Elementary education

These 25 quick and easy tips for new teachers will help you create a positive, engaging, and effective learning environment for your students.

I love getting inspiration from special education teachers on their classroom setup. I’m going to show you my elementary special education classroom layout. This works well for a moderate to severe classroom. I love including things like a break area in the classroom, classroom sensory area, centers for the self contained classroom, special education classroom organization, and more! These teacher tips will help you and your self contained students with visuals for special education.

Attention Getters will cut out your classroom chaos and work for all grade levels. Attention getters in the classroom are the perfect solution if you are...

There are lot’s of ways to “do” early childhood education. Learn about 5 common preschool philosophies: Montessori, Reggio Emilia, Waldorf, Play-Based, and Forest. The best predictor of social and academic achievement is confidence, so regardless of philosophy-specific approaches to academics, find a program where your kid will be comfortable and supported! Visit Child Therapy Guide for recommended children's books, toys, and games with Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) cues. Child Therapy…

A fun and engaing, problem solving spelling word game. No prep - simply print and play to learn. Use with any spelling word list.

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I have been CRAZY excited to share my classroom with ya'll this year. This is my third year in this classroom, and I'm in love with how it turned out it this school year. I kept a lot of the same centers from last year, and added a few new fun ones (Magnet Center,

Reading comprehension is a complicated skill for students to master in elementary school. If your students are struggling with mastering all of the comprehension skills that they need to be successful in 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade, these reading strategies and lesson plan ideas are what you need as a teacher. Use these reading comprehension lesson ideas to help your students grow this year.

We’ve been learning about the parts of speech in the most fun ways. A parts of speech printable and flip book, writing our own mad libs, and more.

Download these free printable grade 1 worksheets and use them in class today! These worksheets are all designed to help grade 1 students learn vocabulary and improve essential skills such as word recognition, sorting, using context clues, spelling, and writing.

Use this kit to create a beautiful and engaging parts of speech bulletin board! This resource will make it easy to review important grammar skills throughout the entire year! Assembling is super easy! Use the ready to print posters and word cards and you're set! You can also use the editable components included to create your own definitions and word cards.Please note that this resource was originally created with clip art. I have received requests over the years to offer it without clip art…

Are you an autism teacher looking to work on your classroom daily schedule? Today, I’m sharing my daily schedule in an autism classroom. As a special education teacher, my paraprofessionals and I get our morning routine going before students arrive. I have a morning meeting and go over our elementary daily schedule. Work centers in a special education classroom are a must. Students can work with me on their IEP goals in my autistic support classroom.

Improving academic vocabulary for students doesn't have to be time-consuming or complicated. Here are 10 super simple, meaningful ways for teaching vocabulary that work!

Engaging hands-on activities bring math to life for kids! 36 standards-based math and science activities hone math skills while promoting inquiry, language arts, and nutrition. These garden math ideas and lessons are great for elementary and middle school students.