Classroom Re-Design


ClassroomLast year’s curriculum is all boxed and sorted, summer curriculum is organized and our new classroom has room for circle time now! It was not an easy task!  We live in a townhouse with very limited storage space.  I also created two computer work stations, in our living room (they are not quite picture ready yet) and cleared out last year’s Google Drive files to make room for summer and fall lesson plans.  Very productive and very exciting!

Homeschool Moms, where do you center your lessons?  My older boys ALWAYS end up sprawled out on the floor either in their room, the living room or even sometimes on the stairs, reading or writing.  But our lessons are centered at our dining room table.  Do you have a small or large space for you lessons?  I’d love to hear suggestions and ideas for including a more toddler friendly atmosphere, as Zana is almost two and I have never homeschooled with a toddler without a designated playroom, which I don’t have here.

Be Respectfuk


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Aleya’s journal activity was to write our “Reminders”. Love her interpretation of “respectful” lol!

Rules rules rules!  They’re everywhere!  One of the MAIN reasons why I began to homeschool WAS the over-abundance (and sometimes abuse) of rules in public schools (and life in general, but that’s a different rant)!  I had this dreamy idea of a unschool atmosphere, but a real focus on learning with books (because I LOVE books) but with little planning and lots of impromptu art projects and research-filled field trips.  The reality, on the other hand, is that I have 5 kids.  And 5 kids require planning.  5 kids require schedules and 5 kids require rules.

The rebel in me decided against the usual “Classroom (or house) Rules”  so, we chose to have “Reminders” instead.  We worked as a group to decide the easiest and most simple reminders to guide us to success.

DeCou Family Reminders

1.  Be Kind

2. Be Respectful

3. Be Polite

4. Be Careful

5. Be Responsible

6. Be Creative

7. Be Patient

That’s what our creative and crazed crew came up with (say that 3 times fast!), what are some of your homeschool “reminders”?