Our School Room

I do not have a decorative touch, but our school room it is very functional.  One advantage of this particular room, is that it joins our family room.  When my younger kids were small, they could play on the carpeted family room floor, and I could see them and still work with a student who needed help.  Also, kids who want to sit on a comfy couch to read, can, and still be within my view.   And the TV/VCR is handy for the courses we have on video tape.
 
 

This table has five desks built into the top.  (picture below shows one of the desks opened) Each long side has two desks built into the tabletop.  The far end has one desk (the teacher's -- mine) built into the tabletop.



 
 

Shelving is made of brackets and rough cut wood.  Books are organized by subject, and science lab equipment, art supplies, etc. are stored in plastic boxes. The whiteboard was salvaged from an office that discarded it because of some scratches.  All the desks have an inexpensive office chairs with wheels.  (My advice, skip the wheels!  At first the kids were very distracted by the ability to roll!)  The walls are paneled, and I have a hard time getting sticky tac to keep things on the wall when the weather turns cold.  At the time these pictures were taken, I had twine hanging across the top and middle of the wall, and I would use clothespins to hang things on the walls.  This worked fine, but things don't always hang straight and neat looking.  This year I am replaced the twine and clothespins with wax clips.  They can handle the weight of posterboard, and so far are working wonderfully.  If you use wax clips on a painted wall you have to make sure you *twist* them when removing or they take the paint off.


The picture on the left shows how the desks within the table open.  The picture on the right shows the edge of our computer area, and also "My Body" posters that two of my children made.  They are outlines of their bodies, filled with pictures they colored of various internal organs.


Our timeline is made of posterboard and is hung along the top length of one wall, where our ductwork is boxed in.  I use timeline figures from a variety of sources... the World Wide Web, Sonlight Timeline Figures, and The Ultimate Geography and Timeline Guide (by Maggie Hoagan and Cindy Wiggers).

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