Kids Workspace

My girls love to work at their desks, and the littlest sister likes to sit on the desk and be in the middle of everything! I found one desk at a garage sale here in town that they hold twice a year and the other at a consignment shop nearby. I paid $15 for one and $50 for the other. They are Step2 desks and are very sturdy. I love the organization they have and that the chair is the right height for them and has a back. For handwriting I prefer them sit in the desk, but we don't do all our work in it. I like to sit outside and do work, or laying on the floor. Even as a public school teacher I said as long as they are learned and doing their best, I don't care where they do their work! If "Johnny" needs to stand and do work with he hops on one foot, and he gets it down and it neat and correct, I am fine with that. Some kids need to move around and not just sit all day and be quiet! I think that with doing school with distractions like little sister and such, they learn focus and that even though there might be distractions around, you can still get work done. Many a student that was in my class had a hard time with that. It's hard as a teacher to keep everyone from talking or to not bother others when working. So sometimes you had to group them to decrease that distracting factor and to separate the easily distracted from the kids who could talk, work and get it done correctly! 

Sometimes we work at the kitchen table and sometimes even at the bar. We like doing the Cuisinart rods on the bar so baby sister can't reach them and mess up our work before we finish! Most of the time they sit side by side, by having the desks face each other can keep littler sister from looking at big sisters answers on some projects. I am blessed that get along so good together and put up with baby sisters antics. She loves to steal supplies and work too!