Category Archives: Organization

How To Organize Recipes…And USE Them!

There’s no denying it. . . I am a recipe hound. I subscribe to cooking magazines, browse through cookbooks constantly, read all sorts of yummy foodie blogs, and long to be a real chef as I watch cooking shows. I … Continue reading

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A Day In Our Homeschool

People, mostly mildly curious, but sometimes sincerely wanting to know if they could ever manage homeschooling, ask me what do we do when we’re “doing school”?  I usually give a short reply like “workbooks and stuff”.  How exactly do you … Continue reading

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More Organizing Ideas For School Assignments

Weeks and weeks ago my husband acquired some plastic bins with locking lids–six of them, one for each kid.  He thought they’d be perfect to keep their school work in.  I said, “yeah, yeah” and stuck the bins in the … Continue reading

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Organizing Your Kids’ Schoolwork

I was perusing homeschool websites and came across this terrific idea for organizing your kids’ schoolwork on Homeschool Creations.   Jolanthe color codes her kids’ things, and also sorts worksheets and assignments into folders before the school year starts so … Continue reading

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Toddlers and Chores

I’m a big believer in kids doing chores.  It actually amazes me how many moms I know that don’t assign chores to their kids.  I once heard a celebrity in an interview on TV say that her son’s only chore … Continue reading

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Design Notebook

I have kept a design notebook for years. I just cut out pictures from magazines that I like and then when I’m ready to do a room, I look the pictures and decide what it is about them that I’m … Continue reading

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Organizing a Study Space

The way you organize a study space for your children will depend on whether you home school full time, need it for homework time, the space of your house and the teaching style of your family.  But here are some … Continue reading

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Organizing My Supplies

I’m an organization freak.  I love sorting, sifting, grouping, and stacking.  I’m always re-organizing this or that; creating new and better ways of seeing and getting to our school supplies.  Art supplies are quite abundant at our place, and though … Continue reading

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