Work Boxes!

With the first week of juggling three cores over, I can honestly say, "YES! You can do three cores (or levels) at once!"

Since I find myself moving all around my main living area, I have found work boxes are the only way to keep everything from getting lost.

F's (7yo) work box.  She is still finishing up workbooks from LA 1, but has moved on to reading LA 2.

My work boxes are simply cheap plastic totes from Target.  I have one for each student's math and language arts workbooks, readers, and weekly 3-ring binder with additional worksheets inside.

In addition, I have one box that holds the IGs and the scheduled books for both reading/history and science.  The box with the purple and blue tape in the lower right is for Level 1 (Intro to World History and Science 1).  Each kid got to choose a tape color to identify the box because I knew they would never agree on one color.  I can say, "F (or D) go get the blue and purple box, please," and they will know exactly which one I mean.  The box right above it holds the reading/history for Level 4.  This has been so great for our crazy, go-with-the-flow style of learning.  Not only can I send a child to fetch a box and bring it downstairs to me while I nurse the baby, we can just head outside...

William Wilberforce (Level 4 Week 1) and water experiment (Level 1 Week 1)

...and enjoy the last nice days of summer.