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chen to learning items we have all of our crayons pencils pens markers etc in it my children all love to color so i can grab a paper and hand them crayons to keep them occupied at the bar while i make dinner i keep all of my laminated items for my learning poster i describe below letters numbers shapes calendar items etc in envelopes and i keep those envelopes in an accordion file organizer i also keep anything that can fit in there that has to do with learning stuff here are some more organization ideas learning boxes storage magnetic letters face out book shelves tutorial storing kids crafts work boxes think of learning ideas another important step to doing learning activities is to think of ideas to do this is such an easy step in our modern world there are fun books out that give you ideas the toddler s busy book preschooler s busy book and the siblings busy book there is also an untold number of blogs in the internet that give you ideas i will of course plug the one i write with a few other moms children s learning activities as you do these regularly you will find that you start to come up with your own fun ideas of things to do plan your week i think you will get the most from your time spent if you plan out your week ahead of time i really like to do a theme each week i got into this habit in following the curriculum on this blog http www ourpreschoolhomeschool blogspot com i loved the set up and we have continued this way while creating our own themes and ideas each week i pick a theme vocabulary word nursery rhyme letter shape color number and scripture to focus on then i plan my activities around those ideas in addition to activities that teach those items i try to do sensory gross motor fine motor sorting and matching and science we also read books that are related to our theme this might sound super over whelming but a lot of these can be combined with each other if it all seems like too much just start small and work your way up i use one of two different documents i have made for planning this one is detailed and has one week per page this one is my quick planning sheet i use this one most of the time it has two weeks per page on it once i have the week s activities planned i make a list of things to do to prep for our activities for example we recently did a week on thanksgiving one project we did was a mayflower shape picture to prepare for this i created the shapes to use in the picture i then make a list of things i need to buy to do any of our activities prepare for activities now that you have everything planned you need to prepare i find this is easiest to do all ahead of time i take a couple of hours ideally the friday or saturday before the next week starts but sometimes i am doing it on monday of the week we are doing the theme to prep everything i print my learning poster items make sure the calendar is ready and prep activities i also need to go shopping sometimes to get some things to do activities i also prepare my face out book shelves i put the books that go with our theme on the shelves if i have extra space on my shelves i put other books i want to encourage the children to read at the time do the activities now is the execution we used to always do this in the morning hours but right now i do not have a consistent or ideal time to do it my problem is i want kaitlyn involved in it all but that is rather silly becaus she is at preschool three days a week so yesterday i decided i need to have a set time and on certain days she just wont be around but there are some activities i know the older kids brayden and kaitlyn will just love so we do it after brayden gets home from school here is our process we start with our learning poster see this post for more on it we discuss our theme and the vocabulary word we then recite the nursery rhyme we then talk about the letter the sound it makes and words that start with that letter we then do the color and shape we finish up the poster with our number of the week we count to that number i have printed and laminated a picture of each on monday we put each item in place as we go along we then do our calendar see this post for more information about our calendar we say the day friday the month december and the date second with the year 2011 we put the number for the day on the calendar we then talk about the weather outside and put up the appropriate picture we then read and recite our scripture we read a story we pick a story that coincides with our theme for the week and read it we do our activity s sometimes we move right into this other times we wait until after lunch or after brayden is home from school aftermath one thing i recommend is that you take a picture of the creation right away that way you can either save the best and you have a photo before it is smashed or you can throw it away after you have displayed it for a while you can t save everything i always hang my children s latest up on our refrigerator they love to see it up there so find somewhere in your home you can display your children s artwork i have more ideas in my head for this hopefully it will come to pass so i can share conclusion if you want to do a learning time each day but this all seems overwhelming it is okay to start small we we first started we just did the learning poster side of things without an extra activity make this work for your family i would love to hear how you do it how do you organize how do you plan and prepare how do you execute posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels organization wednesday august 24 2011 learning boxes you can make learning time very simple by having a learning box set up this makes gathering common supplies very easy and also creates a situation where you can teach your child some personal responsibility and help her learn about cleaning up after herself when a project is finished this is a great time of year to buy these supplies since stores have them on super sale you simply buy a pencil box we got ours at walmart for 50 cents each then you either buy or put in the supplies you want we did crayons scissors a pencil an eraser pencil erasers are the first to go and a glue stick brayden also has a ruler then being the nerd i am i whipped out my label maker and put their names on each box these are great for learning time at home and also for a child who is doing homework everything is in one neat box you could even stock extra supplies in it ahead of time if you knew you would be using extra things like glitter tape etc posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels organization tuesday august 2 2011 storage magnetic letters i used to have the hardest time keeping up with all those miniature things you use to help teach the kiddos you know all the things you use to practice sorting counting moving stacking and patterning magnetic letters were especially painful because i could only seem to find the b when i needed a p or i was always one letter short of exactly what i needed thank you super cheap plastic sewing organizer i labeled each compartment w the correct letter sorted and ta da no more searching for 30 minutes for a 5 minute activity so how about you how do you organize all those tiny pieces posted by raegan at 12 00 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels