This is not going to a spiritual uplifting post but a little more practical. From time to time I will make posts here regarding things that are working for us as a family and for homeschooling. This is one of those posts.
Towards the end of December, I always had to look for a new calendar for the kitchen. This calendar was the family calendar where everyone could see at a moment’s notice who had what, when, and where. I had to buy the big calendar with the 5 spaces for family members names (Travis and I shared a space). The spaces never seemed big enough and I had to buy a new one every year.
This year I have done something different. I can not take credit for this idea. I saw it in a Real Simple magazine. This is our new Family Control Center in the kitchen:
I spent the same amount of money on all the supplies for this as I do on a calendar every year (about $25.00). We love it so far. It does require some work up front and through the year but next year I will be set because I will everything from the year before. I am keeping the same color theme for 3 months at a time. I made up the little circles for events. As an event is scheduled, I write the time, person’s name and what they will be doing. I then pin the morning events to the left side of the square, the afternoon on the right side and the evening events at the bottom. Recently, when I took a trip I also wrote the flight # and the time on the circle. Travis was able to check at a moment’s notice as to when I was coming in. It also helped him throughout the week while I was gone to manage the things that the children were involved in. As you can see from the picture, I did not take into account the width of ribbon when figuring out the placement so Saturday ended up being the smallest block. It worked out okay for us because most of our stuff is during the week.
If you want directions and supply list, let me know.
