First impressions are powerful. Make your first statement to your students a positive one.
Learn three simple things you need to teach your ESL beginners right away. These include variations of introductions, classroom surroundings and basic needs
Learn how to change a child's inflexible thinking with this collection of tips, books, and activities to develop a growth mindset for kids!
Sewing with kids can be just as fun and rewarding as sewing with kids. Get tips on when to start teaching them and what kinds of projects to make.
Ready to get more sub jobs and keep your income steady? Follow my substitute teacher tips to be a requested substitute teacher and make teachers LOVE you!
If you have an extra-chatty class, check out this post with tips for how to get your students to stop talking in just one week!
10 mistakes I made as a first-year teacher, what I learned my first year of teaching, and how I've grown as a teacher since then.
Teaching Kids Manners is important for instilling character & creating a foundation for good behavior. Follow these Essential Etiquette & Practical Tips for teaching kids manners.
Subitizing is the foundation for number sense and mental math. Learn about common mistakes teachers make when teaching subitizing.
Are you trying to get your baby to crawl? Follow these easy tips and fun activities to get your infant to hit that milestone and get moving.
Brilliant ideas from brilliant teachers (like you).
Substitutes, I don’t have to tell you that you have a unique and challenging job, especially when it comes to classroom management.I reader recently emailed with a great question: “How do I get students to realize they need to follow instructions even though I am ‘just a sub’?”Great question. One th
Easy tricks and tips for correcting pencil grip in kids with videos to help you teach a child how to hold a pencil correctly and improve their handwriting.
This so actually do creative and cute✨🥰🎥Credit : mrs mcgrady_1stgrade 🍎✏️ Like our page Be Happy Teachers for more teaching ideas and methods. A team of teachers sharing the highs, lows and honest...
These engaging strategies to incorporate movement in the classroom are perfect for the fidgety students & kinesthetic learners in your class!
Happy August! We got home from our six day road trip last night, and now it’s time for me to buckle down and start thinking about BACK TO SCHOOL. Our first teacher work day is August 17th, so I’m less than two weeks away now… In honor of that, I thought I’d bring back “Teaching Tuesday”...Read More »
Empower ELL newcomers with essential classroom English phrases using this resource pack designed for beginners. Perfect for mastering survival English skills.
I love teaching a split-grade class. I know this may not be a popular opinion in teaching, but there it is. In reality, many of us teach split-grade
Classroom callbacks are a technique that teachers use to get the students’ attention in a quick and fun way. Free resource available.
I’m not going to get into the nitty gritty of what ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is. If you are reading this post there is an excellent chance you already know what it is because you are dealing with it in your classroom. I’m also going to go out on a limb and assume that […]
Check out this Google Classroom tutorial that includes 10 tips to help you make the most of this online teaching platform!
Let's dive into some new options to teach vocabulary, for those who have the time and energy to pursue them. In this post and podcast, I'm sharing ten ideas for making the study of vocabulary something students might even look forward to.
A blog about how a failed painting made me rethink the theories of composition in my painting of Donegal, Ireland.
Ready to rock teaching beginning of year writing in first grade? These early days of writing instruction must be targeted and on point. Click to learn more.
Tips for Primary Teachers.
When trying to differentiate instruction for our students, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Here are 6 Easy Ways to Differentiate Instruction
Tiny Sewists - Teaching kids to sew
Want to teach students how to turn fractions to percentages…while also engaging them? In this blog, I’ll show you how you can use an art quilt lesson to help your students with fractions and converting to percentages.
Maybe it's Spring cleaning or maybe it's Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, but either way, organizing has never been so trendy! Keeping your home organized can feel like an uphill battle, but with a few
Stop taking away recess and using other punishments to control your students. Find success with 10 powerful classroom management strategies!
If you're looking for tutorials to teach you how to cut men's hair at home, we're sharing the best tips from barbers plus step by step videos!
Create a solid math foundation with these tips for teaching place value in 1st grade. Use these ideas to avoid place value mistakes!
Here’s a few classroom procedures that have worked well for me – and a couple awesome ideas I’ve run across since I’ve stepped out of the classroom...
Engage your piano students from the very beginning of their piano lessons with these creative ways to start a lesson. Read more.
I first fell in love with kids’ art long before I ever became an art teacher…. I think I’ve always been attracted to it. Truth be told, I prefer kids’ art to most of the art that adults make! I love its spontaneity, its expressiveness, and its honesty.