Felisberta’s Homeschool Room | 2023-24

Since Felisberta is homeschooled, I decided to dedicate a space for this purpose – her homeschool room. Felisberta has her own room, with all the materials she needs to work, allowing her to understand that when it’s time to work, we enter the room, close the door and concentrate on what we have to do.

Tip: I learned from my mother (who was a primary school teacher) – I put a visual sign on the door. When it is green she can leave the room. When it’s red she cannot. She already knows. 😊

However, this is also a room that contains many of her toys, it’s also a space to relax and have fun.

It is also worth highlighting that, in Homeschooling, learning does not only take place in the study room. She learns in all other areas of the house, as well as outside. It is a constant and continuous learning process. Children are like sponges and every time is a good time to acquire knowledge.

The room is organized into 6 spaces: the Reading Corner, the desk, the toy storage, the materials closet, the central carpet and the board and the exhibition spaces.

Felisberta loves this space. Whether it’s the “sofa” or the books she loves to explore, this corner is a success.

Here she has reading her time, where the babysitter or I read her a story, or she herself likes to get a book and explore it.

As you can see in the photo, Felisberta fell asleep with the book on her lap. I love it! 🥰

This is where we do school work, but also play.

For example, she loves doing her puzzles at the table.

Above the desk I installed 2 shelves with the materials she uses for school work. Everything is at hand, easy to access, without breaking concentration.

Also, on top of the shelves is the Arts Portfolio, where we keep this subject’s works. Some works are displayed for some time, and then placed on this cover, others go directly to the cover (Portfolio).

On this shelf I place the toys that she has used most frequently. They are at hand and whenever she wants, she just goes and gets them.

And, of course, we reinforce the importance of playing and, in the end, tidying up. She already knows. But, like any child, she tries from time to time not to tidy up. When she sees that we don’t fix it and that she has to do it, she can’t help but fix it. And that’s right away. We won’t move on to anything else until everything is sorted. It has been working very well. 😊

In this cabinet we store school materials that are not on the desk shelf, such as files, other toys, etc. Finally, all other materials that are not frequently used.

Felisberta also really likes the rug. It’s where she plays a lot, lies down, sits, whatever. She loves the space.

The board is used to work, and is circulated around the room, as needed.

Being a study room, visual information is important. We have 3 display boards:

• the Season of the Year tableau;
• the table of topics being learned (now it’s Christmas vocabulary);
• the exhibition board of Felisberta’s works. It is constantly changing.

I want to make it very clear that, for Homeschooling, having a study room is not mandatory.

However, anyone who has the possibility could consider this option.

For us it works beautifully. Felisberta has her own school workplace, which, in a way, replicates a classroom. She understands that, just as mommy has her workspace (office), she also has hers.