Back-to-School Series: Creating a Homework Station

Today we'll be tackling the dreaded "H" word......homework!

 

Now, I know some of you mommas out there have battles over making your child actually DO their homework. Sorry, no tips on that today....I'm not a miracle worker! :) But whether your family does homework in the car, at a desk, or on the kitchen table, it's important to be organizing by having a few supplies on hand.

If you need a mobile homework station, I highly recommend a homework caddy. This can be made from a simple utensil caddy plus some soup cans or mason jars, whatever you have on hand really. And of course, you need some extra school supplies - pencils, markers, crayons, tape, glue, and scissors should cover it.

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I love the idea of a homework caddy so much that I made one for a client earlier this year! She has a cabinet in her kitchen island that is designated to homework. I grabbed this silver mesh caddy off Amazon, and voila! A caddy and a homework station.

Now whereas a homework caddy can be moved easily from room to room, so can a rolling cart! I love this IKEA hack, and how it holds not only homework supplies but crafting supplies as well.

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And if you're one of those parents who has multiple kids with multiple after-school activities, you may be doing homework in the car some days. (Been there, done that.....it's not ideal but sometimes it's necessary.) If this is the case, I suggest checking out your local Dollar Store for a utensil organizer and a document box. Once you fill it with extra school supplies, you have a homework station for your car! A clipboard or two can't hurt as well, to give your children a hard surface to write on.

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 Once your child gets older, they/you may want their homework station to be in their room. They might need more room to spread out, or just a quiet area to be able to concentrate. If that's the case, they will need a desk or tabletop surface, as well as school supplies and a comfy seat.

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I'm sure you're wondering where MY kids do their homework every day!! Well, we are lucky enough to have a sunroom in our house that was previously unused, so we turned it into a craft room. This room holds the kids' craft table (shown below), my scrapbook table, and my computer desk/office.

Each child has their own utensil cup with pencils, scissors, etc. And then 3 shared buckets for markers, crayons, and colored pencils.

 

Let me know which homework station is your favorite, and if you have one in your home!