If your household is like many, you have a lot of family friendly dvds and video games laying here and there. Kids can learn, at a very young age, that the movies they are watching need to be returned to their cases after each use. Let’s face it- it is never any fun to place a family friendly dvd in the player to find that it is permanently scratched. Now is the time to show your kids how to organize and take care of the media in your home.
Find a shelf or basket that is nearby the movie viewing area(s) in your home. If your kids are younger it is important for adults to model the proper way to store these dvds. Kids watch every move that the adults in their lives make. So, this means, it is of the utmost importance to remove the dvd from the player as soon as it ends. Be sure to leave the proper case nearby, so the dvd can be placed in the correct case upon removal. Then place the dvd on a shelf, or in a basket nearby. Video games should also be taken care of in the same fashion. Once your kids are old enough to do this on their own, let them have a go of it!
Now, let’s take this one step further. Alphabetizing your movies and video games is a fantastic learning opportunity! The beauty of keeping them alphabetized is, it gives your whole family the total picture of what your family library of movies and video games includes. Here are a number of ways you can organize your media!
1. DVD Box
2. Movie Collection & Inventory Free App
4. Atlantic Summit Media Cabinet
6. Snap-N-Store Double Wide CD Storage Box
7. DVD Albums
8. Sauder Multimedia Storage Tower
9. How to Clear the DVD Clutter
10. Prepac Black Large Capacity Wall Media Storage Rack
11. DVD Organization
13. Game Tower Swivel Organizer
14. Case Logic CD/DVD-320 336 Capacity Classic DVD Wallet
16. Bellagio-Italia CD/DVD Storage Binder
17. Wii Game Storage
18. Atlantic 85012055 Disc Manager 80 Disc Storage
19. DVD Dividers
20. Bellagio-Italia CD/DVD Storage Binders-3 Pack
21. Video Games in Hanging Shoe Organizer
22. Media Storage Faux Leather Spinning Remote Control Organizer
23. Video Game Stand
24. Whitmor 6754-373-5 Plastic CD Boxes Set of 5 Assorted Colors
26. Hanging CD/DVD Plastic Refill Sleeves for Aluminum Cases, Media Storage Cases 100pcs/pack
28. Atlantic 2823-5872 Rotating Cube 4-Tier Espresso Multimedia Storage Tower
30. Prepac 60-Inch Plasma TV Console with Media Storage
Now that you have some new ideas on organizing media, take the time to show your kids how to organize their media. Once kids get into the habit of taking care of their media, parents can be relieved that their favorite movies and video games will be around for a while. This should help eliminate the problems of scratched dvds, lost dvds, misplaced dvds, and knowing which movies and video games your family owns.
Becky Davis says
We store our dvd's out of their cases in plastic sleeves and put in a photo box in alphabetical order. It doesn't take up much space and like you say, the alphabetic order helps keep them in their places,
She Taggart says
Great ideal, wish I could teach my 37 yr old how to return things. When he was 10..no problem, now, he's too big.
Bidisha Banerjee says
Great idea.
Jennifer Mae Hiles says
So true, I need to get mine organized. One of my daughter's favorite things to do was take all of the dvd's out of the stand and then try to put them back in – it never went well 🙂
Lynda Helms says
It's an everyday battle! 🙂
Mara Cullen says
Thanks great idea. I don't have kids but my nieces and nephews are over so much they pretty much live with me. The younger ones love to help me organize my DVD's alphabetically. The older ones are the ones I have trouble having them put away movie after they watch.
Alison Brinkman Presley says
great ideas, thanks.
Vicki Adamy Heinly says
Great idea – this is exactly me! Our media is alphabetized and I have a complete list of what we own on my own so that when I go to buy something new I don't buy a duplicate.
Tight unruly curls says
I want to watch rio.
Rita Spratlen says
I love your organization tips for kids media. Thanks for the great ideas!
Jennifer Huff Huey says
These area all great tips. I have all young adult children and my pet peeve is to see a bunch of DVD's out of their cases or in the wrong cases.
Erinn Arena Sluka says
I do use baskets a lot to organize small items like DVD's.
Karen Chayne Sanchez says
Yes that's a pretty cool idea! Alphabetizing your movies and video games is indeed very helpful to help eliminate the problems of lost dvds and misplaced dvds. 🙂
Sam Dock says
We have tried adn tried toorganize our movies, but the kids are just too young to keep them that way 🙂
mommybearadmin says
Yeah that always seems to be the tricky part no matter how hard you try!