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Our 2013-14 Homeschool Room

August 12, 2013 by Selena Robinson 14 Comments

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Good morning! It’s another new week here at Look! We’re Learning! and we’re ready to get started!

I’m fully engulfed in the “back to school” spirit and I’ve been sharing our homeschool plans for this year recently. Last week, we featured our homeschool curriculum choices for 3rd, K, and PK. Today we’re sharing pictures of our homeschool room for this year.

Our Homeschool Room: Look! We're Learning!

 Our Homeschool Room

We don’t really have a dedicated homeschool room (as much as I wish we did). So we have to make do with what we have, right? 🙂

Our Homeschool Room: Look! We're Learning!

As you can see, our homeschool room doubles as our dining room. If you’ve seen our previous post about homeschooling in a small space, then you already know our basic setup. We did make a few changes this year, though.

Our Homeschool Room: Look! We're Learning!

We’re keeping our reward coupon system this year, but we’re going to make a few changes to it. We’re not exactly sure what our basis for handing our Play Bucks will be yet. I’m leaning toward adapting it to their schoolwork, but we’re undecided for now.

One thing we did decide on was the need for a better daily schedule. We’ll be sharing our detailed schedule in a couple of weeks, but we’ve already instituted a simple picture schedule to give the kids a heads-up on what we’re doing each day.

To make it, I just downloaded the free workbox tags from Homeschool Creations and then laminated them and added velcro. That way, we can just add and remove subjects based on what we’re doing that day.

Our Homeschool Room: Look! We're Learning!

The long wall in the room houses our picture world map, our chalkboard, our fruitage of the spirit “tree”, and a beautiful piece of artwork we picked up recently.

Our Homeschool Room: Look! We're Learning!

Isn’t that beautiful? We bought it at the Liberated Minds Homeschool Expo. The title is “Plant Da Seeds And They Will Grow” and it’s by an artist named Jah Peeps. I love how the “tree of knowledge” is supplemented with books about topics such as love, wisdom, and truth.

Those are several of the core values we try to instill in our children. It was very moving to me that, when the children receive that kind of foundation, they feel comfortable in life – just like the picture shows.

Our Homeschool Room: Look! We're Learning!

Here’s a close-up view of our picture world map. We love this map because it’s full of pictures that automatically capture the kids’ interest. They ask questions on their own: “What’s that animal?” “What’s that building?” It gives us a simple way to stir up enthusiasm for geography.

Our Homeschool Room: Look! We're Learning!

I still keep all of our books for the year in a crate next to the bookshelf. These are the same books we featured in our homeschool curriculum post for last week, along with our first read-aloud. Can you guess what it is by looking at the author? (We’ll be sharing our reading list soon.)

Our Homeschool Room: Look! We're Learning!

One change we made was to designate one wall as our themed chart space. We’ll be rotating out charts through the year that relate to the topics we cover.

Our Homeschool Room: Look! We're Learning!

Fractions are coming up soon.

Our Homeschool Room: Look! We're Learning!

As is a discussion on the properties of light.

Our Homeschool Room: Look! We're Learning!

We still keep most of our supplies in our bookcase. Our basic homeschool tools (binding machine, laminator, and pencil sharpener) are right on top.

Our Homeschool Room: Look! We're Learning!

The top shelf holds dry erase markers, chalkboard erasers, pencils, pens, and some art supplies. We also have most of the books in the Core Knowledge Series and my trusty homeschool binder. The second row is where we keep individual workboxes that we’ll be using off and on during the year and a basket with several of the Children’s Busy Books. (Look for us to share some of our activities from those in the future.)

Our Homeschool Room: Look! We're Learning!

The last shelf is where we keep more art supplies: paints, crayons, brushes, etc. On the right side, I keep our homeschool records in a portable filing box. We’ve never been visited by any truancy officers or school district representatives, but I like to have our documents ready in case that happens.

And that’s our homeschool space! It’s small but we make it work! We’d love to see pictures of your homeschooling rooms! Feel free to tell us about them in the comments!

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Comments

  1. Nita says

    August 12, 2013 at 5:36 am

    I like it! Nice setup. I really need to post pictures of mine. It’s basically just 2 desk on either side of the room in our basement. Each kid has a dry-erase/cork board and their own set of workboxes next to their desk. Oh, and 1 bookshelf of stuff. I don’t have much wall space to put stuff up for them though.

    Reply
    • Selena@lookwerelearning says

      August 12, 2013 at 7:25 pm

      Oooh, the personal corkboard is a great idea!

      Reply
  2. Dawn says

    August 12, 2013 at 6:53 am

    You have made great use of your space. I actually prefer not having a dedicated school room. It lets us learn everywhere. Have a great year.
    Blessings, Dawn

    Reply
    • Selena@lookwerelearning says

      August 12, 2013 at 7:25 pm

      I so wish I could do that, but I’m not dedicated enough to do schoolwork unless we have a space for it. I’ll just end up laying around doing nothing…lol. Thanks for visiting!

      Reply
  3. Michelle says

    August 12, 2013 at 11:28 am

    I love your room!! It is so nice and organized!! I have five children and I will be keeping an organized plan for the day also. It always seems that no one wants help or they all do at the same time. I used it for a bit last year and our day went much more smoothly. I absolutely love your fruit of the spirit tree!!

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    • Selena@lookwerelearning says

      August 12, 2013 at 7:26 pm

      Yes! Organizing is a bit of a pain, but it makes us so much more productive! Thanks for visiting!

      Reply
  4. Shelby says

    August 12, 2013 at 12:17 pm

    Love the idea of a themed chart space! I think I will steal it. 🙂

    Reply
    • Selena@lookwerelearning says

      August 12, 2013 at 7:26 pm

      Lol! Help yourself! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Kelly says

    August 12, 2013 at 3:38 pm

    Cute space!

    Reply
    • Selena@lookwerelearning says

      August 12, 2013 at 7:26 pm

      Aw, thanks! 🙂

      Reply
  6. La Juana says

    August 14, 2013 at 11:22 pm

    Thanks for sharing. It’s really nice!

    Reply
  7. rebecca says

    August 16, 2013 at 9:26 pm

    I love your baskets! I have really enjoyed getting to know you the past few weeks – I really appreciate you linking up at Ultimate Moms Resources!

    Reply
  8. Nita says

    August 16, 2013 at 10:16 pm

    Love the way you hide your school.

    Reply

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