Your teen needs a plan for where they will study and do homework. Take it from someone who often fell asleep reading a textbook on her bed in college.

Ideas:

• Phone charging station in another room
• Desk or table
• Bin for paperwork that doesn’t need to go to school every day (with a folder per class)
• Noise canceling headphones
• Scratch paper
• Pens, pencils, highlighters
• Calculator

Having a stash of basic school supplies will save you a last minute run to the store! Think about poster board and markers as well as the supplies above.

Make It Portable:

If you don’t have space for a dedicated work space, that’s okay! Make it portable. Put all of the supplies in a bin or on a rolling cart at the end of the homework session, and give your teen a place to store it.