5 Tips for Wandering Workers
Wandering Worker: A student who studies in multiple places around the house, campus or school. Frequently loses items or forgets to study.
Is this one of your students? Are you a wandering student? We cover this in depth in our Ebook, but see more below:
Here are the symptoms:
1) He studies in the kitchen, on his bed, in his desk, on his parent’s floor, in the living room…you name a place and he has studied there.
2) Materials Disappear
3) Someone is always asking, where is the stapler/scissors/paper?
4) You find flashcards or random papers under the couch, in the shower, or replacement placemats.
Set-up a Traveling Desk:
1) Go to Michaels or a craft store and get a scrapbook making bag. These are open bags with lots of pockets and compartments with easy toting handles.
2) Fill it with all of the essential school supplies!
-Pens
-Pencils
-Eraser
-Pencil Sharpener (if you have those kinds of pencils)
-Lead (if you have those kinds of pencils)
-Correction fluid or tape
-Crayons/Markers/Colored Pencils (one basic set for school projects that will not be used for crafts)
-Stapler and Staples
-Tape
-Glue
-Scissors
-Hole Puncher (a bigger one that can do more than 3 sheets at a time)
-Paper clips
-Ruler
-Rubber Bands
-Index Cards (in three or four colors)
-Calculator
-Highlighters
-Post-it Notes
-Tabs
-Reinforcements
-White Paper
-Lined Paper
-Glue
3) Place one (or maybe two or three) in some of the most popular rooms to be easily transported.
