Room reading nook (right next to our big comfy couch).
 
 And here are all of our supply areas- kitchen cupboards, bookshelves in the basement, wherever we can find a spot!

 

 

 

 

So there you have it. Our school "house"! (: I can't wait to get started!!