The first one I came up with totally on my own, and I'm rather proud of it. It is a lifesaver, argument preventer, and major task helper. I have grabbed it to bring along to doctor appointments, grandma's house, or just about anywhere that we want to do school on the go. This one item, along with my canvas Sonlight tote bag filled with a few books or worksheets, is all we need on the go. At home, it sits in the middle of the dining room table where anyone can reach it.
It's our supply caddy. (link is similar but not exactly the same as mine).Purchased from Walmart a year or so ago, I have also seen it (for more money) at Michael's. It is advertised as a scrapbooking caddy. It has held up to our abuse remarkably well and has no shortage of pockets, both flat and zippered, as well as internal elastic pockets which I use to corral the markers and colored pencils.
Without further ado:
On the side we store all of our scissors (plenty to do crafts with friends and no fighting over scissors!) and pencils.
On this side we keep all our dry erase markers and erasers. We use these alot for handwriting, clock practice, and for fun. We have several tablet sized dry erase boards, with and without lines, that fit right in the middle section of this caddy for on the go fun.
Elastic pouches inside each section corral markers and colored pencils so it's easy to grab the color you are looking for. On the other side there is room for glue and glue sticks, and it comes with a velcro pouch to hold erasers. Rulers go in the middle.
Math manipulatives like protractors and small rulers fit in here.
There is even a big zippered compartment for index cards, small post it notes, and card games.
My other favorite favorite homeschool help is workboxes. We just started using them this year, and it has transformed our homeschool. I just simply don't know how I coped before they came into the picture. Well, I know I was much less organized. Here is one quick picture of our workboxes. I will add more in another post:)
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