alphabet organization wednesday july 13 2011 face out bookshelves tutorial here is our tutorial on how to do a face out bookshelf this is the way my husband designed so you couldn t see a back on the shelves it looks like they are free floating hopefully i can translate from engineer ese to english materials needed 3 4 x1 5 pieces of wood cut to the length you want them on the wall this is the actual size of the wood they will be called 1 x2 in the store you will need two pieces of wood for each shelf buy as many as you need to fill the space on your wall 3 grabber screws glue if desired we used wood glue paint and paint brush we use foam brushes for projects like this finish nail gun nails wood putty tools needed drill router and or table saw measuring tape pencil finish nail gun prepping wood 1 first buy your wood if you are confused on what to buy see the picture below click on it to enlarge the wood shown in this picture would make one shelf cut wood to desired length 2 next you need to router and notch one piece of wood for each shelf use a router or a dado on a table saw to notch one corner all the way down the long side as shown again click on the picture to enlarge use a router the opposite corner if desired you can do it however you like things done we used a 45 degree chamfer you could do things more fancy if you like or you can do nothing at all 3 brush all sawdust off and paint allow paint to fully dry you don t have to paint the 1 3 4 sides of the un notched wood putting up the shelves 1 measure and mark on your wall where you want the shelves you might want to involve a level 2 pre drill holes in your wall where studs are it is very important you drill into studs 3 you can glue one side of the shelf if desired and hold to the wall we can t remember if we used it at this step or not 4 use 3 grabber screws to anchor to the studs you want the 1 3 4 side facing out so the long side of the wood is where your book will sit countersink screws so that they to just below the surface of the wood just make sure you don t go too far and split your wood here are all of our initial pieces on the wall 5 uses a finish nail gun to put up the face piece at this step we did use glue to secure the two wood pieces together you want the notched side in and up and the routered side out and down see the picture below the notching makes it so the shelf is a bit deeper while providing a lip to keep books on the shelf finishing touches 1 use wood putty to fill in holes where finish nail gun put nails in you want this to just go in the holes and not bump out beyond the hole 2 paint over wood putty once it is dry 3 put books up posted by valerie plowman at 7 00 am 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels books organization tutorials tuesday july 12 2011 face out bookshelves part two so yesterday valerie posted about her face out bookshelves inspired by jim trelease s the read aloud handbook having also read jim trelease s book after valerie raved about it for so long i was enamored of the face out bookshelves too after some quick googling for images similar to what was posted yesterday i was practically drooling this obviously called for a trip to ikea i found the perfect solution for us since my husband has little time for building shelves and our budget is rather tight these picture ledges from ikea are the perfect size for displaying books we got two long ones and two short ones honestly i much prefer the long ones but the short ones can be useful in a tight space and you can go vertical with them i also like that they come in black or light wood tone so if white isn t your style you can make them fit into your home s decor this is our playroom note the shelves above the toy bins i recently changed out some of the lower shelf books this is the other side of the playroom with 2 small ikea shelves within reach of our glider rocker see perfect for cozying up with a book during roomtime jim trelease claims that books that are more visible will be used more and i can say that those books on the lower two shelves get read all the time now in fact i confessed to my husband the other day that i am tired of reading aloud to tobias and wish i hadn t put the shelves up lol i m only joking i m happy he s loving his books now i m using those lower shelves to display books according to our theme right now we have books on family on the small shelf come september i m sure it ll be full of books about pumpkins and trees and fall posted by amanda at 7 57 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels organization reading monday may 23 2011 lamination a couple of years ago my husband said maybe we should get you a laminator i replied eh i would probably use it a few times when i first got it but then it would just sit flash forward to me having been writing on this blog for a year and christmas is approaching i can t really think of anything i want i see this laminator above for a great deal and decide to try it out why not i don t enjoy using contact paper to laminate things so i figured i would give it a try i love it i am constantly laminating things it is addictive whenever i make a learning game like the feed the penguin game i laminate it so it will last through three children i also started to laminate the items i put up on my learning poster each week with just paper the paper would curl on the edges laminated it does not plus i can re use the items over and over again my husband laughs at me you wouldn t use a laminator huh sometimes i just love being wrong posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels organization monday january 3 2011 storing kid crafts pile of projects do you have a new year s resolution to be more organized or are you already there kids crafts pose a problem for the organization of homes everywhere what do you do with all of the many many crafts your kids make even though you want to you can t possibly save them all it really starts to take up quite a lot of space here is what i do first i take a picture of each craft as soon as they are done with it or as soon as they bring it home that way i get the photo when it is fresh also i can save things in a photo and can then easier throw items away next i put it in a certain place in a closet then about twice a year i go through the items i sort them into three piles keep maybe throw away i throw away the throw away pile put the keeps in my storage container and go through my maybe pile again i don t keep anything that exceeds the size of my storage container i like giving it some time to think about because with time i become more removed from the item by the end of the year i get the items i want to keep down to what will fit into a pizza box my storage container last year brayden s preschool teacher gave us a clean pizza box all decorated i saved only enough items that could fit in that box with it shut i do plan to cut this back more in the future i will have to keep only a few items from every year i know there are lots of good ideas out there so please share yours posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels organization monday september 27 2010 home made calendar doing a daily calendar is a great way to help teach your children about days of the week 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