There is also group work and individual computer work in our school day, so I created these checklists to guide the boys through their work.
The checklists have taken on a few different forms, all dry erase. How much we depend on these checklists depends on our day - the amount of work and our emotional stability. Having autism and ADHD in the house (along with an infant...) tends to make emotions unpredictable. If they're needing extra incentive to get work done, we pull in the fruit snacks or chocolate chips.
On easy days, the numbers on the workboxes are enough to guide them through - whatever workboxes need to be done have numbers on the left. They move the number to the right when they're done.
Each workbox contains its own subject.
The tops function as the boys' "stations." We keep their stoplight behavior lights, checklists, ticket buckets, and money jars up there. Part of our math is payday Fridays. The boys earn tickets for chores they do and on payday, they exchange the tickets for money. Each ticket is worth 10 cents. They skip count by ten to figure out how much money they've earned that week.
The whole area takes up about four feet of my wall. I use the shelf underneath for storage.
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This is great. Going to share w/ a friend who just began homeschooling.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Hope it's helpful for her.
DeleteCindy, this is great. How far ahead do you plan the boxes? I mean do you fill them all with things on like Sunday night for the whole week?
ReplyDeleteMost of the materials stay in the boxes - like the text books - but at the end of our homeschool day I check to see if other materials are needed for the next assignment and rotate early reader books. Then, I move all the numbers that need to be done the following day back to the left.
DeleteThis is such a great idea!
ReplyDeleteThis. Is. Genius! Thank you SO much for sharing. I am bookmarking this so I can remember to do it later for my kids! Awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! We really enjoy it. The kids know what to expect and it really helps them to be independent in their learning. Some days - like the days ipad time is the reward for finishing workboxes - they do them without me even prompting.
DeleteWow. Talk about organized! What a fantastic system you have designed for your family.
ReplyDeleteWow, that looks pretty darn amazing! You have a heck of a set up.
ReplyDeleteI am in awe of your organizational skills! This is such a great setup.
ReplyDeleteVery cute! Love this idea!!
ReplyDeleteLove!
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