Do your kids have bookshelves in their bedrooms?

[TheCoffeeChick]

Yes, always! We're another family with bookshelves in everyroom except the bathrooms, we even have them in the hallway.

[Paintedlady]

Yes, they both have them in their rooms. Most of their books are kept in the bookcases on the main floor but I think it's nice for them to have some of their favorites in their rooms if they like.

[lllll]

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[dirty ethel rackham]

I don't want the books destroyed, so the main books shelf is kept not in their room...

Shelf? As in singular? I've never met a homeschooler to use that word in the singular (except to refer to a WTM lingo for a certain undergarment;D.) Just teasing.

[KidsHappen]

Yes, every one of them and they all own their own personal books as well. When they start out there is usually room for other stuff on the shelves as well but by the time they leave home, they are usually full of books. :D

[Oakblossoms]

We have a bookshelf in the bathroom:tongue_smilie:

[Celia]

We used rain gutters to make a long shelf where the books can be set so the covers can be seen. Google rain gutter bookshelves to see what it's like. Really appropriate for little kids rooms as when they can see the covers, they're more drawn to picking up a book and reading it!

[kewb]

Yes, everyone has bookshelves in their bedrooms.

[Night Elf]

Always, even as babies. We're a book family and the children have always had books readily accessible. Anything that got messed up got replaced, but it was rare.

[Peela]

Mine have bookshelves because there have been certain books that they felt very "possessive" about, that meant a lot to them, and I wanted to encourage any love of books.

In the end...neither actually own a lot of books...we usually do the library, or when we read books we then pass them on. I am also shedding books. But we all have books in our bedrooms.

[LuvToRead]

My girls have a bookshelf in their room. I have to admit, it has several toys stored in it.

[hellen]

Both of the older kids have a bookshelf in their room. The three year old does get books out to "read" to herself. Unfortunately my six year doesn't but I hope he will as he works up from his current beginning reading skills.

[IsabelC]

My kids get a bookcase when they get a bedroom - they all co-slept when they were tiny. So we have one in each bedroom, plus family/adult books in the loungeroom and schooly type books in the playroom/schoolroom shelves.

[Abigail4476]

Not for their entire collections, but they keep favorites and currents on a small shelf next to their desk.

[Matryoshka]

The only rooms in my house without bookshelves are the bathrooms, the dining room, and oddly, our bedroom. The other rooms (including the girls' room) all have multiple bookshelves each, and there's one room that's wall to ceiling bookshelves. And I still have books on the floor because there's not enough space on the shelves! :001_huh:

[justamouse]

ALL of us have bookshelves. I have bookshelves in every single room - even the kitchen (not the bathrooms though there are books there....). Yes, put bookshelves in.

[lisabelle]

Yup. Ds (11) has a 4x4 Expedit in his room. It's all full up, except for one box, which has a towel in it. The 21 yo cat naps there.

[Suzanne in ABQ]

I'm undecided if I should have bookshelves in the kids' rooms or not.

 

How about just the older kids, say those reading chapter books and up? Would younger kids benefit from having their board and picture books in their rooms?

 

Where do your kids do most of their reading? Mine seem to read out in common areas more than bedrooms so I'm wondering if I should keep a toy area in each room or a bookshelf? But maybe they'd read more if they had bookshelves in their room? :confused:

 

 

My dd's both got their first bookshelf when they learned to read. It was designated to be a "special bookcase", just for the books they read themselves. They were (are) so proud to place each book on their shelf as they finish it.

 

After awhile, it became essential for each kid to have a bookcase in his/her room. There are just too many books in this house to keep them all in the public areas. There are bookcases EVERYWHERE!

[myfunnybunch]

My boys have a bookshelf in their room that's raided regularly. I also put a small wall shelf from Pottery Barn on the wall next to each boy's bed. I used to reguarly switch books. Now they do it themselves. But they already read in bed all the time. The bookshelves were put in place to keep them from throwing the books on the floor.

 

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[funschooler5]

All of mine have full bookshelves in their rooms, organized loosely by the Dewey Decimal system. But, they occasionally "steal" books from each other, even though I've tried to distribute them according to reading level. :tongue_smilie:

 

We have a full bookshelf in the living room with things that tend to be more universally age-appropriate like read alouds, reference, craft books, poetry, and holiday books. Then I have two bookshelves downstairs in their computer area with homeschool materials. (DH and I have our own bookshelves in our room).

 

I can't wait to have all of our books entered into Librarything. I only have about 90 entered so far (which sounded like a lot to me, but it's only about two shelves worth of books). It's driving me crazy keeping track of all of these books in different locations. I keep putting library holds on books we already own!

Edited December 7, 2010 by funschooler5

[Lizzie in Ma]

Always. :)

[May]

My dds have always had a bookshelf or two in their rooms.

[BlsdMama]

I'm undecided if I should have bookshelves in the kids' rooms or not.

 

How about just the older kids, say those reading chapter books and up? Would younger kids benefit from having their board and picture books in their rooms?

 

Where do your kids do most of their reading? Mine seem to read out in common areas more than bedrooms so I'm wondering if I should keep a toy area in each room or a bookshelf? But maybe they'd read more if they had bookshelves in their room? :confused:

 

We have family shelves, but they (the three oldest) have personal shelves in their rooms for their collection. My oldest daughter, especially, gets books for every birthday, holiday, etc. and is VERY particular about the care & condition of her books. They are alphabetized and in like new condition. She has been known to lend them out but she even has ME paranoid about the care of her books so I'd rather her sibs get them from the public library than "check out" one of her books, lol.

 

So, yes, her books absolutely never touch the family "public" shelves.

 

CJ (our second) is similar in that he has very few books, but those he has he cares for.

 

Lizzie has a small bookshelf that has two small shelves and she keeps whatever she is currently reading on them as well as library books.

 

I didn't foresee us having bookshelves other than the family shelves, but truthfully, I like my special things to be put away correctly and not fiddled with and the kids are the same - and I'm glad they take good care of special things, kwim?