Keep your young passenger’s entertainment supplies close at hand with this awesome auto organizer!
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Auto Entertainment At Your Fingertips Tuesday, Feb 17 2009
Auto Organizing and Organizing Kids Auto Entertainment, auto organizer 7:42 pm
Storage for Kid’s Artwork Tuesday, Feb 3 2009
Organizing Kids art portfolio, keepsakes, portfolio, storage for kid's artwork 6:15 am
Check out this great portfolio for saving all those special pieces of art and school papers for your kids. Remember to keep only the important pieces and part with the rest. You want looking through the keepsakes to be fun, not overwhelming!
Order at this website: https://www.schoolfolio.com/index.php
Children’s Clothing Dividers Tuesday, Jan 20 2009
Closet Organizing and Organizing Kids baby shower, children's clothing dividers, Closet Monkey, clothing dividers, jungle animals 5:39 am
You can’t find children’s clothing dividers any cuter than these jungle animals to organize your child’s closet! To separate newborn to 2T clothing go to: www.closet-monkey.com
Makes a great baby shower gift too!
Kid’s Auto Organizer Thursday, Jan 15 2009
Auto Organizing and Organizing Kids kid's auto organizing, Gameboy, books, road trip 8:55 pm
Ok, where was this product when my kids were smaller? Whether going on a trip to the grocery store or a long road trip, this organizer will keep your vehicle floor clear of crayons, Game Boys, books-you parents know what I’m talking about.
A few great features are: Drawing surface, lid flips into a tray, adjustable dividers inside & 8 pockets on the outside.
Organize Homework Saturday, Nov 8 2008
Organizing Kids homework, organize homework 6:22 am
Keeping track of homework can be as easy as purchasing a mail tray or stacker and placing a label with your child’s name on it. If you have more than one child, give each child their own tray. The only thing that should be stored there is homework-no artwork, no toys-only homework! Every time your child needs to work on homework they will know right where to go to get it and right where to go when it is time to pack it up in the backpack to take it back to school. Having a specific place for homework will keep their papers from getting mixed up with other papers or lost in the shuffle.
Storing Library Books Friday, Oct 10 2008
Organizing Kids and Quick Tips label, library books, magazine file 6:33 pm
How many times have your kid’s library books gotten mixed together with other books making it difficult to remember to get them back to the library on time? Separating library books is as simple as buying a magazine file and placing a label on it called “Library Books.” As soon as you get home from the library place them in the magazine file and return after each story is read. Not only will books have a home, you are reducing clutter by borrowing from the library!
Here is an example from Staples:
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Super Cool Stuffed Animal Storage Friday, Sep 26 2008
Organizing Kids kids, playroom, storage, stuffed animals 4:51 pm
Kids LOVE stuffed animals but they can quickly overwhelm a bed or playroom. What to do with all those stuffies?
Check out this organizing product and your problems will be solved!
Start the School Year Organized Sunday, Aug 24 2008
Organizing Kids baskets, hooks, organized, school, The Organized Student 7:43 pm
Most of us have good intentions to get our kids off to school with a healthy breakfast, two matching shoes and a friendly wave as the school bus pulls away. How is it that more frequently it starts with a struggle to get everyone out of bed, a scramble to find lunch money and a hunt for one missing shoe? By the time you are done running to the bus stop with kids in tow, you’re feeling frazzled and the goodbye wave is a bit lackluster.
Tomorrow will be a better day, right?
How can you start the school year on the right foot? Well, it seems that pencils, notebooks and glue sticks hit the store shelves practically as soon as the previous school year ends, you can follow the lead of the stores by getting a jump start on organizing your home and family now for the new school year.
Follow these steps to ease stress and organize your home now:
Give belongings a home: Help your kids succeed in finding what they need by giving their belongings a well-defined storage space. What types of homes should you set up?
- Hooks your kids can reach for coats and backpacks.
- Racks, baskets or cubbies for shoes next to the door.
- Baskets or plastic organizers with drawers for hats, scarves and gloves.
- A separate stacker for each child’s homework.
- An art caddy to keep homework supplies together such as pens, pencils, scissors and glue.
It’s important to remember that even when you set up a good system for your kids to store their belongings, there will still be times that they kick their shoes off in front of the TV and throw their backpacks on the floor. It’s really just not as important to kids as it is to you to stay organized. Stick with it, be consistent and remember that you are teaching your kids a valuable life lesson.
Be sure to set up storage systems where your children naturally gravitate. For example, if they enter the house through the garage then set up hooks and shoe racks in the garage by the door. Don’t expect kids to go all the way upstairs to their rooms to take off shoes and coats. Make it easy for them to succeed.
Think ahead: No one likes that last minute scramble in the morning, prepare for the next day as much as you can the evening before in the following ways:
- Count out lunch money or use the school district’s prepay program.
- Make a sack lunch that just has to be placed in the backpack in the morning.
- Have your child pick out one or two outfits to choose from in the morning.
- Have your child pack library books, homework and permission slips in their backpack.
- You know the coats are on newly installed hooks by the door next to the new shoe rack-done!
Suggested reading: A great book to read to help you and your student tackle homework organization is “The Organized Student” by Donna Goldberg.
May you begin your days with less stress, no missing shoes and may your goodbye wave at the school bus stop be filled with enthusiasm!
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Homework Helpers Tuesday, Aug 19 2008
Organizing Kids caddy, homework, homework helpers, mail tray 11:29 pm
School is right around the corner and with that comes homework. To help your kids stay on task do the following:
- Have a specific location where homework is placed every time such as a mail tray with your child’s name on it. Don’t use that space for anything else, when it’s time to work on homework they will know right where to go.
- Let your child work where they are comfortable as long as they get their work done. Don’t make them go off to a quiet place if that’s not how they work best. If they work well with noise let them listen to the radio or sit with family at the kitchen table; if they want to lay on the floor instead of sitting at a desk let them.
- Create a portable homework kit that can go where they go. Purchase a caddy and fill it with pencils, pens, scissors, ruler, glue sticks, erasers-whatever they need to get the job done.
- If they have a long-term project, help them sit down with a calendar and map out how much needs to get done every day or every week to be finished in time for the due date.
- Consistently enforce where kids need to place their belongings until it becomes a habit or they move out-whichever comes first!
Set your kids up to succeed and have a happy school year!
Organizing Kid’s Clothing Wednesday, Aug 13 2008
Organizing Kids bins, clothing, laundry marker, organizing kid's clothing 5:28 am
What do you do with kid’s clothing that you are saving for the future? It’s great when we hit a good sale and stock up on future sizes for a good price or receive hand-me-downs in good shape, but they need a home until they are put to use.
- Step 1: Sort clothing by season and size.
- Step 2: Buy plastic bins with well-fitting lids.
- Step 3: Place long-sleeve, winter clothing of same size together in bin. Place short sleeve, summer clothing together in another bin. Place the child’s name, season and size on the outside.
- Step 4: Keep bins stored out of the way at the top of the closet or even out in the garage until you need them.
It’s a good idea to keep a bin in the bottom of the closet to place outgrown clothing in as you find it. That way it is either ready for donation or to pass on to a sibling.
If you are passing down a lot of clothing in your family you may need help remembering who currently wears each item. Purchase a laundry marker and place a dot on the label for the first child. When it gets passed on to the second child add another dot. If it’s in good enough condition to pass on to a third child than-WOW!
It’s fine to stock up as long as you have the storage space and you are utilizing the clothing!
