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Teacher creating a calm, organized classroom space designed for student connection, safety, and growth, with simple routines and intentional classroom design.

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, […]

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 […]

A classroom scene with soft lighting and a teacher’s desk mid-cleanup. Text overlay reads: “Reflect Before You Forget – End-of-Year Teacher Checklist.”

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, […]

Happy students in an encouraging and supportive classroom

Building Classroom Community, Classroom Management, Classroom Routines and Rituals

5 Tips for Setting Up Your Elementary Classroom

July 9, 2024
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by Kinla Nelson

When Setting Up Your Elementary Classroom Transform Your Classroom into an Encouraging and Supportive Space The colors and setup of your classroom send the first message to anyone who walks in. Let it be one of warmth, acceptance, and community. Picture you and your students walking into a classroom that feels like a sanctuary—bright, organized, […]

Happy elementary students standing in school hallway

Building Classroom Community, Classroom Management, Classroom Routines and Rituals, End-of-the-Year, Journals

End the Year Perfectly – 5 End-of-the-Year Activities to Add to your Events

May 5, 2024
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by Kinla Nelson

End the Year Perfectly. 5 Activities to Include in Your End-of-the-Year Events It’s that time of year again. The state tests are in full swing, faculty meetings are full of end-of-year procedures, and you have probably begun to hoard your Amazon boxes to pack up your classrooms in a few more weeks (because the two […]

Valentine's Day Writing Activities for the elementary classroom

Building Classroom Community, Classroom Management, Holidays in the Classroom, Valentine's Day

Ten Creative Valentine’s Day Writing Ideas and Activities

January 30, 2024
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by Kinla Nelson

Keep Your Students Happy, Busy, and Learning in the Classroom. Candy. Chocolate. Flowers. Love. Pink. Fluff. Glitter. Plushies. And if you are a teacher, several more mugs. What is it? Valentine’s Day. Someone was a marketing genius and made a holiday out of a rather tragic story. And whether you choose to celebrate it or […]

Create positive starts to the morning classroom routines.

Building Classroom Community, Classroom Management, Classroom Routines and Rituals

Creating a Positive Start to the Morning Routine

June 17, 2023
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by Kinla Nelson

Creating a Positive Start to the Morning Routine Routines and Rituals in the Elementary Classroom Have you ever gotten to the end of your school year and, as you sit there in an exhausted heap after the kids leave, think, “I have to do something differently?” I have. I got tired of the same behavior […]

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