We love group lessons around our dining table, living room couches, or in a circle on the floor. We find many creative places to learn both indoors and out. But, we also appreciate having designated spots for our schoolwork time. Since moving into our new home, we've been trying to figure out the best place for all of this and we've finally found a solution that works.
Enter...our new school tables.
(flooring coming soon)
This area behind the couch used to be for the dollhouses, but they have found another happy home in the girls room.
The big kids have a table downstairs and the little ones have theirs upstairs in the playroom/schoolroom turned loft.
There's something about a new table that makes schoolwork even more enjoyable!
I love it when a project equals a new family activity or a place to capture children's attention. This one has done both!
(Hey, who's that little cutie squishing her way into the middle?!)
The older kids are also excited about this upstairs table because we sometimes use DVDs or online resources for lessons where they take notes. Since the table faces the TV, it should be very convenient for this! (I should point out that we don't have cable television and our use of the TV is specifically for resources that encourage us or enhance learning. We like to be sure that what we take in through the screen is useful and beneficial. That said, we watch less and less all the time as we consider what is actually a benefit to our family through the TV. Still, we do value this as a resource.)
(Elka...always embroidering something.)
Thank you to the handy men in our lives for building us these new school tables!
I have a feeling they will be very well loved!
"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men."
Colossians 3:23