Your site is great! I just found it yesterday. I'm a homeschooling mom to 3 young kids (8, 6, and 4). I have had this mobile book organizer on my "want" list for a long time! http://www.lakeshorelearning.c.....iewall.jsp
I just can't afford to buy 2 of these with the over $300 price tag. Plus, I've never liked the color! It's too "school" in my book and not enough "home" (I really don't want my home to look like a school, lol). My kids each have two binders and about 14 books for each subject I teach them, each grade....plus tons of other great books that I can never find when it's the right holiday! This would fix all of my homeschooling problems, lol. It doesn't seem like it'd be that difficult to make. I'm just a beginner woodworker still and I know I won't be able to make the plan myself. Especially since I don't know how to make sure the top shelf is sturdy enough to handle the books without sagging.
mamma_joy
Mon, 11/08/2010 - 08:31
Welcome! We homeschool, too, and created a bench/shelf to hold the kids' work in a modified 'workbox' system. You can see my post and pictures on this post http://ana-white.com/community.....shelfbench. Just thought you might appreciate other ideas.
Tsu Dho Nimh
Mon, 11/08/2010 - 09:27
Check out all the bookcases, shelving and kids storage projects.
http://ana-white.com/2010/06/f.....age.html is one that you could make several of.
momma2three
Mon, 11/08/2010 - 13:32
Great job on those shelves! I was planning on making some of those types of shelves too! I was thinking about making two of those and having bins full of our craft supplies, science experiments cords, batteries, wires...all that wierd odds and ends to make science more fun! We use the sonlight curriculumn and with 14 books for each subject I thought this book organizer would be such a great, easy way for my little kids to get what they need. They are very independant! I print out their "to do" list each day and they get right to work...of course with my help and instruction, but I let them be as self-led as possible. I saw some of the other book shelves by ana and love them for all our other non-school children's books. They will be in my kids rooms! But I really need this unit for our school books.