A while ago, I saw this great way of organizing toddler books using magazine files and had to have it in my house!
So, I planned a day trip to Ikea (where you can get 5 boxes for less than the usual price of one) and slipped 5 packs into my trolley...
I have now sorted most of Nikki's story books and the top of my shelving unit looks much more organized! Instead of wobbly piles (and piles and piles...) of books, we have this:
What I hadn't counted on was the number of of books that were just too big for the files. Seriously, the majority that didn't fit were less than half a centimetre too big! Frustrating, but they stacked up nicely under the board books at the end of the shelf:
It might be no easier to find some of the generic story-books but the general themes make finding non-fiction books a doddle.
Linking up to Montessori Monday
So, I planned a day trip to Ikea (where you can get 5 boxes for less than the usual price of one) and slipped 5 packs into my trolley...
I have now sorted most of Nikki's story books and the top of my shelving unit looks much more organized! Instead of wobbly piles (and piles and piles...) of books, we have this:
What I hadn't counted on was the number of of books that were just too big for the files. Seriously, the majority that didn't fit were less than half a centimetre too big! Frustrating, but they stacked up nicely under the board books at the end of the shelf:
It might be no easier to find some of the generic story-books but the general themes make finding non-fiction books a doddle.
Linking up to Montessori Monday
Looks so nice! I had the hardest time trying to decide which categories to use, so I ended up sorting ours by color :).
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