Okay, I am a wee bit (opposite of hyperbole) excited about Sue Patrick’s Workbox System! I purchased the e-book on Friday, and I am starting tomorrow!
Elijah needs more structure than I offer. This system will really help me to provide the stable boundries that he craves.
Most schedule type systems don’t appeal to me because I am a very random kind of person. I don’t do much of anything in order, and I am extremely distractable. I forget things. I lose things. I drove my elementary teachers nutty (and a few even told me so!). But this system appeals to me. Not only will it provide some structure, it also keeps things fresh and fun! I can vary things day-to-day with very little effort. I have a bazillion other good reasons for doing this, but I will have to wait to share them all!
Here is a picture of our new schooling system. One cart. Twelve boxes.
So, what’s in the boxes for our first day?
#1- Draw Write Now book, paper, colored pencils, and pencil
#2- Pablo Picasso Artist Study
#3- All About Spelling
#4- Desert Animals Unit Study stuff including one book for me to read to Elijah, one book for him to read to me, a scorpion stained-glass picture to color, and three mini-books to work on
#5- Bible Memory Cross Card and timer
#6- Bible to read (post-it with page numbers)
#7- Money Lapbook to review
#8- Mad Libs Jr. (choose one to complete)
#9- Tangram Puzzles
#10- Rightstart Math (with mom)
#11- Number Writing Practice Strip, pencil
#12- Quadrilateral Sorting, scissors to cut cards apart
What did I need to set up?
~Sue’s book
~12 plastic shoeboxes (Target had for $1 a pop)
~1 cart (Target in an orange box in the laundry area for $15)
~velcro dots
~laminated forms (free downloads with book purchase) including numbers, a strip schedule, work with mom cards, I need help cards, and more
~a ring (for the strip schedule)
~post-it notes (to add directions to certain boxes – you can see my yellow post-its in the piccture)
~a timer (more on this later; I made up some clock cards I will share in another blog post, too)
I’ve also made a list of box ideas. That will be yet another blog post this week. Stay tuned!
Oh, and if you want to see other Workbox Systems in action…
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