Time-Saving Tips for Teachers

Time-Saving Tips for Teachers: Sometimes we forget those little time-saving tips for teachers… then we remember them! I want to kick myself for overworking sometimes when the solution is so easy! Here are a few teacher time-saving tips for a new school year to keep in mind.

Time-Saving Tips for Teachers

Let’s start with that art center that is so much fun but can be so much work. First, soak paint brushes in water for easy clean-up. I soak them overnight and they clean up so easily! It takes less than 2 minutes to get all 10 brushes clean and ready to go after a good bath overnight. Then, I lay them out to dry and done!

Also, line your cups with baggies! This makes cleaning up a BREEZE.

 This tip hit me like a ton of bricks when I saw another teacher doing it. Once the brushes are clean and the baggies are changed out, I get my cleanup crew helper to assist me in wiping out the tops and the art center is DONE!

What about the listening station?

Yeah, my kids don’t look at those discreet symbols on the player, use color-coded stickers for your listening stations. I cut these stickers in half because the buttons were so small. I also wrote the symbol on top of the color because I want my kids to learn them as well. TIME saver!

Writing Center Hack

Now, onto a writing center. What do you do when you can’t laminate a writing sheet or you {forgot} to laminate it and now you don’t have time? Place a piece of paper inside a page protector when you can’t laminate. It works just as well and you can use the paper. LESS COPIES.  The best thing is… you can reuse the page and the page protector!

I store my writing centers in these page protectors because they are so thin anyways. Just an idea. I also only allow my students to write with black dry-erase markers. They seem to erase so much easier than colored pens.

Stapling Before Cutting

Here is another tip to save prep time, esp. if you cut multiple pages of the same thing at the same time! When cutting out multiple pages at one time, use a staple in the area you will cut away. This staple keeps the pages aligned. This is so much easier and makes the cutting lines so much cleaner. SCORE!

Since you staple in the area you will be cutting and then throwing away, it is a double win!

What time-saving tip should we add to the list of Time-Saving Tips for Teachers?