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I need some organizational help for my Kindergartener (and me)

GinandTonicGinandTonic
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Kindergarten has brought me a lot of homework :)

 I don't know the best way to keep track of it all.  He has a homework folder, a book list (to keep track of what we read), an index card box with sight words, and other assorted things we're supposed to keep track of.

Add in notes from the teachers, Scholastic Book Clubs, fundraisers, special projects.  It's crazy.  I have a calendar - the timing is fine, it's how to keep all the STUFF.

He doesn't have a desk in his room.  His room is really small, it's not happening.  We do have a desk in our living room that has assorted junk in it I never look at - and has the printer on it.  I could clean that out for him.  The problem is - it's the living room (although we don't have a tv in that room) and I still have to make sure his little sister doesn't get at it.  Sitting at a desk is a good routine to start though.

My other thought was a rubbermaid bin which would work for now, sort of.  Maybe a combo of him getting the desk and putting the stuff that susceptible to DD in a bin?   I have file folders to keep track of the mom paperwork and a folio for art projects, so that' s ok. 

Any other ideas?

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Re: I need some organizational help for my Kindergartener (and me)

  • ejpumpkinejpumpkin

    Something like this would work. You could have a file/folder for each thing.

    This can be stored in his room or in the living room or somewhere else visible and where he can get to it.

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  • ilovemygirlsilovemygirls member
    A bin would work well, I think.  I also just wanted to note that in my DD's school they each have a large 3-ring binder that comes back & forth to school with them every day.  Everything on the LEFT side of the folder from the teacher is 'left at home', everything on the RIGHT side of the folder is 'right back to school'.  There is a clear plastic pocket to return any signed things, etc.  Just another idea if you don't have too much room for a bin or something of that sort. 
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  • neverblushedneverblushed member

    I have one kindergartner and one in 5th grade.  Primary grade kids generate a LOT of paperwork and artwork and it can seem overwhelming.  Since they don't have their own desks in the classroom and they don't use a three-ring binder, all the papers get sent home for the parents to deal with!  Here's what I used to do for my DD and what I've started again with my son:

    --I go through the take home folder as soon as I can in the evening.  Anything that can be trashed gets trashed.  Then I sort the rest into 3 piles.

    --pile 1 -- sign and return to school.  I do these right away and pack everything in this category back in the take home folder.

    --pile 2 --  the homework packet, or stuff that will eventually need to be returned, but not until a later date.  For this stuff, I have a colored folder that holds the homework packet and a pencil until Friday.  The folder gets tucked in our living room bookshelf because homework is done at the coffee table. You could store this stuff in your LR desk.

    --pile 3 -- completed work or artwork that needs to be stored or displayed in the house.  I display artwork and special homework for a while in the LR.  Then for other papers, I have a banker's box in the child's room.  Papers that the child doesn't want to toss, but that aren't really appropriate for display go in the banker's box until the end of the school year.  By the time June rolls around, you can usually pitch most of the stuff without the child freaking out.

    HTH

    High School English teacher and mom of 2 kids:

    DD, born 9/06/00 -- 12th grade
    DS, born 8/25/04 -- 7th grade
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