If your child has a laptop, get a backpack big enough to fit the laptop.

We often enjoy going to school at a nearby library, coffee shop, or sometimes a park.

Backpacks are helpful not just for school but for the kids to be able to bring some of their favorite things to town when we leave the boat.

The kids will often have a few favorite items if they get bored, plus a long-sleeved shirt if we sit somewhere a little cool. They can also carry their own water.

If your kids are smaller or don’t need to fit a laptop, consider giving them a mini backpack.

These sizes are very popular right now and are so handy when exploring from the boat.

When they have their bag, everyone can be in charge of their own water, long-sleeve shirt, boredom busters, and found treasures.

I find 3-ring binders a little cumbersome to keep on a boat. But if your schooling has a lot of loose papers, consider a Trapper Keeper or some 3-ring binder with zipper edges.

Space is a hot commodity on our boat, and things get shoved wherever they fit. Having the zipper keeps it contained.

We use a binder like this one for all our important paperwork, passports, insurance, etc. Then, we always know where everything is and can grab it quickly if needed.

I have a small whiteboard in my galley where I write our current location and today’s date.

The current location and date are handy for the kids' journal entries, but they’d also be helpful in an emergency. Even when flustered, anyone can glance at the whiteboard and give the name of the marina or anchorage to emergency personnel.

These markers are bright and bold for writing info on the whiteboard.

Even if you have a digital curriculum, you’ll want to have pencils for journals, work out math problems in notebooks, draw, and more.

We find our kids are often “losing” pencils around the boat, so consider a good-sized box of them, along with a couple of pencil sharpeners.

You can usually find these in the office supply aisle in grocery stores.

We keep a couple of small pencil sharpeners around the boat, in pencil bags, or backpacks.

It’s easy to misplace small items, especially with kids onboard, so having a few sharpeners in a few locations isn’t the worst idea…

You can usually find these in the office supply aisle in grocery stores.

These waterproof mesh zipper pouches are a nice way to organize pencils, colored pencils, art supplies, papers, game supplies, and more.

Check it out and find the size that works best for you.

Notecards are handy for making flashcards, using for small art, spelling lists, and more.

You can find these in office supply aisles, office supply stores, and online.

A lap desk can come in handy when you need a bit of portability.

I enjoy this one, but there are many great options!

Are you trying to work out a math problem, or do you want somewhere to write your current location and the date for your kids to see as they write their journals?

Having a small whiteboard on board, whether hanging or in your hands, can be really useful!

These come in handy for lots of things. It’s like having a whiteboard, but you can insert a school worksheet or game template into the page to reuse it over and over.

We love these for tracing letters and math concepts and even as a reusable template for role-playing games.

Can’t be bothered with sharpening? Keep some mechanical pencils handy in your bag when you’re out and about or on the boat.

Since most of our kids’ curriculum is online, we have a few notebooks for them to use as scratch paper for math problems or for drafting writing assignments.

If you don’t like spiralbound, composition notebooks lay flat and have many uses.

This link is for “primary composition” for grades kindergarten through 2nd. It has the lines used to help young schoolers learn how to structure their letters as they learn to write properly.

I’m not quite sure what kids do to the erasers on their pencils, but often enough, we are short on erasers.

I keep a couple of extra block erasers in our pencil pouch.