{"id":1741,"date":"2013-09-27T06:30:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T13:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2013-09-19T08:32:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T15:32:27","slug":"homeschooling-without-a-schoolroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/2013\/09\/27\/homeschooling-without-a-schoolroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeschooling without a Schoolroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a post from contributing writer\u00a0Melissa Corkum<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

We have 6 kids and a pretty traditional\u00a0three-bedroom house.\u00a0 There is no family room, den, or great room.\u00a0 Therefore, there is also no schoolroom.\u00a0 While I love to ogle over others\u2019 schoolroom blog posts and Pinterest boards, the separate schoolroom thing just isn\u2019t going to happen in my house.\u00a0\u00a0So what do you do if you are schooling 6 kids without a schoolroom?<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Think outside the box for storage.\u00a0<\/strong>Last year, I turned our front hallway coat closet into a homeschool and toy storage closet.\u00a0 Coats, shoes, and backpacks moved to a better-for-traffic-flow place in our living room.\u00a0 I use part of our dining room buffet-hutch along with a small\u00a0storage tower tucked away in the corner\u00a0to store miscellaneous supplies.\u00a0 Organization and having a \u201chome\u201d for everything will keep homeschool clutter from taking over your house.<\/p>\n

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2. Be flexible with workspace.\u00a0<\/strong>Unless a child requires my help, he is allowed to do work wherever he\u2019s comfortable.\u00a0 Both the boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 rooms in our home have a foldout desk.\u00a0 I was even able to fit the boys\u2019 desk in a closet so it can really hideaway.\u00a0 Our kids school at the dining room table if they need my help.\u00a0 Otherwise you can find them\u00a0on the sofa, at the coffee table, laid out on the floor, at the kitchen island, outside at our picnic table, and sometimes even at a desk.\u00a0 We also use field trips liberally.\u00a0 Who says homeschool needs to even happen at home?<\/p>\n

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3. Choose curriculum wisely.\u00a0<\/strong>We do not have room to store workbooks and a lot of consumables for 6 kids.\u00a0 Fortunately, our curriculum does not require a lot of consumables or paper.\u00a0 It also allows me to use the same materials to teach across multiple age ranges.<\/p>\n

4. Use your library.\u00a0<\/strong>Why store oodles of books in space you don\u2019t really have when the library will do it for free and keep them all meticulously organized?\u00a0 While our public library does not always have every book I wish we could use, it has enough for all the topics we tackle.\u00a0 Additionally, libraries often offer study space which is a great option when you can\u2019t find your dining room table or need to get out of your house.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re schooling without a schoolroom, what has worked for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Melissa is a photography-dabbling, veggie-loving, housework-hating, triathlon-trying, homeschooling, black belt-seeking, grace-needing mom to 6 kids ages 6 to 15.\u00a0 She blogs about adoption, homeschooling, and life at\u00a0The Cork Board<\/a>. You can find Melissa onFacebook<\/a>,\u00a0Pinterest<\/a>,\u00a0Flickr<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is a post from contributing writer\u00a0Melissa Corkum. We have 6 kids and a pretty traditional\u00a0three-bedroom house.\u00a0 There is no family room, den, or great room.\u00a0 Therefore, there is also no schoolroom.\u00a0 While I love to ogle over others\u2019 schoolroom blog posts and Pinterest boards, the separate schoolroom thing just isn\u2019t going to happen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,78,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-informative","category-organization","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1741"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1743,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions\/1743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arkansashomeschool.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}