A few months ago, I came across this pin on Pinterest and nearly began singing the Hallelujah chorus out loud...OK, so maybe I did hum a few bars, but only loud enough for the neighbor to hear!
Up until this year, I have always carried a simple bag back and forth to our co-op meetings. I've always kept our geography binders in the bag, never unpacking them once we came home. BUUUUUT...everything else...all the school and craft supplies that were required for co-op mornings...constantly had to be packed and unpacked each time. Whatever crayons and markers were needed for co-op mornings were also needed for regular school days.
And then, I saw the pin, and a LIGHTBULB TURNED ON!
So, I cleaned them up, outfitted them with brand new school supplies in the appropriate colors, and packed them neatly in my old 31 Bag that has tons of pockets to hold water bottles and baby supplies.
We are mixin' things up a bit in co-op this year and will be offering a class for two different age groups. So, my two oldest kids will be heading off in one direction and my two middle boys will be going in the other. They'll each be able to take a pencil box to his/her class and have everything that is needed for the planned assignments.
Now, if I could just color-code all of our shoes....
Got any tips to organize co-op mornings? I'd love to hear about them!
I totally understand the shoe problem. We were once on our way to church and found out one of the kids didn't even have a pair of shoes on or once we have arrived at our destination and one of the kids was wearing the completely wrong shoes.
ReplyDeleteGreat tip for be ready on those busy mornings.
Besides having co-op supplies separate from regular day school supplies, I swear by freezer breakfasts/meals. Making my own uncrustables to toss into our bag with some pre-baggied carrots and jar of dip and whatnot eases my morning (I'm pretty much allergic to mornings). As well as having easy-to-heat breakfasts ready to go in the fridge. My 9yo can heat up/serve breakfast to everybody while I'm in the shower. So lovely. :)
ReplyDeleteAs for the shoe thing... we've gotten mean in my house over the years. We now have a Trofast shelf unit from Ikea in the living room. Each child has a bucket for them to put their shoes in, and it's their responsibility to make sure their shoes get to their bucket. Makes the shoe searches not as horrific, at least part of the time.
Yep. We have a similar shoe policy. It's the baby who finds them and drags them about most of the time. He'll outgrow it in time.
DeleteI do the same type of thing for some of our supplies
ReplyDeleteThe shoe problem hits everyone. ;-) I had a daycare that required me to manage 6 kids, all under the age of 5. I put 3-drawer bins in my coat closet and put their names on the fronts of the drawers. They walked in the door and put all of their things in the drawer and I could always find it. Another tip (since I was condensing all of the shoes in one place) is to put your favorite dryer sheet in the bottom of each drawer and one on the top shelf. I got the added bonus of always feeling like my laundry was done! ;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for co-op. You can use that concept for going out to restaurants/family outtings, too! Love it!
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