If it's a directed school project (i.e. everyone makes a Ladybug with dot markers), it goes in the trash. Letter/number practice goes in the trash (unless it's super cute like when my son Caspian wrote his name Ca3pin).
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The actual creative drawings get further consideration. Some things they draw all the time - houses, cars, cats. I just save a few of the best ones as an example of what they drew at this age. Anything new or unusual gets saved. I store the saved pieces in a folder for each kid, labeled by year.
If the folder gets too full before the year's up, I do a cull. That's my entire system, lol. All I want is a general record of their passing interests, general skill, etc. Having a folder for each year helps me not have to label every paper. It's also a limit so I don't keep too much.
I used to take photos of their art, but let's be real, I have 350000 photos on my phone and no one will ever look at them. But someday they might like to flip through a folder of 2nd grade artwork.
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