Organizing all those Games and Centers

I have gotten so many amazing resources and made tons of games but I was thinking “These papers and cards are out of control!” How will I get organized?” (insert panic here)Well I found some cool envelopes at places like Target, Staples, Walmart… and I got to organized. I was thinking of printing some sticky labels out to put on each one.

Last spring I got an idea to store the games I had been making for language arts. This fall I went crazy downloading resources from the talented teachers on Teachers Pay Teachers, Teacher’s Notebook, and many amazing blogs! So I had to get serious about organizing. Here’s my routine – I am sure some of you already do this, but if not, hopefully this may help you!

With games that are bigger, I use one of these.
(the large white poly envelope on the bottom).

For games that are medium in size, I find that pencil bags work well. Here is one I got at target. This works when game cards are not too big and I can shrink down the directions cards or any other materials to fit. Some games of course, need the full-size printout. If I have small materials in the envelope but need copied papers for my students, I attach them with a binder clip.

I found these small, colorful envelopes at Staples and store games that just consist of cards in them. I sometimes shrink directions or I put the directions in a sheet protector and slide these in.