DNAinfo.com: 6 Ways to Create Workspace for Your Kids in a Tiny Apartment
Maeve shares tips on how to create #workspace for kids in a tiny apartment.
As school starts, many families are organizing their homes to get kids ready for back to school. Maeve shares top tips with DNAinfo.com as featured in 6 Ways to Create Workspace for Your Kids in a Tiny Apartment:
2. Keep it simple
All you need to start with is paper, pens, markers and a few other supplies, along with a good chair and a clean, clear surface, said Maeve Richmond, founder of the New York City-based Maeve's Method, a do-it-yourself home organizing company.
"Kids need just a few simple things to help keep them grounded when headed off to school," said Richmond, who was a student teacher at The Children's School in Stamford, Connecticut.
As they bring artwork, schoolwork, books and projects home, children need a space to get things done, but organizing experts agree that it helps to avoid overstocking the workspace or providing too much storage space that will eventually get filled and become hard to clean. #organizing
6. Get a cubby space
Especially if you have multiple kids, it's helpful to have a cubby space at home like the one they may have at school, ideally in the front hall, said Richmond.
This is where kids can put their things, like sports equipment and bags, which are unrelated to schoolwork.
The cubby gives kids a sense of their own space and reduces distractions around the homework area, so "things are not dropped into the middle of the floor, trailing into the house," she said. #cubbiesforkids
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