In Our Small Space

Last year I wrote a post about our homeschooling area called The Little Table   and pretty much everything that I wrote there is the same this year. Our house is about 1200 square feet and with five of us humans and four critters it can get a bit crowded at times. We have three bedrooms and two baths.

The front bedroom is where both of our girls sleep and the rabbit lives. With all of their furniture and toys in there there isn't much room for schooling.

The smallest room belongs to our son and he does do some schooling in his room ... choosing to do his work on his bed instead of at his desk for reasons known only to him.

Our dining room area is just big enough to house our small table and a curio cabinet in the corner ... this is where the girls do most of their school work, sitting on opposite sides of the table often with me sitting between them so I can help both of them out. The dining area is connected to the kitchen so I am never too far from my coffee.

Our living room houses not only the TV, couches, and coffee table ... but also my desk, computer, and two cabinets for our homeschooling items. Sometimes we do our reading on the couch or gathered together in a circle on the floor. This is where we play educational games and hang out together while drawing in our nature journals. Often we must contend with dogs laying in the middle of our games while we're in this room.

We don't do much schooling in the master bedroom, though it has happened that the campers have been at the foot of the bed learning while I've been laid up with a migraine and didn't feel well enough to get up. The master bedroom/bathroom is also where the cat hangs out ... so, if we're learning in there she's often sprawled out on top of somebody's book.

We take advantage of outside as often as we can. Learning takes place at our patio table, at local parks and zoos, on nature walks, even in our yard. Living in Michigan can make a good portion of the year uncomfortable outside, which is why we take advantage of it as often as we can.

We still do the majority of our school work at our little table. So many good memories have happened right around that table no matter where we have lived over the years. And some years it was a different table (the original is currently in storage in my in laws basement until we can get it refinished) ... but always learning has happened around a little table where we eat our meals and come together as a family.

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