Homeschooling Help

. . . you decide what will work in your home.

Establishing this specific area before you begin homeschooling, allows you to start off the year right–organized and ready to go. Your child knows where he or she will find supplies and books and has a place to spread out those books as the learning takes place.

When we started, our homeschool area was our dining room table–the kid’s books went into a dresser that we had placed in the dining room. By the end of that first year, we had purchased inexpensive desks for each child, a set of plastic drawers to store their school supplies and books, and posted a bulletin board above each desk for them to post their projects and schedules.

Do they always do their homeschooling at their desk? NO.

On many occasions throughout each year, we can be found spread out in the dining room, laying on the living room rug, snuggled in my bed, or outside on the porch reading, writing, discussing or working in the curriculum.

But the kids got into the habit early on of putting their materials away in their desk every day. This eliminates the need to go searching for things each day and gives them a sense of ownership and responsibility.

So, before your year begins, I strongly recommend that you find a space in your home that is reserved only for your homeschool materials.

I guarantee you will not regret it!