We’ve officially entered the first week of Fall in the Tampa Bay Area, and as we mentioned last week, the transition of the season into more mild temperatures means your home probably needs some level of organizational treatment. This is especially so if you have school aged kids.

Your kids have been back to school for a month now, and maybe you’ve taken the cue to put away & clean deeply after having children at home over the summer months, but it doesn’t mean that your organizational duties are now completed now that they’re away during the day. If only!

Fall is typically busy for both parents and children alike, and hence it brings a new set of organizational challenges for you and your school-bound children in your home. It’s especially important to make sure that your both your home & your schedule is ordered to make sure you home life stays functioning its’ best, so both you and your children have a smooth transition into the school year.

Here are Estelle Gee’s best back to school home organizing tips help get keep your home life sane:

  • Set up a station in the entryway or mud room to store the children’s backpacks. This will minimize back-to-school stress, especially in the morning.
  • Create a study area for your kids. This can be done in a communal room or in their bedrooms and helps keep books, homework and stationery all in one place.
  • Make sure you start tomorrow on the right foot by organizing backpacks, making lunches and updating the family calender the evening before.
  • Minimize the morning routine by picking outfits the day before. If you’re really proactive, use a clothing organizer to lay out a week’s worth of outfits.