Whether you have a dedicated classroom, or a small corner of a room, enhancing your homeschool area with "goodies" can help provide a more enriching, motivating and instructional experience. Over the years, I have employed a variety of resources to pep things up and I wanted to share some ideas. Before I present them, though, I wanted to reiterate from my Getting Started Homeschooling post that these things are not mandatory. Learning still happens regardless of whether you have a spiffy decked out room or not.
So onto the list. A few years back, I surveyed fellow members of one of my homeschooling groups and they/we came up with some great ideas:
- clock (regular or teaching)
- wall calendar display
- alphabet charts and strips (English, Arabic, Spanish, etc)
- counting charts, 100s charts, skip counting charts
- dry erase boards
- felt board
- reference posters (measurements, time tables, fractions....)
- shapes posters
- colors posters
- science posters such as a periodic table, skeleton diagram, planets chart or poster
- maps (US, world, state)
- social studies posters (such as branches of the government, important dates in history)
- word wall for sight/high frequency words
- student artwork, completed student projects
- inspirational quotes (for kids and mom/dad)
- progress charts
You can rotate items as students need them (for example, once math facts are mastered, remove that chart and replace with a new concept that needs to be mastered). You might add in items based on seasons or holidays.
What's on your walls?
Do you have items on your walls/in your study area that aren't listed? Please share in the comments to give others ideas!
