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  • Monthly tips12 Jul 2023

    Classroom Cleaning Hacks for Busy Teachers

    A busy teacher has little, if any, time to devote to cleaning the classroom. Even so, it’s a necessary part of the job. Get your classroom in shape and keep it that way with our cleaning hacks. Whether it’s the end of…

  • Monthly tips19 Jun 2023

    How to understand and teach adolescents effectively

    Do you remember when you were a teenager, arguing with your parents, thinking that adults ‘just don’t get it’! It’s a typical behaviour, it’s a stage that we all go through (well, most of us anyway)!

  • Monthly tips4 Jun 2023

    How to Teach Teenagers

    Middle and high school teachers often find it really difficult to effectively communicate with their students. Middle and high schools are mostly teenagers, and it is true to dealing with them can be difficult at times…

  • Monthly tips22 May 2023

    Why Students Forget and How to Prevent it from Happening

    It plagues both the third grader who forgets to bring a show-and-tell item to class and the advanced physics high school student who can’t recall a key bit of information on a crucial test. Students at all levels often…

  • Monthly tips1 May 2023

    3 Tips for Organizing Preschool Classrooms

    Every classroom type is different and every classroom requires a unique approach to organization. However most classroom organization guides are targeted towards elementary, middle, or high school classrooms. When it…

  • Monthly tips16 Apr 2023

    5 Research-Backed Tips To Study Better

    As a student, your day would probably be spent juggling lectures, tutorials and extra-curricular activities, not forgetting the many assignments that you would have to complete before the week is over. With a schedule…

  • Monthly tips2 Apr 2023

    9 Strategies for Getting More Students to Talk

    While it is possible to learn by listening, I’ve found that oral participation leads to greater gains in student literacy and engagement. English language learners in particular benefit from ample talk time, but they…

  • Monthly tips26 Mar 2023

    How to Motivate Students to do Their Homework

    Whether you are ‘for’ assigning homework or ‘against’ assigning homework, there are definitely a few advantages to assigning homework to upper elementary students.

  • Monthly tips12 Mar 2023

    Coaching Children in Handling Everyday Conflicts

    Such classroom conflicts are familiar in elementary school life. For years, resolving such conflicts for children filled my days. I lost valuable teaching time, and the children learned nothing about resolving their own…

  • Monthly tips26 Feb 2023

    Designing Lessons for Engagement

    Activities that get students out of their chairs and moving in the room can help them engage with course content, even in high school.

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