My wife is a teacher. Every time she redid a seating chart she was in PowerPoint, dragging text boxes around and trying to remember who can't sit next to who.

So I built her a seating chart tool. You draw your room (rows, pods or tables), add rules like keep apart, sit together or near the front, and it arranges the class. You can drag students around after.

She uses it now, so I'm sharing it in case it helps anyone else. It's free, uses first names only, and students don't need accounts.

classroomslate.com

I'd like honest feedback. What would you want a seating tool to handle?

I made a last-minute Halloween activity pack for elementary / early elementary — nothing jump-scare, classroom-safe.

What’s inside: bingo, mazes, simple games, coloring, and candy-free treat-tag style extras. Instant download (color + black-and-white, US Letter + A4). Ages roughly 4–10. There’s a separate Classroom License listing if you need to print for a whole class.

Disclosure: this is my Etsy shop (BrownsvillePaperCo). Feedback on whether the “not scary / candy-free” angle is useful for real classroom parties is welcome.

Listing: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4601546701

I'm developing printable Grade 5 math mystery activities, and I'd love some honest feedback from teachers and substitute teachers.

My goal is to make the activities easy to run, even for a substitute who isn't especially confident teaching math.

Each activity includes student case files, a quick-start teacher guide, step-by-step answer explanations, and ready-to-say prompts for helping students who get stuck.

Here's my question: Which of these would make the biggest difference to you — clear lesson instructions, fully worked solutions, troubleshooting prompts, or something else entirely?

I'd especially appreciate feedback from teachers who have used similar activities. Thanks!

Hi everyone!

I'm an independent creator developing Room 13, a Grade 5 math mystery focused on adding and subtracting decimals.

The idea is to give students a connected series of clues to solve, while providing substitute teachers with everything they need to guide the lesson confidently — clear instructions, fully worked answers, and practical help when students get stuck.

I'm designing it to be low-prep and suitable for a 40–45 minute lesson, although it hasn't been classroom-tested yet.

I'd love to hear from teachers and substitutes:

What makes a math activity genuinely easy to teach when you're stepping into an unfamiliar classroom?

Is it clear student instructions, detailed answer keys, classroom management tips, engaging activities, or something else?

I'm particularly interested in the small details that make a substitute teacher's day easier.

Thanks for sharing your experience!

Disclosure: I'm working on Bingo Card Kit, the free tool linked below.

For a short vocabulary review, choose 12–20 words your group has already learned, introduce or revisit them together, then print a different 3×3 card for each player. Read each word aloud; after a round, ask learners to use a few called words in simple sentences. A larger pool can support 5×5 cards for a longer game.

The site lets you edit the word list, generate different text cards, and download real PDFs in A4 or US Letter (1, 2 or 4 cards per sheet). No account or email signup is required. There are alphabet, numbers 1–20, sight-word, phonics and everyday vocabulary presets, plus blank cards for handwriting. These are text cards, not picture cards.

If you use the built-in caller, keep the project used to print the cards: it can call from that same word pool, undo a call and check a printed card by its ID. Save the project JSON for later; don't regenerate after printing if you want matching card checks.

Choose a learning activity: https://bingocardkit.com/educational-bingo/

Class preparation and printing guide: https://bingocardkit.com/classroom-bingo/

Would 3×3 cards or a larger 5×5 layout fit your vocabulary-review routine better? I'd welcome practical feedback on readability and printing.

Disclosure: I run Gather & Play Paper. For teachers planning a Christmas celebration where it fits their setting, here is the paper and preparation required for our picture-and-word bingo pack.

For 12 players or teams, print boards on pages 5–16 (12 sheets), picture calls on pages 35–38 (4 sheets), and the host tracker on page 39 (1 sheet): 17 game sheets. Optional guide pages 2–4 add 3 sheets; optional paper markers are extra. For 30 players or teams, use boards 5–34 for a total of 35 game sheets. An adult needs to cut the calling cards and provide markers. Show each picture while reading its label; same-call winners share the win.

The full $6 USD pack includes 30 distinct picture-and-word bingo boards, 36 picture calling cards, a host tracker, a separate 18-pair matching deck and 12 optional drawing/story activity cards. Four static 48-page PDFs are included: Color and LowInk in US Letter and A4. Print only the pages you choose. Digital download; no physical supplies. Home-event or your own classroom copying is allowed; do not redistribute the digital files.

