Not much has changed since our last homeschool room tour here {which also has a video}. But there are a few changes, and I will focus on those in this post!
Our Homeschool room has evolved greatly over the years. Here’s a look back, for those of you who like to see how I got to where we are now. Posts go in order from oldest at the top to most recent at the bottom.
- Our first homeschool room {in a completely different and much smaller room}
- Our first homeschool room, part 2
- Our first schoolroom, the next year!
- Our Preschool Set up in the old schoolroom
- Our homeschool storage room; part 1, part 2
- On our way to the NEW schoolroom {and how we acquired the space}!
- Our Homeschool Room 2010-2011
- Our Homeschool Room 2012-2013
- Our Homeschool Room 2013-2014
Our Current Homeschool Room
Here’s a view of the entire room, kind of. It’s hard to get the whole thing!
The first new addition is a central computer area for the boys, mostly since they are using Teaching Textbooks math. We got the desk at a thrift shop for $20 and it fits perfectly!
The colored drawer unit is VERY old and was in our storage room. I relocated it to have a place to sort out Ladybug’s K units ahead of time. I used a dry erase marker to write directly on the drawers and will erase as I switch out units.
Right now, the top 4 drawers have her upcoming Kindergarten Literature Units all ready to go, and the bottom drawers have her You Can Read units all ready to go. We are prepped and planned through the end of October at least.
Towards the front of the room, we had to add a gas heater so our original movement corner had to move. We also added K’s gymnastics mushroom {see it in action here on Instagram}. To the left is Ladybug’s theme shelf {set up for our My Cats Nick and Nora Unit}.
Opposite of that corner is the rest of our movement stuff; a trampoline, a gym mat, and some other things. You can also see our learning toy storage system.
To the left you can see our Spielgaben free play area. The shelf is Trofast from Ikea.
Close up of our current drawer labels. Learn how to make your own here!
In the back left corner of the room is PacMan’s area, this is his desk. We use two shoe shelves from Target for his books. {Ikea no longer carries the Expedit system which is his desk. The new Kallax line is similar but doesn’t seem to have his desk yet.}
Each shelf is labeled to help prevent messiness. It works well!
This is the view standing at Pac’s desk looking forward.
Our crayons, markers and colored pencils are sorted by color in these bins, hooked to this ledge {from Ikea}. We have used this method for years and it works great! On the bottom ledge are Ladybug’s easy readers and another cup containing sharpened pencils.
Our Continent Boxes are stored up on top of the big white shelf by Pac’s desk.
On a middle shelf are the chapter books I have selected so far for the boys. P’s are on the right {7th grade}, K’s on the left {3rd grade}
On the very bottom shelf behind our bean bag is our collection of Children’s Bibles and our container of fidgets {sensory items for little hands to hold}. The other shelves contain magazine boxes with our books, see the book storage method we use.
In the shot below you can see the white shelf on the far right. The two little desks are the same as last year. The one with the red chair is Ladybug’s and the other belong to Krash. He needs a bigger desk soon but we are saving money and making this one last as long as possible!
All kids still use their color coded school supply storage bins. I refreshed each kid this year with new supplies!
That’s a brief tour for this year, be sure to visit iHomeschool Network to see even more homeschool rooms!
Some other helpful posts that feature our schoolroom and things in it {past and present}…
