Workspace of the Week: Primary perfection

by Erin Doland on Jul 22, 2011

This week’s Workspace of the Week is Emu582′s super-mega-organized elementary school classroom:

Holy orderly, Batman! Emu582′s use of clear plastic storage bins in the classroom play area and on the resource shelves is impressive. Students and teacher can see what is inside each box, so retrieval is simple. Thank you, Emu582, for submitting these amazing images to our Flickr pool.

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8 comments posted

  1. Posted by Another Deb - 07/22/2011

    Drooling! My science classroom has great storage but the doors (about 30 of them) are wooden and I have trouble remembering what is inside without unlocking them. This picture gave me the idea to photograph the inside and attach a little thumbnail image to the outside of the cabinet.

  2. Posted by mskris - 07/22/2011

    Great! I’ve done this in my dd’s room, but the trick is getting her to put things back instead of leaving them strewn about the floor!

  3. Posted by DivaJean - 07/22/2011

    I also like that the size of the clear boxes is appropriate to the items with not a lot of wasted “air space” in the boxes.

    Great job!

  4. Posted by Jessiejack - 07/22/2011

    Lovely! – How do you manage clean up?

  5. Posted by Zac Hunter - 07/22/2011

    Just about to do the same thing to a messy wall of architectural samples. I will have to take before and after shots!

  6. Posted by Katharine - 07/23/2011

    Does this level of organization stifle the creativity of kids? It looks great, but do kids get to mix, match and experiment with different items, textures, etc.?

  7. Posted by Another Deb - 07/23/2011

    I believe I spotted a box full of old postage stamps. Cool! That’s one example of letting the kids classify items by characteristics. They can invent countless criteria for classifying these simple items (always a nice organizational skill as well as a scientific skill). Plus, they learn more history, geography and math!

  8. Posted by barb - 07/23/2011

    another idea that we use in preschool is to label each box. In fact we label almost everything! It really creates a literacy rich environment!

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