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Meredith
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Is it working and do you like the way you've set it up? Do you change or add to it daily, weekly, bi-monthly?? I'm going to maybe try this out in our schoolroom with our bulletin board, but I'm just wondering if it will be too much busy stuff. Thanks for any help or suggestions and I am off to visit the dumbox site that originated the idea 
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Meredith,
When I taught we had to change our boards monthly. I think if you have visual learners it is a great way for them to learn. We are in the midst of remodeling so for now all my bulletin board "stuff" is packed away...I miss it.
Also, it is a great way to strew photos, artwork, etc.
I plan to change things monthly or according to themes when I get my house back in order.
Yesterday with our fridge ds spent an hour spelling words off of there for me to write in his word book.
Hope a bit of this helps. My wonderful dh just ran out to get me some Coke so hopefully I will perk up later!
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Ok...just proofread..I don't make sense. 
My ds spent an hour yesterday spelling words to me off our fridge. We have articles, pictures, awards certificates and general clutter on it at the moment. We have 20+ nieces and nephews so it is our spot to hang their photos and newspaper clippings. I'm hoping to get it a bit more organized after my kitchen is painted and the new floor put down later this month.
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I find that I have to be aware of overkill - too much "on the fridge" and my dc's eyes start to glaze over and nothing is noticed....
For the first half of this year, our "refrigerator learning" consisted of artwork and info about our current artist for the month - and more info about our the composer of the month. Plus one or two extra items of interest - for example current events.
This term, we have a weekly focus - that is, apart from our area of interest items ( last week was about Pluto, this week it is a mathematical drawing and Greek root words).
For the weekly focus, each week, the kids or I choose a Latin quote and some poetry for the fridge - to read and ponder and discuss and to look at and leave up for the week ( or for a week and a bit).
We keep it very simple! 
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We are just starting this and my goal is to change it weekly. It is very simple right now but I do think the uncluttered look makes it easier for the kids. On ours we have for the littler ones a clock/time flashcard, US state card, money card. For the older ones we have Latina Christiana vocab card and a phrase card, 2 barin teaser math type cards. For all we have a saint card and an art picture.
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In my education courses we learned that children only notice bulletin boards for 3-4 days and then they might as well be a painted wall. (unless they are interactive) So we change it up every week.
Ha! That should read - we plan on changing it up every week as this is our first week.
We have our poem a week, spelling words based on Latin and Greek Roots (Bi- and Di- this week), the Reef or Square knot this week, CM Habit - (politeness), and page one of four on Navigation Lights - this week we have the lights up for Sail or power vessels under 39' (12 meters), vessels under sail, and a yacht or ship at anchor. Our artist is our background on the laptop which is right beside the door, so I guess that might count too.
I really like the idea of Fridgeschooling as I involve Marianna in putting it up so hopefully she will feel like it is hers, for her, by her...and I find it is great place to put those things that might get lost in the shuffle of daily schooling (Where is that stuff on Nav Lights? I know I had it here somewhere.  )
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We are fairly pleased with it so far. Some tweaking needs to be done, of course, but so far so good. We rotate ours weekly and have the following:
Root words
Poem
saint
Sunday Gospel reading
Spanish vocab
grammar
Artist (monthly artist with the work of art rotating weekly)
I think I am going to take a cue from Jennifer and put some of ds's boater safety info up, too as he is having a bit of a hard time keeping track of it all. Those lights! Ack! (I think I feel another notebook page coming on...)
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We like it so far. We change about every two weeks or a little less. It is my version of strewing (i.e. I don't usually point out anything in particular on the fridge, just put it up for "noticing") but my dh will often ask about things on the fridge in an offhand kind of way, to draw their attention to things.
I'm not home right now to look at the fridge, but I think we have a work of art (something by Homer), a part of speech with fridge poetry word examples, a virtue, a bible quote relating to the virtue, a poem, a color (for the baby), a set of math facts, and a geometry fact (right now, a shape and it's definition). I think I'm forgetting something.
Being that I don't mind if they pick up on it or not...I'm just "strewing"...I don't find it becoming busy work-wise. It may look visually "busy" but it is actually neater than the front of the fridge USED to look, so I don't mind. 
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Thanks ladies, I like all your ideas and how it's going, thank you for sharing. I think less is better for sure!
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