Homeschool - Keep it Simple

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The best thing I've done when it comes to homeschooling is to ditch the idea that it needs to be like a real school!

  We used to have a school room with charts, maps, desks, set hours and breaks, etc. Then, after 3 years, needed the room as a bedroom (we live in a small house), so we moved the schoolroom to our enclosed back porch. We still used desks and had individual pencil cases, charts, maps, posters, and all the stuff you think you need to have for a school room. We used the back porch as our school room for a couple years, but then turned it into a office for our home business.....

 But, I still needed a place for school..... turns out, the best thing I ever did regarding homeschooling was to give it all up. 

 I gave up the idea of having to have a class room, desks, charts and posters on the walls, set hours, and every other extra thing most people think you have to have to homeschool - including the complete encyclopedia set!!! I got rid of it all!

 Instead, we Homeschool at our table (or the living room floor)..... I have a shelf in the closet that I keep our books and school supplies and I bought a turn table/carousel that has pencils, pens, makers, erasers, paper clips, coins, counting piggys, glue, tape, sissies, rulers, straws, crayons, colored pencils, index cards, a timer, rubber bands, pencil lead, etc. in it. We sit it on the middle of the table (or floor) and I get the books out of the closet and we have school. 

 This one change has made homeschooling so simple!!!! 

 When we are done, we put the books/papers and turn table/carousel in the closet. School is done for the day and everything is put away!

 I'm telling you this makes school so simple and easy. And I no longer have to buy each child individual pencil boxes, scissors, crayons, pencils, etc., and we don't have bulky desks taking up space. 

 We still usually try to have school first thing in the morning, so we are finished by 1 or 1:30 pm, but I am no longer a slave to the clock.

 My oldest graduated this past spring and her last two years were done on the computer in my office. Our house is open concept design, so the office is right next to the table. 

 Note: I bought my carousel at Micheals Craft Store, but the one I have is no longer available.

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