If you have kids, you know how many papers, artwork items, and other things they bring home from school every day. Take this opportunity at the start of the school year to plan accordingly for the influx of school-related items in the coming months.
Get each child a plastic storage box with a top or create a large file for them in the kitchen or home office desk. (If you go for the file option, legal-sized folders are best as some art projects are larger than 8.5 x 11.) Have your children clean out their backpacks every couple days (every week at the absolute most). Impress upon them that they should keep only those things which are very special (or for the older kids, what may be needed for future study, as in comprehensive final exams) and discard the rest. The special "keepers" go in the box or file.
At the beginning of each month, go through the file or box with each child. Is there anything that can be discarded? If so, move it on out!
At the end of the school year, you can go through the box/file together again and at that time, more purging should take place. Time tends to clarify our feelings as to what really qualifies as a special "keeper."
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