Organization

Years ago when I first started homeschooling I scoured the internet for all the homeschool organization tips. After all, homeschooling does tend to come with a lot of paper. I found a blog where the writer used a plastic crate with hanging folders to organize each week of the year and the worksheets needed. We used this system for a couple of years and then stepped away from it for a while. This year we went back to that system and I fell in love with it all over again. I have 36 hanging folders in a crate and each kid has a folder for each corresponding week. At the beginning of the year, I sat down and tore apart the math notebooks, printed off the worksheets, and put everything the kids need for the week inside the folders. Now, on Monday they go grab the folder for the week and it has what they need. It also helps keep them organized. Whatever they finish goes right back into the folder and not all over the house. There are a few things that we don’t put into the folder, like Fix-It-Grammar. That comes in a spiral-bound notebook so I just leave those there, but everything that could easily get put into a folder gets put into them. At the end of the week, I throw away what we aren’t keeping and file what we are. I keep things like Math tests, note pages, and our schedule. Those all go into our binders to keep as a record of sorts for the year. The folders just get tucked into the back of the crate for use next year. If you’re looking for an easy way to organize all those worksheets for the year give this a try. It takes a couple hours before the school year starts and then it’s all taken care of and ready to go. This is one of the changes we made that will be sticking around for a while.