Here are cat and nate .. (nate showing off his drawing of the Green Knight).. the dry erase board you see under the window is for the children to do "work" on. I like having it there so when I put the curtains down (which go to the floor) it does show the messy board :)
This is our Map Area :) .. if you look close you can see little post-it notes with the names of our family/friends and the location they are living right now.. this is a work in progress .. the kids LOVE it.
You can see from the pictures each child has a desk. The one on the far left is Josephs, the middle "double desk" is Nathans and the far right is Cats. I hope in the future we can get a desk for Nate that matches the others but it might be a while.
This shot shows my art area, and the huge shelf that holds the kids computer, the tanks, radio, and our books etc..
This shows our round reading chair.. which is a great place to curl up and read a book.. and the tv/drawers is a favorite spot for the kids on the weekend.. it contains the Game Cube.. which the only get to play on Sat and Sun. :) Can you homeschool effectively without a specific room dedicated to it? the answer is yes. I have found so far that having a designated room for our schooling is working well for us.. here's a short list:
*Our school books stay at our desks, instead of being in the living room, den, or bedroom.. depending on where that child decided he wanted to do his work.
*Our school "mess" is in our school room instead of on the dining table for all to see when they come to our house. We use to do school at the dining table.. which worked well.. but when cutting, folding, coloring, or whatever.. the mess it left behind was sometimes frustrating. Always having to clean it up.. or having to leave it when we had to rush out on an errand.. Its so nice to have our mess less public :)
*Our school room is small.. but effective. We are little distractions.. when we schooled in other parts of the house we had plenty of distractions (close to the kitchen "mom.. i need a snack!'... close to the back door.. "hey! look at the bird!" .. close to the living room "mom can we watch TV when we are done?".. .. you get the idea).. our school room helps keep us focused.
*Our resources are all together (with the exception of the computer that is online and the World Book Encyclopedias. :)
*Everyone has their own space. Everyone can clean their own space. I even have a space for my art business! :)
*If one child needs to work on something in quiet.. the others can leave, and visa versa. :)
Thanks for taking time to tour our favorite room in the house!
Blessings!
R
2 comments:
I LOVE IT! I like your idea of putting the whiteboard where it could be covered up by the curtains if necessary, and I LOVE the maps with the post-its of where your family and friends live!
You're getting my all inspired. We've been doing school in a corner of the living room by a window because we just seem to gravitate there - but we're about to re-do the living room and then there won't be space there.
The only other room I have available to change into a school room is a wide open area upstairs (right now, the very messy and disorganized playroom). It would work but I would lose a play area for kids and it would be difficult to school there if we had napping toddlers or babies because all of our bedrooms are right off of that playroom.
Any ideas for me?
Oh, and where did you get your desks? I really ilke them!
What great memories for your kids! Thanks for sharing your favorite space.
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