How do I organize a desk for elementary students?
The most important goal when you try to get children organized should be to make the result as fun, easy and practical as possible. You must allow for a certain amount of disorganization because they are kids, after all. But in an elementary school classroom, you can teach life skills to students as you help them organize their desks.PlanningCleaning out the desks is the first step. Put like items together and see what categories or groups emerge. Students can help with this stage by offering suggestions. One way to stress the importance of organization is to have them list the most frequently lost items in their desks. Some ideas could lead you to solutions. Keep in mind the issues that come up: for instance, if several students say they can’t fit all their art supplies in their art boxes or that they keep losing their pencils in the backs of their desks.FoldersFolders are crucial to keeping kids organized. Have students keep loose-leaf paper in folders instead of jammed in the corner
