Setting up our Schoolroom

Matthew wanted to be in a picture

VERY PROUD!

Area almost completed

Schedule cards

Showing off her new area!

Organizing subjects and putting symbols on them

Shelby helped me set up our schoolroom today. We rearranged items and made it more organized. We have all of the stuff we will use daily in our main school area and then the books, supplies and games that we will use at some point but not right now on our regular toy/book shelves.

As we study a subject I will move those needed items over to our daily area. This way we won't be overwhelmed.

We also made a weekly schedule that I have clipped to the dry erase board. We made cards that we can move around for each day of the week.

Shelby also put symbols on each subject with the same symbol on that subjects books/folders and bins. For instance Math is a dollar sign ($) so her Math card, folder, books and bin with manipulative's all have $ stickers on them.

Shelby made a bulletin board as well. We will put a monthly calendar to write park days and field trips on, a behavior/chore chart and then use the rest for weekly "themes". We have an area to hang up art work above the chest of drawers too!

We still are planning to put symbol stickers on the outside of each drawer so that Shelby knows what subject is in it without having to open each one up.

We also have a supply bin for each child on the dresser with glue, scissors, crayons, markers, map pencils etc. We have a big bin of art supplies and projects for Art days that I have up on our main shelf. The only thing for now in the Art drawer are Learning to draw books, Art history books and paper. I will get the paints, chalks etc out as we are using them. I can just see a HUGE mess if I leave it at Matthew's level.

We have a shelf with our toys of instruments as well. We have a keyboard, maraca's, triangle, guitar, and a few others I can't recall.

Shelby can't wait to start Kindergarten next week officially.

Mama STILL wants a few more books though and may hit some book stores when Mike gets paid Friday. I would like "The Story of the World 1 Activity Guide", a "Peter and the Wolf" book with CD and maybe "Sing Song Latin" for car rides.