What does your reception/Y1 kid's room look like?

[december2020]

DS is starting Reception this year.
So far his room has his bed, drawers for clothes and cupboard for toys.

He's slowly coming to school age and I'm wondering if he'll need a bit of a room refresh to accommodate things like a desk and chair.
Or will this come much later and his room is fine as is?

Will he need a laptop eventually?
I don't think I'm super on board with him having internet enabled devices in his room.
I'm guessing he won't have any homework or similar that would require a laptop in his room right? So it's not needed.

So I ask, what is your reception/Y1 set up like?
Yes I know, I'm overthinking it!

If you spend most of your time with your kid in his room then yes a table is needed, but if you currently do crafts and drawing etc on kitchen table then that’s where you’ll keep on doing drawing and writing etc.
4/5/6 year olds don’t like to do much on their own IME
we have a table in their bedroom, but mostly drawing etc happens when prepping stuff in kitchen so that’s where they want to be

Probably desk in year 3. Got one for my daughter on year 2, but circumstances not planned. They grow a lot at this age so the desk and chair will either be big and uncomfortable or outgrown soon. Reception age homework is mostly reading. And children need to move.

DS is in Year 1 and we do all his homework together downstairs. I'm trying to encourage him to play more in his room but want to keep him doing homework/screens downstairs where I can keep an eye on him.

Oh, not yet. My son is in Year 1 and I haven't even thought about that yet (despite being a very academic family and on thr 'pushier' side - trying to avoid that!). My son hasn't had much homework yet apart from reading, but any that he does have, he does at the kitchen table. Might consider his own desk next year for colouring etc if he wakes up early, but not a laptop for a good while.

My 14 and 15yos have laptops but use them downstairs. They do any written homework downstairs too. They do have desks as both like craft but I don't think we got those until late primary school. When they're little they just want to be with you really so drawing etc would be at the dining table.

A fucking bombsite. She's 5, in Reception.

She has a toddler bed, under bed drawers with PJs and bedding and night nappies

• Book cases and boxes
• Hanging rail for clothes
• shelf for toys
• A mountain of cuddly toys. (MOC)
• Dress up bin.
• Picture shelves
• notice board for the art wor

And all of the stuff is actually on the floor 90% of the time.

See diagram.

My reception child bedroom is as you describe. From yr 3 ish my older child started to use a desk in her room for writing and drawing but not homework. From yr 3 onwards we were told to hover around when doing home work so they can do it themsleves but ask for help if needed so she does it in the kitchen while a parent potters around. In yr 4 she has needed to use a tablet daily for times tables rock stars and some times uses my laptop for home work.

We have small desks downstairs, which the DC (nursery and y3)?loved the idea of, but actually all writing, craft, home learning etc get done at the kitchen table, and a lot of playing too. The desks don’t get used except as storage.
Bedroom (shared) is like yours plus lots of books and cuddly toys, and a reading corner with floor cushions.

DS is 12 and still doesn't have a proper desk or any tech that he uses in his room! For me a bedroom is for reading, relaxing or sleeping.

Everything else is done in communal areas - we're a family so I like to set up our environment to spend as much time together as possible.

The main thing to consider for reception / Year 1 in my experience is making sure you have an area / storage for junk modelling materials!!! They go big on that when they start school so the bigger your collection of interesting shaped boxes / clean recycling the better!

My kids are Y1 and Y4. They have a bed, chest of drawers and a kallax for toys/books.

Homework is done in the kitchen as they always need help.

Can't imagine needing desk or laptop until secondary school tonne honest.

He's 5 and his Room is still the same as when he was 2. Floor bed, mound of books, music player and that's all.
To be honest he does all homework and spends most time downstairs. I don't think he would be playing upstairs in his room for a while

Wow just saw this post looking for something else. Not sure if anyone will come across this for the intended original use. This is so sad. All kids should have a creative space in their rooms for drawing, cutting, sticking, stickers, making things, magnetic tiles, Lego, mega blocks etc.