If you’re homeschooling, you’ll be thinking about how to display and present kids books. Kids love to browse through books if you give them an interesting selection and time and space in their day. As a homeschooling family, you are uniquely able to carve out as much time as you want for reading time.
If you want your kids to access books independently, you need to find the right solutions for your kids’ book storage
Tidy Books book storage designs foster independence for homeschooling
Tidy Books has designed a bookcase that helps to get kids reading and foster their independent reading skills. Designed by mom Geraldine Grandidier for her children, this innovative children’s book storage gives books a central place in the family home. It’s a great kid’s book storage solutions for homeschooling
Home educators who are looking for the best resources for their kids can be reassured that Tidy Books is the winner of two fantastic awards, valued by parents and educators:
The Tidy Books’ Box is the winner of the Creative Child Award, Product of the Year 2013, and The Tidy Books Children’ Bookcase was awarded the Creative Play 2013 Medal from Creative Steps Magazine.
The Tidy Books Box portable book display
Why Tidy Books children’s book storage ideas work for kids
The design of the bookcase works for children who do judge a book by its cover – the front facing design allows children to see and choose their books easily and independently, promoting independent learning. Kids like to take ownership of their things, including books.
Parents like the The Tidy Books Bookcase because it helps kids stay away from screens. It also appeals to parents’ sense of nostalgia; they want their kids to be able to curl up with a book on a rainy afternoon, just like they did as children.
Geraldine Grandidier, Tidy Books CEO, who created the first Tidy Books Bookcase for her daughter in 2004, in her violin workshop explains:
“Parents tell us that their Tidy Books bookcases have served as a great reminder to read with their children, and that their children are much more interested in their books as they can see them. Ordinary children’s bookcases decorated or not, made no sense to me – books fall out. I wanted something that worked well for kids and their books so I created the original Tidy Books Children’s Bookcase.”
Lydia Oliphant, a customer, told us what a difference the Tidy Books Kid’s Bookcase had made to her son:
“Tidy books have perfectly filled the gap between cheap-lasts-a-year children’s furniture and the expensive-but-they’ll-use-it-at-uni bookcases. My son has gone from ignoring the books stacked on a low shelf to enjoying books he’d pushed away before, simply as he’s now empowered by independently making his own choice. The 3D letters on the front of the shelves have encouraged alphabet practising, including when he’s in his room alone (& I’m peeking around the door). I should add that my son has Autism & is currently non-verbal so this increased interest in language & communication is particularly fabulous for us. Thanks Tidybooks ”
What’s your experience? What resource can you just not do without for your homeschooling needs?
