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conuts 2011 counting coconuts pages home faq about contact free printables thursday december 1 2011 car boxes i don t know about you but my car is a place where kids rule meaning it s their car not mine there are toys crumbs and random pieces of clothing scattered around the floorboards it s not a pretty sight as my life with two kiddos becomes busier and busier i need to be as organized as possible we are out and about a lot and oftentimes the things i need for them e g sunscreen diapers etc are no where to be found so i made some car boxes this idea isn t anything new or brilliant but it s been a lifesaver for me this first box is james box it sits between his and juliet s car seats when juliet gets older she ll have one of her own here s what inside crumb free snacks only took me 4 years to figure out that if i don t want crumbs in the car don t let cute little kids eat crumbly food in there waterbottle various books i spys readers magazines and a workbook a couple of activity bags homemade notepads crayons various toys with easy to pick up pieces these reptangles are a favorite calculator james loves playing with this a favorite stuff animal brain quest deck we love these this next box is also for the kids and it holds some basic necessities such as blanket umbrella mini first aid kit hand sanitizer sunscreen plastic bags these are from the grocery store and are great for dirty diapers outdoor items that suddenly become most cherished treasures and of course trash wipes diaper changing kit it s a roll out mat that has diapers cream and wipes inside of it sun hats sunglasses kleenex this was one of the easiest bits of organization i ve done in a long time find a bin gather the items you regularly need put it in all in the car easy peasy thank you for your comments posted by counting coconuts at 7 00 am 30 comments labels organizing sunday november 20 2011 our school library after finding this haul of books at the local thrift shop i decided it was high time i reorganize our little library of children s books and learning books my first job was to separate our books into piles by subject james and juliet helped next i used dot stickers to visual discriminate each subject i couldn t find inexpensive dots in the variety of colors i needed so i purchased some plain white dots and colored them with markers i created this legend to help james find what he needs for example for homework each night james must read a book to his father i tell him to go to the classroom and select any one of his readers which are the green group he knows where to get them and most importantly where to return them after a lot of thought i decided to use one of the bookcases in our classroom i know this seems like an obvious choice for school books but i actually had a hard time giving up two of our montessori shelves that is until i determined our new routine and realized we ll be using less of our shelves for tray work there are a couple of baskets to hold the smaller collections of books such as our nat geo s for kids our reference books encyclopedias dictionaries etc my teaching books and manuals and any other textbooks are on a bookcase just outside the classroom james has lots of non school type books and all of those are on the bookcase in his bedroom at the moment i have no desire read energy to catalog our all of books i know there are a variety of awesome online resources that would help me do this but our selection is still relatively small and quite manageable thank you for your comments posted by counting coconuts at 9 35 am 31 comments labels books learning tools organizing our classroom sunday november 13 2011 our new routine i mentioned in a recent post that i have been re evaluating our curriculum and how we do school with the help of jolanthe s homeschool planner worksheet i created this schedule there were key subjects i knew i wanted to cover some more frequently than others e g math writing reading i also wanted a variety of topics within each day because while james is a creature of habit and routine i knew it was important that i keep our school time interesting and new at the same time for example we do an art study every thursday but the art that we study is different each time every sunday evening i plan out our schedule for the coming week by writing in specific notes on the template i refer to this schedule during our school time and i make a check mark as we finish a subject i do this so that upon review i can quickly see what s done and what isn t there are days when we may have to skip a lesson here or there and because it s not checked i ll see that i need to cover that material tomorrow after i ve planned our schedule i gather together all of the materials we ll need for each day and i create daily trays i place these trays on the shelves of one of our bookcases this is not unlike workboxes in the sense that the child simply goes to one spot to collect their work for the day each morning james goes to shelves gets the tray of the day brings it to the table and knows that everything on that tray is what we have to work on on each tray is a clear folder that holds that day s worksheets i purchased three kindergarten and 1st grade workbooks and i simply tear out several pages for each day occasionally i add in worksheets i ve found online too at the end of the day we paperclip the completed worksheets and put them into this folder my husband really enjoys seeing what james has done and james is so proud to show his daddy his school work i also have a teacher tray where i keep books i use repeatedly throughout the week e g our chapter read aloud our reading comp book etc this is really handy as it keeps my materials separate from james at the end of each week i save the completed schedules in my organizer this is helpful because it serves as a record of what we ve done and it also provides me with a clear idea of what we need to cover by the way i must mention that i love my organizer i haven t quite decided how to use it to its full potential but so far it s been a great help inside of it i keep a copy of our monthly calendar notes ideas planning sheets weekly reader teaching guides as well as pouches filled with writing tools and stickers that s one other thing that s been a fun new addition to our school time the stickers i remembered that i used to love when my teachers put stickers on my worksheets to show they were pleased with my work i found loads of these little stickers at the local teacher s supply store james was just tickled when i pulled them out and i ve noticed he puts in a bit more effort in the hopes he ll get a sticker many thanks to my wonderful friend terri for this idea i made this schedule sheet for james and i keep it posted in our classroom next to our calendar so he can see what s coming he really likes it and often looks over to it and announces what we re doing next we start school at about 8 30 9am or later depends on how motivated we are in the morning and the entire routine takes us about 3 hours this works out well since our afternoons are usually busy with playing errands or classes btw morning exercises is just a more grown up way of referring to circle time you can read more about our circle time here i m really really pleased with our new schedule and learning method i like that we re still using our classroom despite the fact that much of our work comes from books and worksheets we have school every day in