Abby's New Homeschool Room

Tomorrow is the big day!  Abby will officially be a 2nd grader!  Dave and I have been working hard in the office to transform a spot into a designated homeschool area.  I have to say, this was hard for me.  I wanted to think that we could just school at the kitchen table, but after last year I found that there are too many distractions at the kitchen table. 

The main issue was that she could see right into the family room.  And it's the toy part of the family room.  All of her toys are sitting there staring right at her and she couldn't NOT think about playing with them.  She'd jump up and say she had to go get something and then before we knew it, the whole table was covered in toys.

So, I finally gave in to Dave's idea of making a room.  I don't have before pics, but here's the after:



I've since moved the desk back and will hang a dry erase board over the tree, but this is what it currently looks like.

1. I was able to review this desk last year.  It is great and I love that it's purple!
2. This is a 100 Days chart.  I found it at Target for only $1.25 yesterday.  Each day, Abby will put an apple on the tree.  When we get to apple 100, we will have a party!  I picked one up for my sister to use with Matthew as well.  Abby and Matthew can plan their party!
3. This cart is where I keep most of the supplies.  The top rack has purple bins from Target ($2.50 each in the dollar spot section).  As you can see, I'm on the hunt for one more purple bin!  Anyway, each bin will hold materials for each subject that day.  The second rack down has a purple tray ($2.50 at Target again) for writing paper and one for blank drawing paper.  Next down, is a shoe box size container of markers and our Math U See blocks.  At the bottom is container for crayons, one for pencils/colored pencils and one for rulers, magnifying glasses, etc.
4. This is our bulletin board.  I use seasonal trims from Dollar Tree and display some of Abby's work as the year goes by.  I try to switch it out every week or so.
5. Our new morning board.  This will have to be it's own post, so stay tuned!
6. USA wall map.  We are using it with Road Trip USA from Confessions of a Homeschooler.  I attached it to foam core board so it would stay nice.

I worked in the room all day today to have it ready for tomorrow and when Abby saw it, she was so excited.  She said she wanted to start school today!  If it wasn't 8 p.m., I might have.  LOL!  She was so excited, she couldn't sleep.

Speaking of sleep, I'd better get to bed so I'll be awake enough to start school in the morning!