Do you ever feel like your kid's stuff has just overtaken every room of the house?
Last year, I set up most of Sweet Pea's preschool items in our breakfast room next to the kitchen, which you can see here. It worked great!
However, I had also turned our front formal family room into her playroom, which she hardly used unless to get a book. I really hated the fact that she hardly played in there. Then she had stuff in the living room and I was going nuts with just stuff everywhere.
So on a Saturday, as my husband watched over our girl, I combined everything into one room- her playroom, thus creating a Preschool Homeschool space perfect for us.
Here's how I organized her space:
Reading Area:
Tepee: handmade by my friend Julie for Sweet Pea's 2nd birthday, adorned with paper flowers I
made for different baby showers.
Shelves: rain gutters from Lowe's attached to 2x4 mounted to studs in the wall. My husband built
these last year.
Mirror: reflective play with blocks (see end of post for links)
Artwork: created by Sweet Pea
She absolutely loves hiding out in her teepee with her books. Sometimes when she needs a time-out,
she'll go hide in here as well :)
Display Wall:
Map: provided by Mother Goose Time
Magnetic Dry Erase Board: Theme poster is sticky tacked to it. Can't wait to use our story magnets
on this board!
Trunk: I've had since college. Building manipulatives in clear containers from Dollar Tree. Above
the trunk, our Experience God posters for the month are displayed.
Bookshelf: from Walmart. Houses counting manipulatives, stickers, puzzles, trays with activities set
up on them, and a few books. The puzzles and manipulatives come each month in our
Mother Goose Time kit and I have combined them together here.
Window Wall:
Table: handmade by my husband. It has a chalkboard painted top which is useful to draw on. This
table gets a ton of use and is probably one of my most favorite things. The chairs were
donated by by neighbor, a pediatrician, who was moving offices and couldn't use these chairs
anymore.
Measurement Board: handmade by my friend Julie for Sweet Pea's 1st birthday. Julie is the best!
Window: displays our Mother Goose Time Circle Time numbers, weather, shapes, and day of the
week cloud
Cabinet: Inside are our paints, Mother Goose Time box, and scrap paper. On the middle shelf is a CD player Sweet Pea can work that holds all our Dance and Beats music CD's that come with
our monthly curriculum. On top of the cabinet is our book of the day/invitation to create
display, a Sterilite container holding letter cookie cutters, stamps, and scrap paper; a
magazine file holding all my teacher guides; and a smaller Sterilite container holding
manipulative and calendar supplies. The front of the cabinet has our topic of the day, and on the left side of the cabinet is our calendar and day of the week clouds.
Kitchen Play Area:
Kitchen: donated by one of my husband's co-workers whose kids outgrew. We surprised Sweet Pea
with it for her 3rd birthday.
White cabinet: from my public school teaching days. Turned on it's side, it becomes the perfect
height for Sweet Pea to cook on and houses her play food and things in the little
square areas. A little lamp makes the perfect accessory that Sweet Pea can turn on
and off when she wants.
Well my friends, that's it.
It took me all day long, but I am so pleased with the outcome.
Sweet Pea loves to spend time in here now which was one of my main goals when combining everything into this space.
And this school teacher at heart can not wait for the first day of our Preschool Homeschool!
If you are a homeschooling momma and tired of spending hours digging through Pinterest, take a minute to look at what Mother Goose Time has to offer! It truly is a life (and time) saver!
Now to decide when to start the school year... before or after Labor Day?
I love your space, especially the sweet little reading corner with the tent.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Erin! It's one of my favorite spots in our home :)
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