No no not camping.
Last Spring I had this idea (or really stole this idea from a Martha Stewart book) for Homework Centers for the boys. See they always bug each other at the table and/or mess around.   My friend asked me about them and I SWORE I blogged it then but apprently I hadn't.  Bad bad blogger but HEY it's back to school time.  What better time to get it out there for my peeps (or others peeps...LOL). 
So off I was to gather my supplies......
Duct tape (in red and blue), HUGE rubber bands (multicolors), binder clips, index card boxes, and a display board.
Then I cut the huge display board in half cause really it doesn't need to be THAT big.  Look at that cute little paring knife - IN PINK - of course. 
Then I took the duct tape and covered the cut edges.  Looks nice huh.  Randomly add the large rubber bands.  They make great paper holders.   I even used two to hold the index card boxes on the board.  Here they can put pencials and what not handy.  Throw a couple of the binder clips along the top and viola!  There you have it.  A wonderful homework center.
Don't they look excited to get started on thier homework?  Yeah they don't fool me either.

 
 

 









4 comments:
Cute idea!
Thanks so much for visiting me on my special day…I could hardly sleep last night I was so excited!
Lee :)
Oh My! That is amazing! Maybe only a teacher could get so excited about a homework center... *I really try to have a life* I love it so much I'm going to put one together to share at with my first grade parents at curriculum night next week!!!
I LOVE this idea. I found you from tip junkie! Just yesterday I had to banish my kids to different rooms to do their homework, but then I was going like a ping pong between rooms!! This is a GREAT solution. Thanks so much for the tip!
I LOVE this idea. I was so excited about it that I went and bought all the supplies as soon as I saw it. I was surprised at how quickly it all went together, and my girls love them. Thank you for such a great idea. I'm going to post mine on my blog and link back to you since you were my inspiration. Thank you.
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