In preparation for my presentation “The ABC’s of Raising Organized Kids,” I’ve come across a little gem of a book.

Growing-Up Organized: A Mom-to-Mom Guide by Lea Schneider is an easy-to-read book brimming over with practical suggestions for organizing both your home and your time.  It covers:

• Children’s bedrooms
• Closets
• Homework
• Toys
• Laundry
• Chores
• Time management
• Clutter
• Responsibility

The author, a professional organizer, knows what she’s talking about.  What I really admire about her is that she understands how to really teach children, including very young children, basic organizing skills.  As a preschool teacher, I appreciate her emphasis on training young children in age-appropriate ways.

Growing-Up Organized is a self-published book, and this is particularly evident in the type face and page formatting.  However, the content of the book is top-notch, and I highly recommend it.  Because it is self-published, it is not readily available in libraries.  However, it is available from Amazon.com and other online stores at a very reasonable price.