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I WISH we had an extra room that we could dedicate to homeschooling. Unfortunately, we don't. What that means is I have to get creative with space that we do have. I've spread out our homeschooling areas to couple small spaces in our home, I like to think of these small spaces as learning nooks (or even learning corners!) I'd love to give you a quick tour of what our homeshool nooks look like!
This is our main learning space. We have an open floorplan downstairs and this spot is sitting directly behind the dining room table (seriously, if I would have moved the camera just an inch to the right, you'd see our table). Since I am working in a tight spot, I chose to keep furniture white and and bright to keep it airy and inviting :-) Here's some of the things you see in this spot:
- Ikea Trofast Cabinet
- Two Ikea Lack side tables (we use them aslittle desks!)
- Lakeshore Learning Double Sided Tabletop Easel
- Various decor (corkboard, calendar pictures, baskets/trays, etc.)
On the right of the cabinet is a basket with all of our animal figurines. These are one of my favorite home preschool supplies! They're kept out all the time :-)
That sums up our main learning nook. Here's just a couple more:
This is the living room nook. It consists of our art wall, alphabet chart, and the reading corner.
Love that big ABC chart!
We also have a small play nook under the stairs where the boys' toys are stored. Since it's mostly a play area, I didn't include it in this tour. Other learning spaces in our house include the side of the refrigerator with these leapfrog magnets, gear magnets, and even Magna-Tiles! A metal door also makes a great place to use these!
Since we are small on usable space, I don't put all our learning supplies (games, art supplies, manipulatives, etc.) out at the same time. They are stored in closets, behind cabinets, and in the garage. This saves us tons of usable space inside the house! Other great small space supplies include a rolling cart like this one, A small sling bookshelf like this (we have one in the boys' room), and our 3 way table top easel. It' great for art and displaying posters/books!
And that concludes our homeschool spaces tour! There's not a lot to it, but it's simplicity works to our advantage as we are able to keep things new by rotating supplies in the main schooling area. Are you schooling in a small space? Please share your tips with me below! Or join the community and share with others just like you!
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