Thank you for sharing your ideas on this.  A curtain or screen might work - but might be difficult in view of how the room is laid out.  I'm going to keep thinking on this one and let the juices flow!  I might write down what we need from the room, and then be open to seeing different pieces that might accomplish our goals.  In short, I'll keep you posted!

Oh, and an aside -   I am NOT a naturally organized person.  I thought I might give that impression in my discussion of organizing the school area.   Some people seem to be born with the knack of keeping everything in order, and some don't.  For me, it takes effort and much retraining of the brain!  Flylady helps, too!  My house is definitely in process, and me along with it!

With that explained, I still would like to figure out a way of storing/using our school things in a way that makes it simple for the kids to use, and yet still allows the house to look like a house and not a school.  Does that make sense?  I'm sure it will be an ongoing, ever-fluid process.

Posted by 3FoldChord

I know what you mean... I'm pretty good at organizing, somewhat. But it's hard when there's not enough room to keep everything together. My teacher stuff in the front room, the school table in the kitchen (with a pocket chart and small 3 drawer holder), books and manipulitives in the middle bedroom, Maps and timelines and more books in the back room.... It's a long process trying to find a way to make it all work without it taking 10 hours a day!
What I am finding is that what works to help us this month might not be what we need for being organized next month...