#ilovecolorfulthings {who's book is who's}

This hashtag is SO true and has been true my whole life! No wonder I majored in Art ;)

With homeschool a whole different kind of organization is needed and the possibilities are endless! There are so many fun craft ideas and materials out there now it's hard to even pic. For organizing our consumable books (last year we used Washi tape) we put cute tape on the covers so we could quickly distinguish who's book was who's. I have noticed with homeschool materials that the number or level of the book does not always correspond with the grade your child is in. So with the tape on the covers it is easy to see who's book is who's. And if you have two children doing the same book, also common with homeschool, you can easily tell who's book is who's.

This year I made one slight change...we used duck tape. It is much stronger and luckily comes in many fun colors and patterns for both girls and boys. The Washi tape didn't hold up well through the whole year.

In our house {school} after they tape all of their books the rest of the roll is theirs to use how they wish. Let the creativity begin!

 {here they are adding tape to each book on the first day of school}

{here are their finished books}

This activity:

-- uses fine motor skills

-- calls for some precision with measuring

-- adds color to your life 

-- shows their personality when picking the tape

-- can teach matching

-- inspires creativity (with the left over tape)

{I forgot to mention that our awesome Principal went out on the first day of school--in the wee hours of the morning--and brought flowers & new dry erase markers to the teacher ;) and breakfast for everyone. What a great guy!}