Homeschoolers ♥️ Books

 A few years ago, Marie Kondo started an organization revolution. In her book and her Netflix’s show, she teaches her tidying philosophy that boils down to people keeping only the things that bring them joy. Everything else should go. Well, what’s one thing that brings a homeschooling parent joy you ask? Books. You have mountains of books that Ikea can’t make enough bookshelves for you to store them in. 

And these books have their categories. And you have them all, that’s not to say you don’t use the library. Homeschoolers’ second home is the library. But some books we work through slowly and libraries have due dates. When your kids hit middle school and high school, they will want some autonomy. Having the year’s worth of books on hand so that they can move through them at their own pace is worth it.

But as a teacher and Mom, we have such a huge To Be Read list. 

• We have books we need to read for our job as the homeschool teacher.

• We have books we want our kids to read, maybe. We need to read them first to see.

• We have books to read to our kids. Even middle schoolers like being read to.

• We have our personal books we want to read. If we have enough energy left.

So I would recommend following Marie Kondo’s advice, if that book doesn’t bring you joy don’t keep it. Don’t follow her guidelines to limiting yourself to 30 books in the house. Maybe 30 books in your to be read sooner than later?

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References

Kondo, M. (2014). The life-changing magic of tidying up: The Japanese art of decluttering and organizing. Ten Speed Press.

Kondo, M. (2019, January 1). Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. Netflixs.