The Learning Umbrella

I am a nerd - the kind of nerd that loves to have sticky notes, pens in as many colors as possible, “the perfect notebook”, “the perfect calendar”, and other such things.  This week, I’ve been enjoying the chance to dig into a big giant pile of church school supplies, and get them all organized.  This is the kind of work that my nerdy side thrives on.

I’ve got all the art supplies in tubs, all of it typed up in an (alphabetical, of course!) inventory, and that paper taped up inside each cabinet so people can consult it to see where things are stored around the church.

We do a curriculum called Spiritplay, which has sets of story manipulatives for each lesson.  They are a lot of work to create, and we’ve done this long enough we’re starting to build up a pretty big inventory.  So this week I got to pack each one up in bag with an inventory sheet, and organize them all in alphabetical order with a typed inventory list.

This is not work that will change the world or even promote the growth of our children all that much.  But it feels good to start the year this way, and it was fun work for nerdy me.