CAMom Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 So, I started my 11th year of homeschooling today. I have an 11th grader, an 8th grader and a pre-k'er. I'm searching through some of my stored curriculum today to find a couple of things for use with the 8th grader and the pre-k'er. My stored curriculum is a disaster!:tongue_smilie: How do you store the things you need to keep for your up and comings? Do you store by subject? By grade level? I do not have room to keep it all in the house so I store in boxes in the garage. We live in So. CA where the whether is always dry so I'm not worried about it getting damaged when it's in well kept rubbermaid tubs.:) Any innovative ideas?:bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelly in the Country Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I store by grade level. We have a "retired" entertainment center that has bookcases built into it. It has a total of 8 shelves; 4 on each side. I labeled them each with a grade. This setup is for readers. I double-stack them to make them all fit. All the readers are also labeled with a color coded label to indicate grade level. For textbooks I put them together by subject. All the English texts are in a row organized by grade level. Ditto for science and math, etc. So far the textbooks take up 2 normal sized bookshelves in a bookcase. I keep them separate from the readers because I figure my kids may not all be on the same level in every subject at the same time. So I kinda store by subject AND by grade. Textbook subjects like English and Math are kept together by subject and readers are together by grade level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 By subject--a box of math, box of grammar, box of life science, box of geography, box of US history, etc. If I'm teaching Revolutionary War, I know exactly where to look to find materials--one box, US Hist. I do not have to wonder if there was some neat Rev. War stuff in the 5th grade box when I'm only supposed to be on the 3rd grade box. Or maybe there was a book over in the 7th grade box with info that might be useful for me and pictures that the kids would want to look through..... Grade is just too arbitrary. I don't want to have to go searching through all the boxes organized by whatever "Grade" the publisher labeled things, looking for that really neat science experiment I saw way back when, or for that geography overlay that was labeled "6th grade," but that would be so perfect with what we're studying now, etc. yvonne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I have all mine on shelves, but they are grouped by subject - Bible, History, Science, Grammar, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysparkler Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I have all mine on shelves, but they are grouped by subject - Bible, History, Science, Grammar, etc. That's what I do too. I have manilla file folders as my subject dividers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen the RD Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I have all mine on shelves, but they are grouped by subject - Bible, History, Science, Grammar, etc. This is what I do too. Otherwise, if I stored things in boxes, it would be forgotten. ;) KWIM! Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbsweetpea Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Since I am newer to homeschooling we don't have as much curriculum. I store what we are using all in one area sorted by subject. What we are not using daily I put on shelves sorted by subject. I have started pulling some stuff for my 4 year old tha is shelved from my 6 year old and I know exactly where it is since it is sorted by subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxMama Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 By subject--a box of math, box of grammar, box of life science, box of geography, box of US history, etc. :iagree:When I sorted through all my stuff and put everthing in a box I went through the trouble of listing everything inside of each box so I don't have to open and search when looking for one particular item. It also helps me when it is time to return an item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Any innovative ideas?:bigear: Things I am using now: Desk Apprentice Things I might use now and then or in the near future: a small bookshelf next to desk apprentice. Things I could use in the next year: bookshelves in sight but out of the way Things I might use in more than a year from now: boxed by subject and well-labeled in my closet. Things I used last year and will keep for 5th grade: on a bookshelf in the living room in reach of kiddo, in case he want to pull it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I have all mine on shelves, but they are grouped by subject - Bible, History, Science, Grammar, etc. Same here. I don't know exactly where any of my kids will be academically in the future, but i *do* know what subjects they will be studying, so storing by subject seemed most logical for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 By subject except for current year things and reference books, which are out in separate bookshelves. My books from the 1800's also have their own shelves up high away from little people. (Well, actually, it's mostly in boxes right now and I should be unpacking, not typing...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I store by subject and then have them in order of levels from there. When we need something it makes it easy to just go and get what we need. For history, I have 4 tubs and open up what we need when we need it.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Most of mine is on shelves, stored by subject. We have a Trofast unit from Ikea and some of the hands-on things that aren't using at a given time do fit into one of those bins. That bin is just a jumble of different subjects, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CAMom Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 Thank you for sharing! You've given me some ideas!:thumbup1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narrow Gate Academy Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 This year's curriculum is in boxes in the school cabinet. Curriculum for up and comers is on shelves in the basement arranged by subject. When we run out of room, we'll go to boxes by subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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