1. Organizing Your Kids and Your Life
SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE
Organizing Your Kids and Your Life
Simply Organized

2. GOALS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY:
Spend less time looking for keys, homework, receipts, etc.
1. FREE UP YOUR TIME
Everything has a home
2. FIND WHAT YOU NEED WHEN YOU NEED IT
Physical clutter = emotional clutter
3. STRESS LESS
Without spending your time searching and stressing over stuff, you can do what you love with your loved ones.
4.SPEND TIME DOING WHAT YOU LOVE

3. DECLUTTER ANY SPACE Sort all like items Purge: toss, donate or sell
Make a home for everything
Creative Use of Space:
backs of doors
inside cabinets
under bed (out of season clothes, shoes, etc.)

4. Before

5. Sort

6. Like with Like

7. Donate

8. after

9. CREATE A SYSTEM Drop Zone for family: Mail: Toss junk immediately
Everyone has a bin, basket or drawer and hook for backpacks, coats and keys
Night before = everything gets placed in drop zone
Good place for a calendar
Mail: Toss junk immediately
Bills: weekly
Files: Pending, Action, To file (put on calendar)

10. Mudroom

11. Mail and Action file

12. TIME MANAGEMENT Set attainable goals and prioritize them
Use a calendar and block off drive time and “get done by” time (ex. Taxes)
Stop procrastinating:
Set a timer do 20 minutes at a time
Start with most difficult
One task at a time and complete
Multi-tasking (if you must: one physical and one mental at a time)
Learn to say NO

13. Time Management (continued)
Routine:
Dinner time, homework time, bedtime (set out clothes night before)
Set up carpools
Errands:
Get them done on your way to and from appointments (always have a list with you)
Cooking:
Weekly meal plan and grocery list
Cook several meals and freeze
Prep night before (lunches and breakfast)
Let kids help

14. School shopping clothes and supplies
First day of school = August 6th
Before August 1st:
Try on clothes for Fall/Winter and make list of what to buy
Look at supply list and go though house collecting any supplies you may already have – whatever you do not – make list of what to buy

15. Supply list (http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/site)
BIG CREEK SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST
First Grade
Crayons 24 count (2)
#2 pencils
Large pink pencil erasers (2 pack)
Pencil top erasers
Glue sticks – Jumbo size – (12 pack)
White school glue – 1 bottle
Child safety scissors
Washable markers
Dry Erase Markers – (Black only, low odor please)
Regular plastic supply box
Black and White marbled composition notebooks (2)
Plain pocket folder (Vinyl - one red, one yellow, one blue)
Highlighters
Index cards
Book bag (no rolling ones please)
Sanitizing wipes and Tissues
Ziploc Bags (Boys- Gallon Sized, Girls- Sandwich Sized)
                    Big Creek customized agenda ($10-available at Open House)

16. Kids Homework
 1. Every school subject should have a color coded folder.
2. All “to-do” work should be kept on left side of folder and when it’s completed it gets moved to the right side.
3. Once a week, clean out the backpack and make sure all folders are cleaned out. (Sunday evenings are a good time for this)

17. Chore chart (http://www. thirtyhandmadedays

18. Websites and Apps:
Unroll.me (unsubscribe to all sites or get one e- mail per day)
Carbonite.com (back up computer)
ntable_chore_chart/
Doctors on Demand APP
Groove Book
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19. Favorite Products
Real Simply hanging storage pockets (Bed Bath and Beyond)
Space Bags ( or most retail stores)
RE Stack and carry (Target)
Zip lock bags

20. Hanging organizer

21. Chore Chart

22. “Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it” – Ferris Bueller

23. Thank you!