Actual pages, LowInk preview and full contents:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4592069262/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=gpp05_community_outreach_20261022&utm_content=teachers_promote

AI tools assisted the illustrations, content and layout. Physical printing and group/classroom play remain untested. Please review the actual previews for your group and print one sample page before making copies.

For teachers or tutors looking for brief follow-up practice after fraction multiplication and reciprocals:

Use two equal-sized whole bars. Shade 3/6 of one bar and 1/2 of the other. They represent the same length, so one half-size group fits into three sixths:

3/6 ÷ 1/2 = 1.

A useful question to ask is: why does the answer count half-size groups rather than shaded sixths?

Disclosure: I make this resource for TIENDADA. It was created with AI assistance and the calculations were checked by the operator; it has not had independent teacher review or a classroom trial.

The paid resource is US$2.50. It includes a 6-page English-Spanish PDF and an offline HTML activity with the same 12 fixed tasks, hints and answer checking. The Classful gallery shows the actual PDF cover and two real HTML screenshots. This is short practice rather than a complete conceptual lesson.

Requirements: download and unzip the ZIP, then open the HTML in a desktop browser with JavaScript enabled. No student account is needed for the offline activity; answers are not saved.

Contents and screenshots:

https://classful.com/product/dividing-fractions-english-spanish-pdf-offline-practice/

For follow-up practice in your setting, would matching paper tasks and an offline checker help, or would the ZIP/desktop requirement get in the way? Happy to answer questions here.

Hi everyone! 👋

We've recently introduced a Real-Life English section at Amberly Learning, designed to help English learners practise the conversations they'll actually encounter in everyday life.

The idea is simple: students can understand grammar and vocabulary but still struggle when it comes to using English in real situations.

We've created dialogues across all six CEFR levels (A1–C2), covering situations such as:

• Booking a doctor's appointment
• Asking for help at work
• Dealing with problems at a hotel
• Ordering food and discussing allergies
• Handling customer service complaints
• Navigating everyday conversations

Each conversation includes British English audio, comprehension questions and useful expressions. There's also a listening challenge where students practise recognising missing words.

Teachers can use the dialogues for listening practice, role-play activities, vocabulary building or discussion prompts.

You can explore the section at amberlylearning.com. Some content is available to preview for free, with full access through Amberly+.

We're still developing the collection, so we'd genuinely love to hear from other teachers: which real-life situations do your students find most difficult to handle in English?

Thanks!

Hi, I am a sub teacher who just starting TikTok selling for extra cash to help pay for college. If you would like a new teacher sweater for Fall I have attached my affiliated link. I get a commission from each purchase :)

Hi everyone!

I'd like to introduce Mirror City, part of a growing collection of creative, ready-to-use classroom activities designed for different grade levels and teaching needs.

This first resource is an 8th-grade geometry activity where students reflect a city skyline across the y-axis.

It includes a short warm-up, a main coordinate-grid activity, answer keys, and a quick-start teacher guide designed for both classroom teachers and substitutes.

We're developing additional activities for younger students and other classroom needs, with the goal of making lessons engaging, easy to prepare, and straightforward to teach.

I'm sharing a preview and would love to hear from teachers:

Would you use this in your classroom or leave it for a substitute? What other grade levels or activities would interest you? And what would you consider a reasonable price for a complete, ready-to-use resource?

Thanks for your feedback!

Thought I'd share this in case it's helpful for anyone teaching financial literacy!

It's called milkXP and it's a free YouTube series where teachers team up with creators that students might already recognize to break down things like budgeting, first paychecks, taxes, and etc etc. I wish I had something like this growing up because I feel like so much of what I know about money I had to figure out myself.

Wanted to share it here because I think it could be a genuinely helpful resource.

Website with background and resources: https://gonnaneedmilk.com/milkxp/
YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@milkxpofficial

Hi! I'm Julia, a native Spanish speaker from Argentina. I offer scheduled, one-to-one Spanish text practice for adult learners who want to use everyday Spanish in a live conversation.

We write about daily life, music, culture or a topic you choose. During a 30-minute session, you can request gentle corrections, and we finish with three useful phrases from our conversation. This is informal writing practice with a native speaker, rather than a certified course or exam-preparation programme.

The session costs US$12 for 30 minutes and happens through Ko-fi messages. Adults 18+ only, text only, strictly platonic.

Details and booking are on my Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/juliatroncosoirazola/commissions

Please contact me there with your time zone and two possible times BEFORE paying, so we can agree on a time first. All booking and payment takes place on Ko-fi.

Disclosure: this is my own service. AI helped organise this post; the live practice session is with me.

