In some parts of the United States school is already in session. Where I live it is just under two weeks before my children return to school. One of the benefits to having children in middle and high school is that I notice the amount of papers that come into the home is drastically reduced.
However I remember the old days when they were younger and it seemed like paper was going to overtake our home. So I established a system early on that has worked really well with school papers.
Every school year I buy a new 3-ring binder for each of my children. I label it with their name and grade. Then I fill their binders with clear page protectors. As papers begin trickling in, I immediately toss what I know I don’t want to keep.
I do realize that for some parents it is difficult to throw away their child’s papers. I learned to do it when my children weren’t around and to make sure they weren’t on top of the garbage.
If you really can’t part with the papers then I recommend getting a box and filling the box with the papers. At the end of the semester or school year you could go through the box and have your child pick out the papers they want to keep.
I like to keep this system going throughout the school year, however. I’m not one to wait until the end. So I toss what I don’t want and what I do want, I immediately put into their binder. This system has cut down on paper piles drastically. Plus everything is immediately organized.
The other benefit to this type of binder system for school papers is that my children can pull out a binder from any school year and look at what they learned and what they did. They really do enjoy looking back over the years and seeing the changes. They end up being great memory keepers.
So if you are looking for a way to get a handle on those school papers, try a binder system. If you have other ideas on how to organize school papers then please share.
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