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Book Storage Disaster - Please Help!

by M.E./PK

Jul 31, 2012

Hi Everyone!

I've taken on the project of cleaning and reorganizing my school's monstrosity of a closet, which contains literally everything from snack to manipulatives to books.

I'm struggling to find containers that would be good for storing books, and for a good organization system. We have had them sorted by theme in open bins in the past. However, the books quickly become dusty, and because teachers sometimes disagree on the theme of fiction books, they get shuffled around...making them impossible to find. There is no library list or anything like that, so no one actually knows what books we have - it's a huge mess.

I suggested sorting the nonfiction books by theme, and the fiction books alphabetically by author (just like at the real library), but my director rejected the idea. Regardless of how they are sorted, I am hoping to color-code the books and bins, create a book list for each bin, and get some kind of bins with lids...

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Never too told On 7/31/12, M.E./PK wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > I've taken on the project of cleaning and reorganizing my > school's monstrosity of a closet, which contains literally > everything from snack to manipulatives to books. > > I'm struggling to find containers that would be good for > storing books, and for a good organization syst...See MoreOn 7/31/12, M.E./PK wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > I've taken on the project of cleaning and reorganizing my > school's monstrosity of a closet, which contains literally > everything from snack to manipulatives to books. > > I'm struggling to find containers that would be good for > storing books, and for a good organization system. We have > had them sorted by theme in open bins in the past. However, > the books quickly become dusty, and because teachers > sometimes disagree on the theme of fiction books, they get > shuffled around...making them impossible to find. There is > no library list or anything like that, so no one actually > knows what books we have - it's a huge mess. > > I suggested sorting the nonfiction books by theme, and the > fiction books alphabetically by author (just like at the > real library), but my director rejected the idea. > Regardless of how they are sorted, I am hoping to > color-code the books and bins, create a book list for each > bin, and get some kind of bins with lids... > > Does anyone have any suggestions for how to sort the books, > and/or bins that will protect them from dust but keep them > organized? I'm at a loss and could really use some help. > > Thank you so so much!!

We have a library that is for teachers only. We have a check out system that is a huge binder that is titled by teacher name and grade level. When you check out a book you have to put down the date you checked it out and the date you brought it back. We had a parent come up and organized the books by theme, put them in huge plastic bins with lids, but the titles of the books on the bins. We put everything in a storage room we were not using. It has worked so far. I have huge closet also. I went to the Dollar Store or you can go to Walmart and get the clear plastic shoe size boxes. I had the KIDS one year sort for me and I labeled the boxes. The kids loved helping me! No, we did not do it during instructional time, they did it on their own during recess. We are not allowed to keep snacks in closets because of insects and mice. The cafeteria brings our snack every day. I am glad I don't have to worry about snack. Hope this helps:)

Jul 31, 2012

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