Behavior management

Difficult students can take the majority of your time and energy. Learn how to deal with difficult students patiently and effectively.

How do you get kids to listen (without resorting to yelling)? We’ve got 7 tips on what to do when kids aren’t following directions.

Heading out for the first time as a sub? These substitute teacher tips will make it easier and help you have a positive, productive day!

Before you can teach, you need to have your class under the control. How do you do that? Try these simple and effective class control tips for teachers.

Break out the rubber chicken! Jokes for kids are a powerful classroom tool that takes only seconds a day. Tap into the magic by telling jokes!

Looking for an easy way to build classroom community? Use a fun fact of the day to get kids excited to learn!

Motivational strategies to motivate students are important any time of year, but especially when you hit the mid-year slump. This will help!

Building classroom community early on in the school year is so important for a strong, healthy school year. Here’s how to do it!

Ready, set, go! A timer is a classroom management tool you want in your playbook. Here’s how and why you should be using one!

Student behavior after a holiday break or a long weekend can often be unruly. Getting back into that routine can be hard. These tips help.

What did you say? If you want to know how to teach listening skills to elementary students, pay attention to this!

Desk pets. They are all the rage and for good reason!  Here is all you need to know to effectively use desk pets in your classroom or homeschool.

Get students excited about coming to school and staying focused with the help of these DIY desk pets! They’re easy and inexpensive to make!