Home Organization
Ideas and resources for home organization for parents.
Fun Family Organizing
We're lucky that the tools for organizing a busy family have evolved with the pace of our active lives. From colorful and fun home calendar organizers to kid-tracking mobile phones and organizing software on your computer, explore these solutions for fun family organizing.
We're lucky that the tools for organizing a busy family have evolved with the pace of our active lives. From colorful and fun home calendar organizers to kid-tracking mobile phones and organizing software on your computer, explore these solutions for fun family organizing.
Family Organization Tips
It's amazing what you can accomplish with a folded sheet of paper from your printer tray. I learned this trick from my friend and mentor in school psychology. Instead of one daunting list of to-do's for the day, you break them into categories that seem much more manageable on the four pages of your folded sheet of paper.
It's amazing what you can accomplish with a folded sheet of paper from your printer tray. I learned this trick from my friend and mentor in school psychology. Instead of one daunting list of to-do's for the day, you break them into categories that seem much more manageable on the four pages of your folded sheet of paper.
Back to School - Getting Organized
Ideas to get through that first week with sanity and good temper intact.
Ideas to get through that first week with sanity and good temper intact.
Organizing the Homework Center
Get off to a good start at homework time in your house. Stock a homework center with these essentials to help your child stay focused and organized.
Get off to a good start at homework time in your house. Stock a homework center with these essentials to help your child stay focused and organized.
The Last Two Months of the School Year, or Parenting on Auto-Pilot
As the last two months of the school year approach, I am thankful for simple organizing structures to get through a time of school doldrums and the anticipation of summer.
As the last two months of the school year approach, I am thankful for simple organizing structures to get through a time of school doldrums and the anticipation of summer.
Conquering Clutter - The 4 Container Method
A strategy for gaining control of clutter from your About Guide to Housekeeeping.
A strategy for gaining control of clutter from your About Guide to Housekeeeping.
How to Organize a Kitchen Pantry
Print out this simple handout, take an afternoon, and then admire your organized kitchen pantry!
Print out this simple handout, take an afternoon, and then admire your organized kitchen pantry!
Organizing 101
Start here for a plan for organizing your home.
Start here for a plan for organizing your home.
Organizing for the Creative Person - About ADD
Tips for organizing your home from About's Guide to ADD.
Tips for organizing your home from About's Guide to ADD.
Storage Solutions for Living Areas
What every parent needs for an organized home.
What every parent needs for an organized home.
Storing Holiday Decorations
Ideas from About Interior Decorating for organized storage of all of your holiday decorations.
Ideas from About Interior Decorating for organized storage of all of your holiday decorations.
Top 3 Bulletin and Dry Erase Boards
Place a message board in a central location to post papers that have to be signed, school events, and daily reminders. Use a smaller dry erase board to teach your child during homework time.
Place a message board in a central location to post papers that have to be signed, school events, and daily reminders. Use a smaller dry erase board to teach your child during homework time.
Top 4 Desks for Kids
When buying a computer desk that will be used at homework time, look for one that positions the monitor away from the workspace and has a drawer for the keyboard.
When buying a computer desk that will be used at homework time, look for one that positions the monitor away from the workspace and has a drawer for the keyboard.
Top 3 Homework Supply Storage
A rolling storage box can be moved into a closet or pantry when homework is done.
A rolling storage box can be moved into a closet or pantry when homework is done.