2. The Drop Zone This is the designated parking place for all their stuff— backpacks, jackets, sports equipment and so on. The best location for a drop zone is either in the kid’s room or near the door everyone uses when they head to school in the morning. Make use of vertical space so your drop zone doesn’t take up too much room. “Use hooks and hang bins on the wall,” Sheri recommends. And don’t forget a hamper to keep all their not-so- fresh smelling sports clothes off the floor. “No one wants to deal with an organizational eyesore in their home, even for the sake of efficiency. But with a little creativity, your system can fit right in with your home’s décor,” Sheri says. “One family hung a large, personalized picture frame on the wall for each kid. Inside the frames, attached to the wall, were hooks for their backpacks and jackets, organizers and clips for papers, and a corkboard for other reminders,” she says. “The kids participated in the design, so it wasn’t just the parents laying down the law about where to put their stuff.” 3. Mom and Dad’s Zone This is simply a container of some kind for all the paper work that needs your attention each day. “I recommend you set up a file folder for each child,” Sheri says. “Put them in a vertical file holder, color code—whatever you have to do to quickly identify which papers belong to which child.”
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