保持家庭井井有条的5个技巧

The approach of the holiday season inevitably translates into a flurry of activity for most families, especially those with school-age children. The good news is that even if your packed calendar is wreaking havoc on your household, it’s never too late to borrow and implement best practices from other once-frenzied parents. Minimize the potential for clutter and chaos with these five tried-and-true household organization tips.

1.创建共享的家庭日历。

“With so many activities, appointments, deadlines, meetings, and commitments to manage, families need a solid organization system to make the most of each day,” says Nina Smith with The Container Store.

According to Smith, one of the best ways to keep a busy family more organized and less stressed is to place a wall-mounted calendar in a common area, such as the kitchen or family room. “At a glance, each person will know everyone else’s schedule, resulting in less confusion about whose soccer game is on Saturday and who won’t be available to babysit on Friday,” she says.

Smith adds that the calendar can be used not only to document every family member’s schedule, but also to remind each family member of his or her chores for the week or month. She suggests using different colors to code each family member’s entries.

2. Install an organizational unit near your exit door.

You’re running late and can’t find your keys, or your son can’t remember where he left his backpack. Avoid the mad scramble through the house in search of missing items by installing a “don’t forget” center to organize all the items you typically grab on the way out the door.

组织单元可用于存储钥匙，外套，背包，PE设备和午餐盒。By getting into the habit of placing all these items in their designated spots the night before, you can avoid last-minute scavenger hunts for misplaced items, as well as those dreaded phone calls from the school notifying you of a PE uniform that’s missing in action.

3.创建一个指定的位置，用于展示和存储功课。

尽管您对孩子的功课感到自豪，否则它具有指定的展示和存储位置，它可能会迅速混乱或损坏。通过从其他妈妈那里借用这些创新的想法，您可以删除这些冰箱磁铁，并以反映您个人设计风格的方式展示珍贵的纪念品。

凯特·克鲁尔（Kate Krull），来自田纳西州卡温顿的三个孩子和博客作者的妈妈喜欢用这个可爱的“看看我做了什么！”来展示学业。展示。用简单的木材和金属夹制成，该显示器易于制作，并且占用了很少的空间。展示功课的另一个创新想法是使用一块铝，毛茸茸的条和磁铁来创建磁性墙。可以根据可用的墙壁空间自定义显示器的大小，您可以使用磁带和其他创意材料将其分为每个孩子的部分。

由于展出的功课被新作品所取代，因此较旧的纪念品可以很容易地存放在透明或彩色标签的垃圾箱中。朱迪·穆斯格罗夫（Judy Musgrove）, a marketing manager and blogger from Nashville, Tennessee, likes to use art files from Exposures to store her two daughters’ treasured keepsakes. “I label each box and then save the special mementos we’d like to keep,” says Musgrove. “If the boxes start to get too full, I go through the pieces and rationalize which ones to keep.”

4. Organize closets and plan outfits in advance.

根据史密斯的说法，如果有组织的壁橱，孩子们将在早上准备好很多时间。“您可以使用天袋吊袋将鞋子远离地板，下壁橱杆，以便孩子们可以轻松地搭配悬挂衣服，安装挂接的网格悬挂皮带，帽子，发饰和围巾，并提供大量抽屉空间折叠衣服和玩具。”她说。

除了组织壁橱外，计划和提前计划一周的衣服还可以帮助节省繁忙的早晨的宝贵时间。艾米·亨特利（Amy Huntley），所有者主意室，建议在抽屉里组织服装，并用每天的唱片公司在堆栈中加入堆栈。

5. Plan meals and lunches in advance.

According to Musgrove, taking the time to think through the upcoming week’s meals and lunches can be a major time saver and stress reducer once the school week is underway. “I usually take a few minutes on Saturday or Sunday and think through all of our meals for the week – breakfast, lunch, and dinner,” says Musgrove. “I get out the recipes I’d like to make during the week and add whatever I need to the grocery list.”

早餐时，Musgrove每周都有一个旋转的菜单：百吉饼，冰沙，香肠，松饼，哈希棕色和谷物。她说：“我们也做'选择'的一天，我要做每个人想要的任何东西。”

像穆斯格罗夫（Musgrove）一样，亨特利（Huntley）还建议提前计划和组织餐点。当午餐时，亨特利在本周初在餐具室里装满了篮子，上面有“妈妈批准的”午餐食品，例如坚果，格兰诺拉麦片，水果皮革，葡萄干和椒盐脆饼。

Huntley also uses a plastic container in the refrigerator to store perishable lunch items such as bagged carrots, soybeans, grapes, apples, string cheese, and yogurt. By preparing these items in advance and placing them in plastic baggies, Huntley is assured that her kids will not only eat healthy food but also be able to efficiently assemble lunches on busy mornings when time is of the essence.

尽管准备菜单和预备项目的准备肯定会在整个星期中导致更平稳的常规，但保持灵活性并不让组织野心引起额外的压力很重要。例如，尽管Musgrove喜欢尽可能提前计划，但她不必担心情况是否改变。她说：“如果我在一周内改变主意，我不会感到非常压力 - 该计划是一个指导方针，而不是我们家中的一项艰巨和快速的事情。”“当所有活动发生时，每个家庭至少都有一个疯狂的夜晚，所以我通常依靠那些晚上的剩菜。”

除了预先计划的餐点外，Musgrove还依靠节省时间的烹饪方法。她建议利用现代便利，例如Crock-Pot，每周使用两次或三次。“ crock-pot是一个工作的妈妈最好的朋友！您可以在早上扔掉食材，然后回到一个美味的闻起来和热烈的晚餐中。”她说。“我什至教了我12岁的女儿艾米莉亚（Emilia）做一些简单的crock锅。”

Musgrove还定期使用她的可编程烤箱。她说：“我编程烤箱在上午5:30进行，并加热到400度。”“当我在凌晨6:00起床时，准备烹饪我们的预制哈希棕色。到我们穿着并准备好吃的时候 - 瞧！- 我们有热哈希棕色。”

根据Musgrove的说法，在杂耍学校和假期期间保持家庭的组织不一定是引起压力的努力。她说：“这全都是利用可用的想法，资源和技术来使生活更轻松。”