Keep Your Kids Organized and Productive as They Learn From Home
With the new school year approaching and the spread of COVID-19, most children cannot attend school in person. We face new challenges as they enter this new school year. Let’s discuss creating an at home school station.
Whether your child will be learning remotely, in the classroom, or both, there’s a need for a dedicated space in your home for school.
Here are our tips for creating an at-home school station. It will help keep you and your children stay organized and productive as we embark on this new school format.
Get Creative
Don’t stress if you don’t have a dedicated office space available in your home. You don’t have to recreate a classroom setting! All your child needs is a quiet, comfortable, and clutter-free space. This will encourage and allow them to spend some time each day concentrating and learning.
Ideal places to set up a workspace include a bedroom, kitchen or dining room table. All that’s really required is a space where your child can set up their laptop and books and that has good lighting.
Keep It Tidy
The space you dedicate to home learning would be used solely for that purpose so that your child can spread out their things undisturbed. However, sometimes the desk is the kitchen table, and the kitchen table is used for other activities.
The key to making a universally used space work for your child’s academic needs is to keep the desk as clear and free of clutter as possible. For example, if your child is working on a desk in the entryway that is used as a catch-all for mail and keys, then tidy the surface up and clear away any clutter so your child can work undistracted.
Get The Right Tools
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by how you’re going to keep everyone organized, getting some organizational tools will help keep you and your child focused and keep the space tidy. Here are a couple of tools we recommend:
- This rolling cart: Your child can store all of his/her school materials and supplies on the three included shelves. This can be rolled out into the school space during school hours and rolled back away when school is done. This eliminates the problem of books, papers, and other materials being left scattered all over and creating chaos and confusion.
- This desktop file: Speaking of papers, your child will likely have a lot of them. A desktop file folder has several folders within it so that you can organize all the important papers.
- This rotating desktop organizer: This product is amazing for keeping pencils and other school supplies at reach. It spins for easy access and makes clean up simple!
Take a Deep Breath, You Got This!
Times are challenging, to say the least. We’re all feeling the strain of “the new normal,” but with a little creativity, we can help ease our children into their new situation and promote a healthy, happy environment.
Staying organized will serve to help both you stay on task and get the most out of learning at home.
If you need help getting your space school ready we want to help! School stations are so important and we are pros at getting them set up. Contact us here, and take a look at our organizing services.
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See you soon,
Audra