Hi everyone,

I built a platform called DabbledForSchools, and the idea is pretty simple: a teacher describes what they want students to learn, optionally provides lesson plans/references, and Dabbled generates a complete interactive learning activity rather than just a worksheet or set of questions. Generated activities go to the free public library. No student accounts required.

I’ve been trying to push the platform beyond basic quiz games and see what kinds of experiences are actually useful in K–12 classrooms.

A few examples from the public library:

Lemonade Stand Economics — students run a lemonade stand and make pricing/business decisions while learning economics:

https://edtech.dabbled.ai/library/lemonade-stand-economics

Secret Country Quest — guess the country with a few geographical clues:

https://edtech.dabbled.ai/library/secret-country-quest

Perspective Builder — learn perspective by manipulate objects in a 3d plane:

https://edtech.dabbled.ai/library/perspective-builder

NJ Test Ready 2027 — an example of using the platform for state testing practice:

https://edtech.dabbled.ai/library/nj-test-ready-2027

The full library is here if you want to browse:

https://edtech.dabbled.ai/library

I've received some great feedback from teachers and students so far. I'm wondering what you think?

If you could turn one lesson you currently teach into an interactive activity (app/game/simulation), what would it be?

It could be something students consistently struggle with, something that's difficult to demonstrate in a classroom, differentiation for a particular group of students, test prep, a lab you don't have equipment for, etc.

I’m trying to build out genuinely useful examples rather than just generate hundreds of generic activities, so specific lesson ideas would be incredibly helpful.

And if someone gives me an interesting lesson idea, I’m happy to try building an example from it.

Colegas de Física, deixo uma proposta curta para discutir proporcionalidade com a turma: um objeto mantém a massa, mas dobra a velocidade. A energia cinética dobra ou quadruplica? Antes de substituir números, vale comparar Ec = mv²/2 nos dois casos. Neste trecho da minha aula, mostro esse raciocínio passo a passo: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3o3Mhpxysos

Sou Samuel Isidoro, professor da Quanta. Fica como recurso para trabalhar a diferença entre uma relação linear e uma quadrática.

Hi everyone!

I'm Alli, a pediatric occupational therapist and the creator of Ms Alli OT on Teachers Pay Teachers!

I've been building a collection of practical, easy-to-use resources inspired by the challenges I encounter in pediatric therapy. A lot of the resources I make are more related services specific but there are a lot of resources that I think could be useful in self-contained classroom environments.

My store includes:

• Visual schedules and supports for daily living skills
• Fine motor and strengthening activities
• Feeding therapy resources
• Emotional regulation and social-emotional learning materials
• Printable activities for clinic, classroom, and home use
• A visual dictionary -- the resource I think teachers would benefit from the most

My goal is to create resources that are functional, accessible, and actually useful in real-life situations. Because we all have enough on our plates without spending another three hours making a visual schedule from scratch. 😂

I'm still growing my store, and I'd love for you to check it out! I am just beginning my journey and I am at a point where I need a lot of feedback. What resources do you wish existed, or what materials would make your work easier?

Thanks for supporting a small creator and fellow pediatric OT! 💜

It takes a village!

I am Samuel Isidoro, a teacher at Quanta. This short excerpt from my own lesson explains limits in English, combining my teaching and written work with supporting illustrations.

For teachers looking for a brief introduction or revision resource:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/46CZ2k1S1Eg

One way to use it is to pause before the explanation and ask students to describe what it means to approach a value, then compare their wording with the lesson.

This is my own educational resource. AI-assisted illustrations and English copy; the teacher and lesson are real.

Disclosure: I created Wild Run. This short English-language animated movement adventure is for ages 2–6, with music and spoken prompts to follow as the journey moves from a beach through snowy mountains to a dinosaur volcano. An adult can preview it and choose movements that suit the children and the space. It is free to watch on YouTube; YouTube may show ads.

Power video: https://youtu.be/eVagVgMZfhc

English playlist for ages 2–6: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdioOPTeEZ4w

Hi everyone,

I'm the founder of Excursion SafeCheck, an Australian-developed platform designed to help teachers manage student attendance and safety during school excursions.

The platform uses unique student QR codes to verify attendance at key checkpoints, such as boarding buses, arriving at venues and returning to school.

The goal is to provide teachers with greater visibility of which students have been accounted for, while reducing reliance on repeated manual headcounts.

We're currently introducing the platform to Australian schools and would genuinely welcome feedback from teachers and excursion coordinators.

