How to Preserve your Child’s “School Memories”

Children’s artwork and school projects are important milestones of their achievements but collections can quickly spiral out of control. To keep them in check select a durable banker’s box or a hard plastic portable file tote for each child, along with a set of hanging files. Label each hanging file according to the school year keeping the current one at the front. When your child brings home artwork, stories and pictures simply place them in the relevant file folder. At the end of the year, go over the file with your child, and pick out just the most special and memorable items. The rest can be thrown out guilt-free as you’ll have a good sampling of the year’s accomplishments. If you still find it difficult to pare down, take photos of any items that are too bulky to keep and slip them into this year’s file folder which can now be archived at the back of the box.

This tip is from episode 20, Click to view the Episode Summary