TL 13.01 – Experiment ways to
1. space.
Physical needs
organize living
TL 13.01 – Experiment ways to
organize living space.
TL 13.01 – Experiment ways to
organize living space.
CONTENT OUTLINE
A. Shared space
C. Organizing space
1. Rooms
2. Traffic patterns
3. Furniture
arrangement
B. Personal space
1. Traffic patterns
2. Furniture arrangement
1. Organization
techniques
2. Storage techniques
TL 13.01 – Experiment ways to organize living space.
A. Shared space
1. Rooms
Shared space used same times –
for privacy –use schedule
homework at the dining room table
One bathroom for a family of three
Shared space helps learn
responsibility of shared space)
TL 13.01 – Experiment ways to organize living space.
A. Shared space
2. Traffic patterns
How people move through a space in the
home
TL 13.01 – Experiment ways to organize living space.
A. Shared space
3. Furniture arrangement
The way the
house is “laid
out”
Scaled floor plan – needs scaled
furniture templates.
TL 13.01 – Experiment ways to organize living space.
A. Shared space
3. Furniture arrangement
Arranging furniture?
Start with largest
items first – (ie –
living room – couch)
TL 13.01 – Experiment ways to organize living space.
A. Shared space
3. Furniture arrangement
Share a room? Create privacy through
furniture placement (ie – beds facing
opposite walls)
TL 13.01 – Experiment ways to organize living space.
B. Personal space 1. Traffic patterns
The way you walk through a room –
want to walk with few obstacles
Simple furniture
arrangement can
improve traffic
patterns
TL 13.01 – Experiment ways to organize living space.
B. Personal space 2. Furniture arrangement
Personal space = space for him/herself
and his/her belongings
Personal space invaded
when someone goes
through clothes drawer to
borrow something
without asking first.
TL 13.01 – Experiment ways to organize living space.
B. Personal space 2. Furniture arrangement
Scaled floor plan can
help teen to organize
his/her bedroom by
helping to arrange
furniture
TL 13.01 – Experiment ways to organize living space.
C. Organizing space 1. Organization
techniques
A good first
step to
cleaning a
clutter room
is to
organize
items in the
room.
Key to
organization –
group like
things
together!
TL 13.01 – Experiment ways to organize living space.
C. Organizing space 2. Storage techniques
Efficient storage – keeps frequently
used items easily accessible.