Is creating a homeschool for you? Has the size of your home stopped you? Teaching our children via home education has many benefits, including flexibility, safer learning environments, and the creation of closer family bonds. But, what if you’ve got your eye on homeschooling, yet feel like your current house could never manage the task?
It’s easy to do a quick Pinterest search for ‘homeschool rooms’ and imagine that you need a big house to dedicate to this cause. In reality, though, there are plenty of ways to make room for homeschooling in even a small property. Keep on reading to find out what they are.
1 TURN TO MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPACES
Rather than needing a dedicated homeschooling room, it’s worth turning to the multifunctional usage of areas like your dining or living room if you live in a smaller property.
Of course, you do need to encourage learning in this space, so it’s worth avoiding doing work in distracting areas of the house. Still, there’s nothing to say that you can’t transform your dining table into a learning space during the day. Equally, if you have a spare corner in your living room, then you could provide a multifunctional homeschool room that benefits from 3 seater sofas and a naturally relaxing setup.
Simply think about where you reasonably have space to make homeschooling work, and which room is best for accommodating things like homeschool storage and productive lessons.
2 MERGE HOMESCHOOL MATERIALS WITH HOUSEHOLD DECOR
Homeschool materials like a blackboard or your finished worksheets will only become cumbersome if they sit at odds with the rest of your home decor, especially in a multifunctional space. So, overcome this risk, and the cluttered feeling that can come with it, by merging homeschool materials with household decor wherever possible.
Steps like painting a feature wall using blackboard paint can be especially fun for this, as you can easily get stuck into the day’s lessons/drawings, etc., and then just wipe it down for a plain black wall in the evening. Alternatively, investing in options like these multi-storage picture frames can see you easily displaying the day’s work, or your latest projects, in a way that turns them into decor features in their own right.
3 PRIORITIZE HIDDEN HOMESCHOOL STORAGE
While you don’t need an excess of homeschool supplies, things like empty homeschool worksheets, pens, and craft supplies can very quickly overwhelm a small room. That’s not to say there’s no place for them in your home, but simply that you’ll want to prioritize hidden homeschool storage that allows you to easily pack away at the end of the day.
Options like chest benches are great for this, as they provide compact seating in a small space, while also storing an excess of supplies out of sight. Equally, built-in storage cupboards can be a great, invisible way to fit in all of the homeschool supplies you need and keep them organized rand eady for the next day.
Do you need a huge home to make homeschooling work? Absolutely not! You simply need these top tips to squeeze your homeschooling setup into a smaller space.
