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Get it Together with a Locker Organizer!

admin — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:11:47 +0000

You cringe every time you open your locker door – think it might be time for a locker organizer? No one can carry all those books in their backpacks, so we need to go to our lockers periodically to switch our textbooks. However, when you open your locker and all you see is a jumbled mess of books, pens, notebooks, gym sweats, shoes, and random notes – how do you find what you need in the 5 minutes you have between classes? This is why you need an organizer for your locker to keep it clean, and to use the shelf space to organize your belongings.

Taking Advantage of the Extra Shelf with a Locker Divider

Most locker organizers can be put horizontally right in the middle of your locker. Having a long deep locker gives you no advantage when everything is just piled up on the floor. When you have an extra shelf, you can put your books and notebooks on the top shelf. In addition, now the bottom shelf can be saved for your larger things, such as gyms shoes, a basketball, and your clothes. If your locker is long enough, you can get another locker divider so you have 3 shelves to use.

Other Locker Organizer Supplies

You can also get some magnets that can stick to the inside of your locker. You can hang import notes or schedules up that way. Right when you open your locker, you’ll be able to see what you need to do that day and also check if you have forgotten to do anything.

A Pouch to Put all Your Papers

On the back of your locker door, you can also hang a pouch with several pockets. You can put pens or rulers, anything that won’t fit anywhere else. Most importantly, you can put important papers and reports that you need to submit.. With it hanging on the back of your locker, your assignments will be hard to miss, and you won’t have to dig through different folders in your locker to look for them.

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A Kids Chore Chart to Keep your House Clean and your Kids Busy!

admin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:55:34 +0000

With a kids chore chart you can take that enthusiasm that children show when they watch what you do around the house and imitate your actions into a teaching game. If you are vacuuming the floor, they will want to try. If you are fixing dinner, they’ll want to help you cut up the vegetables. Some chores are too dangerous or difficult for children to do, but you don’t want to disappoint them. It’s good to start teaching them at a young age about responsibility and tasks, so this is a perfect opportunity for you to foster their habit of finishing chores as well as not leaving them out of any “activities” that they may be interested in.

A Simple Kids Chore Chart will Help them Learn

One simple chart that is easy to make can teach kids about responsibility and tasks. You make a grid that has 8 rows across, and 4 rows down. The first row is for TASKS, and the subsequent rows are the days of the week. Under Tasks, you can pick simple and easy tasks that the kids can do. For example, “Put toys away,” “Help wipe the table,” or “Feed the dog,” can all be simple daily chores that kids need to learn. Once they’ve done it for that day, a simple sticker in the correct box will help them feel a sense of reward.

Depending on the age of your kids using the sticker reward system can have some really amazing results. They’ll do almost anything to get that sticker!

Making the Charts fun

After awhile, kids may start to lose interest in the charts. You may want to change the chores around every week. It helps if the kids can treat the chart as game. You can add timers to each chore on the kids chore chart if you wish. You can also use music, or create “group chores” as well. At the end of the week, be sure to have a reward ready for your helpful kids.

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