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Building Classroom Community, Classroom Management, Classroom Organization, Classroom Routines and Rituals

Encouraging Classroom Ideas that Work

June 16, 2025
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by Kinla Nelson

Encouraging Classroom Ideas That Actually Work Create Space for Connection: How to Build an Encouraging Classroom Without the Clutter Encouraging Classroom ideas are the cornerstone of a healthy, supportive classroom environment. But there’s a belief out there that a truly encouraging classroom has to be filled to the brim—coordinated bins, anchor charts, color-coded systems, […]

Diverse group of elementary students lying in a circle on a colorful foam mat, smiling up at the camera.”

Beginning of Year, Building Classroom Community, Classroom Organization, Classroom Routines and Rituals

Classroom Setup – Protect Your Time and Prep With Purpose

June 1, 2025
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by Kinla Nelson

Classroom Set Up Protect Your Time, Prep with Purpose: A Better Way to Set Up Your Classroom The Classroom Setup that serves you and them! Every year, like clockwork, the email shows up in your inbox. “Welcome back! The building will be open all next week. Come in, get your classroom ready, we’re so excited […]

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Summer Journal for Teachers

May 24, 2025
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by Kinla Nelson

Summer Journal for Teachers “Make It Count” How to Actually Enjoy Your Summer (and Still Feel Like You Got Things Done) Why a summer journal for teachers? Because “making it count” and enjoying your summer while still feeling productive is a glorious thing. Let’s be real. By the time summer rolls around, most teachers are […]

Elementary students running outside with backpacks on, symbolizing the end of the school year

Building Classroom Community, Classroom Management, End-of-the-Year, Growth Mindset, Summer Success

End-of-Year Student Reflections

May 10, 2025
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by Kinla Nelson

End-of-Year Student Reflection Ideas Celebrate Growth and Close the School Year Strong Make sure to add time for end-of-year student reflections. Somewhere between field day and final grades, it’s easy to miss it—the quiet moment when a child realizes: “I’m not the same person I was when this year started.” You’ve spent the year cheering […]

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Building Classroom Community, Classroom Management, Classroom Organization, End-of-the-Year

The End-of-Year Teacher Checklist

May 3, 2025
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by Kinla Nelson

Reflect Before You Forget: The End-of-Year Teacher Checklist That’ll Save You in August You think you’ll remember. You really do.How the desks worked (or didn’t).How the reading corner turned into chaos by October.How that “super fun” behavior chart was actually a disaster. But let’s be honest: once the last bell rings, your brain is going […]

A teacher packing up a classroom with binders and supplies during end-of-year cleanout.

Classroom Management, Classroom Organization, End-of-the-Year

End-of-Year Classroom Cleanout: What to Keep, What to Toss

April 20, 2025
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by Kinla Nelson

End-of-Year Classroom Clean-out How to Declutter Your Classroom Without the Guilt Trip Let’s be honest.By the time May rolls around, you’ve already run a marathon. You’ve planned lessons, handled behavior, coached kids through testing stress, hosted celebrations, passed out awards, and maybe even cried behind your classroom door more than once. So when it’s time […]

Classroom Management, Classroom Organization

Teacher Desk Organization

April 13, 2025
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by Kinla Nelson

Teacher Desk Organization How I Use a File Cabinet to Stay Sane Teachers say it all the time: “My students are so disorganized.” Messy desks, papers stuffed in cubbies, binders that have definitely seen better days. And I get it. I’ve said it too. But then I caught myself—wondering where I’d just set my marker, […]

Students leaving school for the summer ready to go because they are set for summer success.

Building Classroom Community, End-of-the-Year, Growth Mindset, Summer Success

3 Ways to Set your Students Up for Summer Success

April 9, 2025
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by Kinla Nelson

3 Easy Ways to Encourage Your Students to Plan a Healthy and Fulfilling Summer Simple Strategies to End the School Year with Purpose The end of the school year is approaching fast. That countdown in the corner of your whiteboard keeps shrinking, and your to-do list keeps growing. Testing is done. Grades are nearly in. […]

A smiling teacher stands with a diverse group of elementary students in a bright classroom.

End-of-the-Year

Simple End-of-Year Celebrations for Teachers and Families

March 29, 2025
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by Kinla Nelson

Simple End-of-Year Celebrations That Work for Everyone A Guide to Celebrating Without the Stress Let’s be real: The end of the school year is joyful—but it’s also exhausting. Teachers are stretched thin. Students are buzzing with end-of-year energy. And parents? They’re juggling work, home, summer planning, and everything else under the sun. And yet… this […]

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Encouraging Classroom Ideas that Work

Classroom Setup – Protect Your Time and Prep With Purpose

Summer Journal for Teachers

End-of-Year Student Reflections

The End-of-Year Teacher Checklist

End-of-Year Classroom Cleanout: What to Keep, What to Toss

Teacher Desk Organization

3 Ways to Set your Students Up for Summer Success

Simple End-of-Year Celebrations for Teachers and Families

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