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No matter how old your child is, day to day organization can make back to school, and in fact every school day, a lot easier for everyone to get through. As the back to school season is upon us, here are my top 12 quick, easy to implement back to school organization tips to try. And if you need more help getting your home or family (or both) organized for the new school year, the Just Organized by Taya professional organizer team is just a phone call or email away.
Brainstorm outfits for every day of the week, then arrange them in a closet organizer.
If your closet organizer has more than five pockets, put the week’s shoes in the sixth.
Smart stock your pantry and then let kids mix and match to create their own school lunch.
Keeping three bins stocked in your pantry is a good idea. One should have stuff like pretzels, trail mix, and granola bars; another should contain fruit cups and applesauce; and the third should contain nutritious treats.
Then, to keep their lunches balanced, let them choose one item from each bin. You only have to worry about the “main dish” because they get to choose what else they want to eat.
Stock up your freezer with family-friendly freezer meals
Once or twice a month, commit to cooking 10–15 freezer meals.
You’ll feed your family healthy, prepared meals without rushing through the dreaded pre-dinner hour, when everyone needs help, the kids are irritable, and you’re juggling everything while trying to figure out a last-minute dinner plan.
With a bathroom organizer, you can make your morning routines easier.
Rather than listening to your frantic children scream, “Where is my hairbrush?! “Did you take my hairbrush?” put everything in morning supply bathroom caddies that kids can store in their rooms and grab on their way to the restroom. There will be no fighting. There’s no need for anyone to get panicked. Everything is in one place. Boom.
Pack sports equipment in a trunk organizer at the start of every week.
Let’s face it, the family car resembles a fully loaded taxi. Pack an organizer in your trunk every weekend before your busy daily schedule begins to declutter and save yourself a week of hunting for sports equipment at the last minute.
Carry a kit full of school supplies in your car for any last-minute homework help.
Be prepared with a glue stick to reattach a photo that has fallen off your child’s science project poster board, or an extra pen to prevent hurriedly searching for one when your kid pulls out that unsigned field trip form while waiting in line.
Ideas for items to put in your kit:
- Pens
- Pencils
- Pencil Sharpener
- Glue Stick
- Scissors
- Hand Wipes
- Hand Sanitizer
- Kleenex
- Non-Perishable Snacks
Create a front door drop-off point for backpacks, books, and schoolwork.
When the kids walk in the door, you should already have school organization ready for them. Create a place for your children’s backpacks, lunch boxes, and other school supplies that they can’t miss as they careen in from school.
Use a large dry-erase wall calendar to keep track of family activities.
Color-code activities for each family member to make your dry erase calendar easier to read.
Put each child’s schoolwork into a special separate bin, and sort through it at the end of the semester.
More bins are needed! After all, this is about school organization. Sort through all of the papers in your kids homework bin at the end of the semester. Make a decision about what you want to keep, scrapbook, or recycle.
Take pictures of art and craft creations and create a photo book.
Instead of feeling compelled to keep everything, photograph your children’s artwork to include in a photo book you can create and print at the end of the school year.
Keep library books in their own designated book box.
You can go bin or tub on this one. Heck, even a handled storage basket would be pretty cute.
Hang a wall file organizer with a slot for each family member.
Go through your child’s take-home folder (or ask them to!) when they arrive home from school and file papers in the appropriate family member’s file. Mom and Dad’s slot holds permission slips and event flyers, while your child’s holds schoolwork and projects.
Then, when you have a quiet opportunity to focus, you can each check your file.
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