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Our family has never really had a handle on homework, mostly because we’ve never had a system for the backpacks. Every home we’ve lived in since our kids started school (yes, there have been FOUR), has lacked the kind of entryway that’s conducive to home-from-school organization. No mudroom. No lockers. No closet. No easy way to get any of the above.
But this school year, I vowed to start of on the right foot (you can still join me, by the way), and one strategy, was to cut through the backpack chaos.
Our solution? D and C hang their backpacks over their own chair at the kitchen counter. And as soon as the backpack’s on the chair, and they’re getting a snack, I go through the backpacks to pull out what stays at home, sign papers, and get a handle on the homework that is due the next day. This is where the backpack remains until the next morning, and after snack, the kids do their homework in this same spot.
As a result, we have discovered a method of organization that doesn’t require a closet, a locker, or a mudroom. Works for me!
I’m still working on a solution for messy winter boots, dripping snowpants, soaking wet mittens and hats. But that’s a post for a December Works-for-me-Wednesday;)
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