We have a lot of family and friends that are teachers so Annabeth has received a lot of books. I have tried to keep them cleaned out and have passed on books as we outgrow them. I also have made a point to get rid of books that got destroyed during the chewing and drool stage. In spite of that, we have a ton of books and they were in the toy box, the book box, and a huge green tote.
Just some of our books, completely disorganized.
I went out and bought a new white bookshelf for under $25 at Walmart. It matches the one in our craft/homeschool. room so eventually they will look nice as a set if/when we move this shelf into the craft/homeschool room at some point. Mark put it together and Annabeth and I got her books sorted and put away.
I think this looks much nicer!
Annabeth also has a little rocker by her bookshelf so she can get books out to read in comfort.
We have also been truly blessed with a great deal of classroom hand-me-downs and I have been purchasing flashcards and workbooks at our Dollar Tree store using giftcards (yes, I even use coupons and giftcards at Dollar Tree). In short, we have a ton of supplies and I had just been keeping them in our craft/homeschool room, Annabeth's closet, and my closet and I couldn't find anything! On my Walmart trip for the bookshelf, I also went to the plastic storage aisle and found an inexpensive set of drawers (less than $15) that will work for our preschool years and perhaps beyond.
I brought them home and had fun getting everything organized, labeled, and decorating with fun Little Red Riding Hood scrapbook paper. I think it looks much nicer than being all over the house and kind of cute with the fun paper.
I feel like a real teacher! I have my own filing cabinet now!
I purchased this paper in Brown Co. last summer and have been
waiting to use it for something fun. I love the cute wolf.
Little Red Riding Hood and Granny are pretty cute too.
It feels good to be finally organized!
Annabeth's Academy returns to class January 6!
2 comments:
That looks awesome Amy! We had file cabinets for all of our school stuff and eventually we each had our own school desk.
Thanks Anna! I think Mark was happy that I finally used up some of my hoards of scrapbook paper!
For the moment we do formal schooling on a blanket on the floor in the morning and we do afternoon school standing. Annabeth is not a child who likes to sit still. However, I have so many ideas for cute little desks if/when she decides she can sit later on.
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