Not Back to School Our Homeschooling Home

Not much has changed with how I organize our home to accommodate homeschooling  since my post, Our School Home,  Be sure  to check it out to see how we utilize our whole home for school time. 

I do have a few new things I would like to showcase.  

The centerpiece of my teacher's nook is

 my beloved  desk genie  (officially know as a desk apprentice).   I love how it keeps everything I need for the day neat, organized, and handy. 

This side's two pockets hold my folder with important school papers as well as my homeschool catalogs

The back side of my desk genie holds our memory work materials.

This side has my inbox/outbox pockets.  All the papers I need to take look over and grade go into the bottom pocket. After I grade them I move them up to the top pocket so my children can file them or put them into the appropriate binder.  Notice the alligator clips I keep along all my pockets.  That way I have them when needed.   I am also excited about this stapler I found at Staples (!).   It is magnetical.   Super handy. 

This fourth set of pockets holds college stuff I need to keep on top of for my oldest.  

Check out the four corner pockets.  This first one holds our dry eraser markers. 

Two more hold all of the office supplies a homeschool mom could want. 

And this last pocket holds all the pen, pencils, and miscellaneous office supplies found on the floor and under the couch cushions until I have time to put them where they belong!

The inside of my desk genie holds all my teacher's manuals and the materials I am using to actively plan lessons. 

And I must point out these beautiful book covers I bought for me. 

 ( a homeschool mom needs pretty back-to-school supplies)

Another key component of  our homeschool space is the dining room wall. 

I hang art, science, history posters so what we study is  a part of our day to day experiences.

I have a big blank spot just waiting for more posters. 

Here is our mini gallery, a spot reserved for the art works my kids have picked out to study  in depth.

My neatly organized shelves waiting for school to start! 

Be sure to check out other school rooms at Heart of the Matter's Not Back to School Hop

Not Back to School Pics

Time for our "Not Back to School" Pictures.

(okay, don't expect to see this mama in a bathing suit again in the near future!)

We'll also have some friends joining us.

We don't usually play poker during school time (really, we don't ;) )

This student has already started school.  She's learned that a source of food lives in this container and once a day this container opens.     She has just one chance each day to stick her little paw in there and grab it.   Opening  time is just minutes away!

Happy Not Back to School Time!

Our School Home

This week at Heart of the Matter the Not Back to School Blog Hop continues with School Room Week.   We don't have one room set aside for school instead we have a school home.   Here are some pictures to help you visual how we've set things up.  

Disclaimer:   Time was not had for cleaning before these pictures were taken--so what you see is how things really are at my house.  

Globe sits on the window seat next to my mail basket.   We use it at least once a day.

Corner of the living room with our couches and computer desk.  If you look closely, you can also the pull-up bar hanging from the kitchen doorway.  

This is our dining room table.  This summer it has been used for a Heroscape field.   In a few weeks, it will revert back to a dining/ school table.

This is the TV and you know what?   Some days this is a very important part of school.   Shark Week, anyone!?

Anyone else have a lego room?

Here comes the good stuff--what every homeschool home needs lots of:

SHELVES, of course!

Don't forget the ones in the garage.

And the sad, sad ones in the upstairs hallway that the kids takecare of

And the all important bins.

And last, but certainly not lest---the favorite place for a homeschool mom to find a math book

On the floor!  

What does your school space look like?   Do you have a room set aside just for school or do you spread out a bit more?!