our classroom and work at the little table in there three times a week james does shelf work where for 30 minutes he can work on anything on our shelves currently the work on our shelves is from our mini units side note i thought we d move through those much more quickly than we have there are 3 units we have yet to cover when we get through those i will create only a handful of trays each month for the moment our curriculum is really just a hodgepodge of methods using various books workbooks and tactile materials beginning next fall we ll be using more specific methods for our core subjects in the next week or two i hope to share about our new school library ps here s a recent pic of my sweet pea i just can t get enough of that smile thank you for your comments posted by counting coconuts at 10 15 am 23 comments labels homeschooling organizing our classroom rhythms in our home saturday october 29 2011 baby knit in action it s such a treat to see my little girl finally wearing some of the baby knits i made for her during my pregnancy she s just about outgrown these little booties here she is wearing the milo vest since she arrived i ve knitted another bonnet a cardigan and a sweet little pair of sheepy pants i hope to photograph them and come back soon to share with you thank you for your comments posted by counting coconuts at 8 18 pm 16 comments labels baby knitting reorganizing just had to stop by to share this with those who d appreciate it i found these school books all 47 of them at the thrift shop today there are some real gems in this pile and the best part is the whole lot cost only 12 i m now inspired to reorganize our entire library into a more coherent system we have four 8 foot bookcases packed with books and the above purchase will have us spilling over onto another bookcase i ll be back at some point to share details and photos on how i organized our school books and james reading books it s going to change the look of our classroom a bit but i m feeling ready for a change so the timing is perfect speaking of change i ve also been doing a lot of thinking and researching about james curriculum for the reminder of this year and the 2012 2013 school year you may be surprised to learn that we ll be moving away from montessori for the most part i ll still use certain aspects of the method and many of the materials we already have because i really do believe montessori is an excellent way to teach and learn the fact is there are just some subject areas where james suddenly seems to be doing better with worksheets not to mention the fact i have come to the sad realization that i just don t have the energy anymore to create loads of trays each month and on that note i should mention that i won t be doing big monthly themes anymore either but instead we ll focus on smaller less frequent units sort of like our mini units of course all of the materials we already have and those that i ve made won t go to waste when juliet is of toddler age and throughout her preschool years i ll guide her by way of the montessori method just as i did with james it s peace of mind to know i already have all of that on hand ready to go on a different note i m slowing working my way back into blogging i ll stop in and post only when i get a chance truth be told i don t think i ll ever come back to blogging as often as i used to i ve quite enjoyed this break and it made me realize just how much time i spent on the computer before juliet came my priorities have shifted my free time has been cut in half and my energy level hovers somewhere just above low it s all good i m not complaining just sayin you won t see me around these parts as much as you used to these two sweet coconuts keep me on my toes thank you for your comments posted by counting coconuts at 7 23 pm 21 comments labels blogging books homeschooling thrifting tuesday september 27 2011 just stopping by hello friends remember me so many of you have very sweetly sent me mails wondering and hoping that we re settling in thank you for your warm thoughts you re all very kind i m not ready to come back to full time blogging just yet but i thought i d pop in to say hello and to give an update on how things are going with us my two loves i m happy to say all is well life with two kiddos has definitely been an adjustment though thankfully james has accepted juliet whole heartedly and that alone has made the transition easier it s finding time in the day that s been the real challenge for me especially when juliet first came home the days just flew by i think last week was the first week when i finally felt like i had a grasp on time i actually managed to read knit and take a shower the latter being the real luxury we call this look the church lady d my husband was off work for three weeks and then my wonderful sister in law flew over to help for two weeks and oh my goodness was she ever a help not only did she cook clean and take care of the kids whenever i needed her to she found the energy to do school and a variety of fun projects with james i ll share more about those later she was also an enormous source of wisdom and support with regard to breastfeeding and childcare she just left on saturday and i m already missing her at the beach yawn this is the life so with hubby back at work and my sil gone i m officially on my own now that was a scary concept to me at first but after some thought i now feel really good about it i realized there s not much we haven t already done so there really shouldn t be any major surprises we ve ventured out many times for errands meals appointments fun excursions in fact juliet has already been to the beach and had her little toes dipped in the ocean i ve nursed in public several times a huge anxiety overcome and i ve experienced the joys of both kids having a public meltdown at the same time i m ready for life with two bring it on itty bitty feet i can t believe our little girl is already 5 weeks old she s a sweetheart a cuddle bug and one very determined girl she has one of the loudest cries i ve ever heard from a baby as of last week she weighed 8lbs 13oz up over two pounds from when we left the hospital she lost some weight during our stay there needless to say she s eating well i m exclusively nursing her on demand around the clock she only wakes up a couple of times in the night to eat and then thankfully always goes right back to sleep we re co sleeping and i think that s the reason i feel surprisingly well rested each morning teeny tiny hands my body is still resetting to its pre pregnancy state it s strange and amazing at the same time to feel things shifting back into place recovery wise i m still a bit sore from the c section but otherwise i feel quite normal one thing that s not normal for me is just how hungry i am like all the time i feel like i eat non stop i ve heard this hunger is common for breastfeeding mothers and thanks to the huge calorie burn that occurs while nursing i ve lost over 20 pounds since giving birth beach bum james is doing well too he s been such a good boy so helpful and sweet he s still very much in love with his sister and dotes on her constantly she s very taken with him too and whenever she hears his voice she ll move her head around until she finds him james has also been enjoying our mini units and so have i i love how compact and portable they are well that s about all for now i ll try to update again in another few weeks i have so 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