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09/03/2006
Our Learning Room
The school of Christ is the school of charity. In the last day, when the general examination takes place, there will be no question at all on the text of Aristotle, the aphorisms of Hippocrates, or the Paragraphs of Justinian. Charity will be the whole syllabus. -Saint Robert Bellamine
"Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon Heaven, the only one goal of our labors." -St Therese of Lisieux
Those two quotes were taken from CHC Third Grade Lesson Plans.
In the past years we did our schooling in the kitchen. Since we only have four bedrooms and no living room, we had to make do with the kitchen and the adjacent hall. This fall, now that Etienne is gone to college, Samuel was able to move downstairs with Alexandre.
We thus decided that we could finally have a learning room. True to myself, I had to try three different rooms before I was satisfied. I can just imagine my older children, who are away from home, nodding and laughing as they read this. They know me too well! I do move everyone around on a regular basis. It’s just the way I am…
We now have a learning room/sewing room/Seth's bedroom. Since Maxime and Ambroise share a room, which is also the playroom, having Seth in there would have left very little space for play. So to accommodate Seth we have a folded futon in the learning room that becomes a nice little reading spot during the day.
To keep cluster away this room only contains what we use on a daily basic. We have books in a big bookshelf in the hall and in six more huge bookshelves downstairs. The art and crafts supply are in the laundry room.
Let me show you around. You can click on each picture to get a better view.
The desk on the right is also my sewing table. My serger and sewing machine are underneath covered with quilted fabric.
On the right of the white eraser board are two weekly post-it calendars that I will use to post daily chores. As they do there daily chores the children will move their posts-it to the following day.
On the coffee table are baskets of school books for the four youngest boys.
This bookshelve holds Ambroise’s material and various math manipulative. On the shelves are some photo albums that I bought on clearance. I use them as compact activity centers for Ambroise. On the left of the bookshelves is a cabinet that holds various things I use to make Montessori trays for Ambroise. I'll post more about these later. Sitting in a wire basket are some small photo albums with CHC Litlle Stories for Little Folks booklets, a number book and a homemade first bible story book in the making.
Here is Ambroise sitting at his little desk using one of the albums mentionned above.
On top of this bookcase I keep some sewing notions. Underneath are school supplies such as staplers, pencils, gel pens, colored pencils, and such. At the very end of that shelf is a sweet box decorated with the Brambly Hedge Mice, which holds our FIAR story disks. The third shelve holds my teacher’s book and the current Catholic Mosaic books. Then there are some baskets that are ready to be used as needed. Alexandre's schoolbooks are on the bottom shelve. Elizabeth works in her own room.
The littlest ones can spread little rugs on the floor to work on.
I have still to find a place for our Catechism of the Good Shepherd material. I know it will keep changing as we work and pray in our little learning room.
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This is sooo beautiful! I am eager to know about the books you made for Ambroise! They beg to be touched! Please tell me more! I wish I could come over and learn too...I'll bring the chocolate ;o)
Thank you so very much for sharing!!
Posted by: Donna Marie | 09/03/2006
Louise,
I am in awe! What perfect organization in such a lovely set-up.
Posted by: Cay in La. | 09/04/2006
Fantastic! I want to know about those books, too! They look incredible!
Posted by: Theresa | 09/04/2006
Thanks for the wonderful inspiration--I can see the need now for some re-vamping of my own learning area!
Posted by: Sherry | 09/04/2006
Would you mind sharing a little more about "what" is inside the activity albums, they are lovely and so creative. Thanks for sharing your learning space today!! Blessings!
Posted by: Meredith | 09/04/2006
Louise, I love your learning space ~ it is just beautiful! It looks so neat and so comfortable (and comforting!) I love the shades of blue and all the baskets. :) By the way, we have that same print of St. Francis (from RFK Jr.s' book I think?) - it needs to be re-hung in our learning room! :) Thank you for the tour!
Posted by: Dawn | 09/04/2006
Thank you so much everyone for your kind comments. I will post more about the albums sometime soon.
Donna Marie you are most welcome to come with your beautiful family even without the chocolate, although that would be nice too!
Posted by: Louise | 09/04/2006
And Theresa you can come too! You're not that far away.... who knows maybe some day...
Posted by: Louise | 09/04/2006
Very lovely and welcoming --- a true inspiration to someone just starting out on the family and home learning adventure! God bless you!!!
Posted by: Kristin | 09/04/2006
What a lovely learning space. :-)
Blessings,
Krisann
Posted by: Krisann | 09/05/2006