Time to empty the file box!

If you're child has been storing his/her schoolwork in the file box, it's just about time to start sorting through the papers. For many schools finals are next month.

Before starting the purging process, get some post it's ( super sticky) and large paperclips. Take out a file at a time. Sort through the papers by Chapter or topic. Clip the papers together and write the chapter title on the post it. Stack the chapters in a pile in the order the material was taught. You might want to divide the groups of chapters into sections or units.

I've known this to be very helpful for students who have final exams. The visual of clumping the work into manageable piles relieves some of the anxiety and stress that most students feel at the end of the year.

Confused

I have a question/blog post request. In your book, you said that kids who work at the kitchen table should have some sort of mesh bag to carry their supplies in. Could you post a picture of what you had in mind and tell where you can get the bags, I think they could be extremely useful.