Back to school means back to trying to keep your kid’s bedroom organized. Here are two quick tips I found work best to organize and maintain your kid’s spaces:
Activities and Zones:
It’s helpful to think about your kids space in terms of activities and zones. Think about what types of activities your child participates in on a daily basis. For example toddlers play with games, participate in some organized sports and may like coloring. All of those activities have associated equipment: game pieces, soccer cleats and crayons. Separate the items in your childs room by activity, then ultimately create zones that house one or more activity. For example, a reading and craft area can be zone that holds crayons, board games and books.
As your child grows older continue to organize based on their updated activities. A toddler girls baby dolls may give way to a dollhouse to Barbies to dress-up to lip gloss to make-up (trust me I have witnessed this transition up close!) Each of those activities will change the look and perhaps the organizing needs of each zone.
Organize
It can be a daunting undertaking to organize your kids bedroom. Take it one section at a time. I always start on the left side of the room and work my way around to the right side. I encourage you to empty each space, then sort :trash, keep, or storage (storage can be within the room or in another space in your home). Arrange the keep piles based on the activities we talked about earlier.
Once the sort is complete, combine piles of similar and related activities. Then create your zones. Determine where each zone works best given the room. The teen make-up zone might need good lighting, make sure it is near a window. The sports equipment zone may take up a large amount of real estate, make sure you give it a large enough space.
Once the zones are established, space requirements are assessed, and activity piles are combined, load the items into the zones. Try to keep in mind how your child uses the item. More frequently used items, in the front and reachable. Items which are rarely used in higher and harder to reach spaces
Breaking it down into these achievable steps makes the project less daunting with fewer headaches along the way. Now if only the rest of motherhood could be that easy!
