5 Paper Organizing Tips for Moms Dealing with School Papers
File Box for Paper Organization
When kids go back to school, paper come home from school, lots and lots of paper. What can you do as a mom to bust paper piles and master paper organization? Well, let’s break this down by the different types of paper coming in with the following 5 paper organizing tips:
Paper Organizing Tip #1: Make sure the backpack is cleaned out on a regular basis to avoid important papers & invitations getting lost in the black hole. I wrote a whole blog post on backpack organizing tips if you would like to read further tips on this topic.
Paper Organizing Tip #2: Make sure kids have a place to store their homework that is separate from all other types of paper. This is a ‘homework only’ zone. I actually wrote 5 organizing tips for homework as well. I’ve been on a roll!
Stacking Tray for Homework Storage
Organizing Tip #3: Use a file box such a the one at the top of this blog post with a folder labeled “To Do’ for papers that come home that require some action on your part. This gives those papers a temporary home until you have time to take care of the ‘actions’ and prevents them from getting lost in a paper pile. No more paper piles-yeah! Examples of types of papers you may come across are forms that need to be filled out, registration forms for activities or sign ups for a volunteer position.
Organizing Tip #4: Use a file box with a folder labeled “To Read” for the newsletters, letters from the teacher and articles that come your way. When you use a folder it will be mobile so you can grab it and go to catch up on your reading when you know you’ll be sitting for a while at the doctor’s office, on a trip in the car or on a plane. Yeah, you’re going somewhere!
Organizing Tip #5: Create a “Household Hub Notebook” for upcoming event flyers and schedules. This is for all of the papers that end up in piles on the counter or all over the refrigerator: lunch menus, party invitations, sport’s schedules, snack schedules and phone lists. I think I will need to write a full blog post on how to make a household hub notebook so please watch for that one coming up.
Paper comes at us all the time and we need easy strategies to stay on top of it all and not have things slip through the cracks. For more organizing tips for back to school, please keep reading here. 
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