School is back in session and with it comes the influx of papers, art and crafts into your home.  Children can bring home dozens of things each week.

Don’t get caught up in an overwhelming tide of paper!  Set up places to collect the things you need or want to save and routines for purging what you no longer need.

Collection points – These are places designed to capture and contain in-coming items.  Ideally they are placed near where children unpack bags or where you can easily access to put things away.

Consider having the following collection points in your home:

• Inbox for things from school that need your attention: These are papers from school you need to sign or for your review.
• Container for collecting items you want to keep as memorabilia: This can be a container for each child or a jointly used container.  It needs to be easily accessible so these items don’t build up in other places before being put away.
• Files for students:  Kids need a place to put paper too.  These papers can include graded tests and homework, notes from previous units and any other paper they need to reference, but not carry around.

Here are other articles designed to give you how-to information and more ideas for getting organized to manage the back-to-school paper.

• Organize School Paperwork
• Back-to-School Organization
• Helping Kids Create Organized Routines
• Organizing Children’s Memorabilia
• Organize for School Success Workshop

Feeling overwhelmed by it all?  Contact us and we can help you find a less-stressful way to manage school paper and get off to a good start of the school year.