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We have a dedicated classroom for our kids. They each have their own work station complete with a secondary monitor. We keep a snack station well stocked just outside the door with a smattering of healthy and secretly healthy choices. My favorite thing I’ve ever bought for the classroom is a wireless doorbell. I use it to tell the kids when their classes are starting (if they aren’t in the classroom). The kids use it if I’m upstairs and they need help. It’s the tool that made unnecessary yelling disappear. I added a bucket of fidgets a couple years ago, and for the most part, they’re helpful for my neurodivergent learner. We also have a button jar to reward hard work. When they get 80% or higher on a quiz, they get to put a button in the jar. When we get to 50 buttons, they get to choose something special to do after school. For rewards we’ve done ice cream, park visit, game night, and visit to the science museum. One year, they saved up all their special rewards and we rented a bounce house at the end of the year. In a couple weeks I’ll open our morning craft area. I like to have a spot they can go and create in the morning to wake up their brains. I call it “Open invitation to create”. Every year we find something new to keep our space fresh and fun. 

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In his free time!

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Last first day of school!

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Here is some more of her school room lol

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My 5th grader has her own school room. She decorates it lol. 

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My 3rd grader is set up with his desk, a little fun behind him. In the kitchen with a closet near by also with extra qrea of book bins with other materials.

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always a mess continued, speaking of whiteboards, it is great to have one, ours is hung by the laundry area along with big geography maps, nice to use for so many things, art, calendars, the 100th day of school, how many days till break etc.! These slide under table baskets are fabulous too for adding extra storage to any shelf or thin table, desk, even kitchen cupboards, and bags to keep things strait like beads, blocks, jewelry, hygiene items, etc.

Don't panic if you don't have a lot of stuff built up and organized yet, no rush to get it ready before the first day, you can pick up things all year long, and it's great to get things when sales come up at the stores or online. Don't forget to check out the school store for a sweatshirt! Happy First week!

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always a bit of mess continued and my kiddo would not let me put them in the pic! Moveable desks are fabulous, especially with wheels and a drawer, you can scoot them by the couch or bed or chair, etc. and they are smaller than regular desks, yet more durable than TV trays. You can also paint things with chalk paint or whiteboard paint, or decorate them with stickers too!

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always a bit of a mess continued, our bench at the moment, always lots of toes with labels or clear totes, baskets, etc. this is mostly art supplies, pencils, craft supplies, big items like our globe, more paper, old boxes, color books, etc. (ignore the pruner, just got that on sale!!

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We always have a bit of a mess Paper, folders, notes cards, scrap paper, thank you notes, etc. next to the dollhouse, sry I got my hair in it!

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We set up her own space in an area where she’s not distracted by a TV or toys, and there isn’t traffic from family members. This is a small corner in our laundry room!!

She also has an area in the kitchen in case I need to listen to the lesson with her.

I think that minimizing distractions is one of the things that makes virtual school work.

She also needs to get dressed and ready like she would for in person school. Staying in pajamas doesn’t work for us because I think your mind needs to separate work time from bed time. It’s a psychological shift.