Clutter free classroom

Get advice on how to declutter your classroom, a free checklist for teachers, and tips for becoming an organized elementary teacher.

Check out these classroom organization systems for a clutter-free classroom even during a chaotic school year!

Learn how to maximize the space in your tiny room using these small classroom organization ideas for elementary teachers.

It’s that time of year to begin reflecting on our classroom practices and what we can do to improve upon the next year. Re-tweak our classroom management style, read some professional development books on becoming a better writing teacher, or rethink how we are managing and differentiating centers. But what about reflecting on the items […]

At times, I get asked how I manage to find time to do everything. I won't lie to you... it's tricky. I have also been told that I am a very organised person. But you see... most 'organised' people don't actually think they are very organised at all, and that things could always be a little more... well... organised, or prepared. Have you heard of the analogy of the calm swan gliding along the pond, with the flippers under water flapping wildly. That is kind of how an 'organised' person feels…

This post lists four of the top classroom items that often create clutter in the class environment. Take the time to declutter these items now!

This post shares 35 things you can throw away from your classroom to improve your classroom organization + a FREE decluttering checklist!

Over the summer, I read Mari Kondo’s The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. I was incredibly excited to try out her method, known eponymously as the KonMari method, so I immediately set out to declutter our small apartment in San Francisco with the aid of my husband. The main premise of Kondo's method is…

How to declutter and create a minimalist classroom.

I wrote an article called Classroom clutter–what to keep and what to toss awhile back, in which I told the story of how for my first six years in the classroom, I refused to throw anything out because I might need it one day. I remember washing every plastic container that came into my household; empty butter containers, … Continued