Getting Organized

When it became obvious that this school year was going to involve some level of learning at home, I knew I needed a new system for staying organized with school stuff. We found that working at the kitchen table was really the best place to spread out and be able to work together but we also like to eat at our kitchen table (imagine that!) so it was a constant shuffling of where to put things. LB is also not a kid that likes to be alone so a desk in his room wasn't going to work either. D suggested we use a cart that we can store all the stuff we need and then at the end of the school day wheel it back into the study. When it comes to organizing, D is usually right on the money. He found one at Target, assembled it, and I love it! I picked out a couple other little bins and storage containers and I think I have it ready to go for the first day.

The top shelf has all of our notebooks, folders, Big Life Journal, and writing utensils. The little Rise & Thrive pouch has a few essential oil rollerballs, fidgets, notecards, erasers and a glue stick. I also have a clipboard and a white board. The second shelf has his chrome book. At the moment, the third shelf has scrap paper and a bin with a few books, stickers, a dictionary and more fidgets. My plan is to roll out the cart in the morning and then ask LB to roll it back in the afternoon. He will have the responsibility of charging his chrome book each night. I feel like that is a good habit to implement. We have a separate organizer for all his creative stuff like markers, colored pencils, how to draw books, stickers, etc. So we can always pull things from those bins as well. It's strange the amount of joy I am getting from this little cart but it's the simple things, right?