Classroom

Whether spring has sprung or has yet to appear in your neck of the woods, seasonal decorations are a great way to cheer up a classroom and can serve as an introduction to lessons on weather, local flora, holidays and more. Changing decorations regularly helps provide a visual structure for...

Fall means back to school, and that means a return to routines, schedules, and finding enriching and education preschool classroom games and activities for teachers. The great thing about fall is there are a lot of themes and ideas to build classroom activities around. At the preschool level there are...

Finding creative bulletin board ideas for fall can be a little daunting. You don’t want to do the same old thing nor do you want to have a similar board like another teacher. Going the simple route for fall ideas maybe just what you need since the autumn months are...

The days have grown longer and spring fever is in the air, which means your students likely have ants in their pants and need to get outside. Taking students outdoors for various lessons adds interest to the day, exposes kids to nature and breaks up the daily routine leaving everyone...

Bulletin boards serve as focal points in the classroom for students, parents and visitors. But most bulletin boards leave a lot to be desired. Teachers recycle the same old ideas year after year or leave up seasonal bulletin boards far beyond their expiration date. (Snowmen in March?) To avoid the...

Each year, 17 percent of all teachers will leave the classroom. Some retire but many more leave feeling dissatisfied with their careers in the classroom. Many teachers cite classroom management and student discipline as the reason they leave. And indeed, unruly students — and often indifferent parents or harried administrators...

With the rise of digital education in recent years, and the preparation for the online assessments included in the Common Core State Standards, school districts are under immense pressure to upgrade their technical infrastructure. Classrooms today increasingly rely on broadband Internet connectivity to provide collaborative learning materials, instructional videos, communications...