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Now that the workbox system has hit the homeschooling community in full-force, I love to see all the blog posts and photos of how the system works for various families. My friend Cassie was nice enough to share with me how the workbox system is set up in her house for her two children.
Cassie chose Itso Bins
from Target and IKEA shelves for her system. She says, "I like the Target boxes with the IKEA shelves because the two fit snugly together within one space, so there's no sliding sideways. The openings also allow for oversized items to fit in the bins without them tipping over."
On each of the boxes Cassie adhered three Velcro dots for the number, the "work with mom" tag and the number for the schedule strip. When her son gets a box, he puts the contents on his desk then puts all Velcro tags in the box and stacks it by the window. This keeps the tags from getting dinged and dented while "nesting" in a stack.
Cassie's schedule strips are color-coded for each child. Her daughter is almost three and Cassie states that it is a great way for Ellie to have number identification incorporated into her daily routine. And though her daughter is young, she totally understands how to use the workboxes. She knows to get her schedule strip, match the number to the box and get started on her work.
Now how cool are these cards? Using her digital scrapbooking skills, Cassie created custom schedule and clock-in cards.
What a great set-up! Thank you Cassie for sharing with us. :)
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