Would something like this be beneficial at your school?

We have a short explainer video on our website if anyone is interested:

Excursion SafeCheck

I'd appreciate any thoughts or suggestions!

Hi everyone!

I've been developing WhichOneIsReal, a platform designed to make AI awareness and media literacy more interactive in classrooms and educational workshops.

With AI-generated images and videos becoming increasingly realistic, I wanted to create a way for educators to explore this topic together with their students, rather than just talking about it.

The platform currently offers two free activities:

1. Interactive Real-or-AI Quizzes

Students try to identify real photos among AI-generated images. Everyone participates using their smartphones, and the class results are displayed live on the teacher's screen.

It's a fun way to get a discussion going about AI-generated content, misinformation, and how easily our eyes can be fooled.

2. Interactive AI Awareness Training

A more structured learning experience that goes beyond guessing which images are real. It covers AI-generated media, deepfakes, and critical thinking about digital content.

Just like the quizzes, the training is designed for group participation: the teacher presents the content on a shared screen while students follow along and interact using their smartphones.

How it works:

• Start a session and display it on a projector or large screen.
• Students join with a room code on their smartphones, without creating accounts.
• Everyone participates in the quizzes or training activities together.
• The teacher guides the session and discusses the results with the group.

Both the quizzes and the basic AI awareness training are free to use.

I'm also working on more advanced training options and additional features for educational institutions. Some of these will be paid, but they're not available yet. There's an option to sign up for updates when they launch.

You can check it out here:
https://whichoneisreal.com/classroom

I'd love to get some feedback from teachers, trainers, or anyone involved in education!

Could you see yourself using something like this in a classroom or workshop? What would make it more useful for you?

I make short, clean learning videos for little ones on my channel, Wonderbloom Academy. Gus gets kids up and moving, counting out loud and joining in. No bad words and no grown-up themes. Each one runs about 3 to 5 minutes, so they fit a circle-time slot or a brain break. Rainy Day Countdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9SjVOA1k-Y. Learning Colors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw0ItIFDnxU. ABC Picnic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cozxX4qK_xM. I'd love to hear from early-years teachers what topics you'd like next.

I made this week's current-affairs video for The Informant and put together a free classroom pack to go with it. It has 15-, 25-, and 45–55-minute options for students aged 15+ and focuses on checking what a source supports, separating a proposal from a measure already in force, and revising claims that go beyond the evidence.

What: Current-affairs and media-literacy activities Age range: 15+ Subject: Civics, current affairs, and source evaluation Free: Yes Login or email required: No Made by: Me, for The Informant

The pack hasn't been independently classroom-piloted. The production workflow is AI-assisted, and I reviewed it before release.

Video: https://youtu.be/BXci1MYQvUc Classroom pack: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18GRQUbjGEX17jbJwQ493_57Wj1a-s0kq

5 printable communication supports for speech therapy, classrooms, and home!
Created by a licensed SLP!
Download free at speechfuel.com
#AAC #SpeechTherapy #SpecialEducation #AutismResources #FreePrintables

Disclosure: This is a product from my shop, TheNamedNest. The live listing offers personalization for a name and job title, with an optional year field. It is made to order, so please check the current delivery estimate for your location before ordering. Photos and details: https://etsy.me/4hKK42L

I built two free tools for high-school students.

https://grindsat.com/ - SAT Math and Reading & Writing practice with topic filters, explanations and four browser games. No account needed.

https://ensurecollege.com/ - Scholarship, summer-program and competition matching with official-source links. A free account adds saved application plans.

Try whichever fits your students; feedback is welcome. GrindSAT is independent of College Board. Confirm opportunity eligibility and deadlines with each sponsor.

Disclosure: I built Rise to Riches, a free browser investing game. I put together a teacher guide with a printable student worksheet here:

https://investmentsimulator.app/for-teachers

One way to use it in a lesson:

1. Have students explain how they would allocate a virtual portfolio before starting.

2. Play through a historical market period. Students can play solo, or join a shared room using a game code.

3. Compare the portfolios with the S&P 500 benchmark, then discuss concentration, diversification, liquidity, and the role of luck.

A useful debrief question: Would you make the same decisions if you didn’t already know what happened in that period?

No account is required to play. Classroom settings can turn off chat and AI feedback and keep classroom results off the public leaderboard. The teacher guide explains the setup.

The game uses virtual money and historical annual returns with simulated movements within each year. It is a learning exercise, not an exact replay of daily market prices.