Homeschool Room

Setting up a study room is very important when you decide to homeschool.  In my experience, my children needed to identify a space where we would conduct our classes.  It doesn't have to resemble a traditional school, but I chose to do my best to make it look like one.  I use decor that isn't expensive.  I don't need to spend a large budget on this.  What matters is keeping the room organized. Over the past two years since we started homeschooling, I can't remember how many times I've reorganized our classroom.  One of the main reasons I do this is to break the boredom of looking at the same room. A new look adds excitement to our classes.  Classroom themes are also helpful when introducing new lessons to them.  It really takes time, but I enjoy doing these things for my children. I also have to admit I'm still not doing everything perfectly, as I have limited time and energy with many other tasks to accomplish aside from this.    

I will show you the latest look of our homeschool room.  This is also to document our homeschooling so that my children can look back at it after a few years.

This whiteboard was custom-made by our friend; he's our family carpenter.  This bulletin board has served this room for more than six years.  This one is really durable, and it has helped us a lot in our classes.  This classroom, which we used, also served as our former Bible School when my husband and I were involved in teaching there.  I decided to put themed borders on our whiteboard to improve its appearance.

Having a personal laptop, printer, scanner, and a good internet connection at home has been a huge help in creating my children's lessons.  Research is just at my fingertips.  I can easily layout worksheets and print them before our classes start.  There are plenty of ideas on the internet to make lessons more interactive and fun.  My children get bored easily, so I need to put in extra effort to make our lessons enjoyable for them.  Our classes often feel like play.  If we don't keep it engaging, we end up feeling disappointed.  It's part of our homeschooling routine to take breaks during classes.   

We are also blessed to have many books. My husband loved reading.  Some of these were personally purchased, while most were gifts.  I am not a bookworm; I read, but I'm not as good a reader as my husband.  We have many resources and want our children to love reading.  I decided to enhance their library to encourage them to read more.

Children love to display their work and receive appreciation.  Having their own bulletin board to showcase activities and projects encourages them to improve and strive for their best.  Whenever we have an activity or they decide to sit down at their workspace to create something, they are very excited to display it. I allow them to do this independently, which sometimes results in their bulletin looking overcrowded because they are reluctant to keep old work, especially their favorite projects.

We faced many challenges and tough decisions while homeschooling our children.  But I still loved the idea of choosing this path.  I know that parents who don't homeschool and follow the traditional schooling route have their own set of challenges - it's part of being a parent.  In every decision we face, we weigh the pros and cons.

  

Happy Homeschoolers....Life is Sweet!

How do you set up your own study room?