We bought tubs for each child, and we also put 2 sets of basic school (and art) supplies in mobile storage containers (we used the Pampered Chef Tool Turnabout for each of them). If it's reading books together, we just grab the book and snuggle up on the couch for those. If they're reading books alone, they lay on the couch to do it. We used to rotate between the 2 tables we have (1 in the kitchen, and 1 in the dining room), but each of the boys ended up developing a "favorite" work area, and now they each stay at their respective locations to do their seatwork. Once my toddler starts watching Barney though, my ds moves from the dining room table to the kitchen room table, because he's too tempted to watch Barney that's playing next to the dining table in the living room.

While he's doing his last independent work at the kitchen table, my youngest ds and I run upstairs to our bedroom and cuddle up to do his Emerging Reader's set and Storytime there together. Finally, he heads downstairs to the table to finish math, while my oldest ds runs up to the master bedroom to do my teacher portion with me there. I had not planned this, but he wanted to do it there after seeing Riley up there - he actually shared he was too tempted to tune into Barney otherwise, and said he liked doing math with me there.
One time, when I was teaching ps, I was taking a masters course that lasted 3 hours, and we did not leave the room. That is what prompted me to start adding movement to the day for the dc I taught. It drove me nuts to make it through that class.

I realized that this could be the way dc felt too. It has helped me to add movement with a purpose to our day, and I've included it in our daily schedule so each ds knows how to move of their own accord. It sure has worked well for us, but every teacher is different. However you can feel close to one another, have supplies near at hand, and yet have enough movement to the day - that's the ticket to a happy day.

We have a 100 year old house, and it's not that big, so as our dc grow especially, it's been a wonderful thing to move around and utilize all of the house we can.

I've quit wanting a school room, and started thinking of our house as the school room - which has worked well for 3 busy boys.
In Christ,
Julie