Do you need some trusted and tested online resources for classroom teachers to help save you time searching the internet?
I’ve gathered these online primary resources here in one place because I know that when I’m stressed and busy, I need to quickly find reliable resources to use in my classroom, so I’m sure you do too. Hopefully, these will save you stacks of time plus be awesome for remote learning too.
This list is my favourite teacher resource websites and blogs that I use on a regular basis for reading, getting ideas for the classroom or as a quick way to find teaching resources when I need them. The collection is drawn together from a lot of time searching online and then testing them in the classroom.
Take a look around. I’m planning to add to this as an evolving bank of the best teacher-created websites and I know you’ll love them!
Let me know if your favourites aren’t here and I’ll add them too, to help our other busy teacher friends.
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Online resources for classroom teachers
Self-Care, Wellbeing & Work-Life Balance
- Self-Care for teachers – Coaching and Podcast
This is a very helpful website for all teachers. Ellen Ronalds Keene is an ex Australian teacher who is very passionate about the happiness, health and well-being of teachers. Her site is an online teacher well-being hub that provides coaching services and a series of well-being resources. Ellen also has a podcast called Teacher Well-being.
Website link: https://www.selfcareforteachers.com.au/
- Teacher Wellbeing – Coaching and professional development
This site provides professional development to support teacher wellbeing, improve teacher engagement and limit teacher stress and burnout with positive psychology, coaching psychology and mental toughness. Programs include online courses, workshops, mentoring and consulting.
Website link: http://www.teacher-wellbeing.com.au/
- Teachers Thriving – Blog and teacher support
A great site for teachers to help you to love your work, enjoy your life and make a difference. Take the online teachers’ work-life balance quiz. When you signup you’ll gain access to helpful resources such as – Work-life Balance Tips Ebook and 101 Alternate Careers for Teachers Ebook.
Website link: https://teachersthriving.com/
This list wouldn’t be complete without this wonderful website. My website includes a variety of informative blog posts about teacher wellbeing, self-care and stress management, as well as articles on classroom management and teacher productivity. Take your time and browse around!
Website Link: https://teachsmartwithme.com/
- The State of Me – Website, webinars and other resources
A helpful stress management site for anyone to help find the cause of their stress symptoms with helpful practical approaches.
Website Link: https://www.thestateofme.com.au/
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Websites & blogs
Teaching Tips & Resources
- A-ZTeacherStuff – Teacher Resources
A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials, printable worksheets, emergent reader books, themes, and more.
Website Link: http://atozteacherstuff.com/
- Angela Watson’s Cornerstone for teachers – Website, Blog and Podcast
This website and blog have some very honest and helpful information and resources for all teachers. It has a range of things available; including teaching tips and resources, classroom management ideas as well as mindful motivation.
Angela Watson was a classroom teacher for 11 years and an instructional coach for 10 years. She is now advising teachers about productivity and having a positive mindset. She also has the Truth for Teachers Podcast series and the 40 Hour Teacher Work Week club.
Website link: https://thecornerstoneforteachers.com/
- Edutopia – George Lucas Educational Foundation
Edutopia includes a vast array of helpful articles and videos ranging on topics such as Assessment, Integrated Studied, Project Based Learning, Social Emotional Learning, amongst many others. Articles are arranged in alphabetical order for easy searching.
Website Link: https://www.edutopia.org/
- Point Production and Design – Quality Teacher Resources
This Australian website is a wonderful place to find quality teaching resources that are professionally written and designed at a very low price by a beautiful husband (designer) and wife (teacher) team.
Website link: https://www.pointpro.com.au/
- Rainbow Sky Creations – Blog and Teaching Resources
This site, run by two Australian teachers, provides helpful and engaging teaching resources for primary students.
Website Link: https://www.rainbowskycreations.com/
- Scholastic – Books, Resources and Teaching Tools
Scholastic includes a variety of books and resources for students, teachers and parents. Order directly or set up a book club or book fair at your school.
Website Link: https://www.scholastic.com/home
Members have unlimited access to thousands of worksheets and printable materials on Super Teacher Worksheets. There are math worksheets, reading comprehension stories, spelling lists, handwriting practise sheets, grammar worksheets, holiday printables, and much more! There are hundreds of free worksheets on the website, members have full access to all of the printables.
Website Link: https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/
- Teach 4 the Heart – Website, Blog and Podcast
A supportive website for teachers with practical advice & biblical encouragement to help you be the amazing teacher God has called you to be. Teach4 the Heart website provides resources, courses and a helpful podcast.
Website link: https://teach4theheart.com/
This site provides you with advice and activities you need to enhance the learning opportunities of your students. Whether you’re a busy teacher or a homeschooling parent, there are resources to support you.
Website Link: https://www.teachingproducts.com.au/
Teach Starter provided easy to download online resources for primary teachers that are curriculum-aligned and designed by other teachers. Choose from a huge variety of subject resources and others including; classroom management, teaching organisation, homework, labels and signs and much more! Free resources are included, as well as a paid membership.
Website Link: https://www.teachstarter.com/
Teach This is a team of Aussie teachers, designers, illustrators and writers. Since 2007, they have helped hundreds of thousands of school teachers by providing engaging resources and games that save time and deliver results.
Website Link: https://www.teachthis.com.au/
- Top-Notch Teaching – Blog and Teaching Resources
This great Australian website provides lots of quick and easy activities to engage your students; high-quality teaching resources, tested with students, revised and then released to teachers; print and play literacy and math games to allow kids to practice skills in a fun way and done for you printable packs that will save you a ton of time.
- Twinkl – Primary Teaching Resources
Twinkl is the home of teacher-created planning and assessment materials, as well as teaching resources that are aligned to the Australian Curriculum. This site offers resources that are perfect for both inside and outside of the classroom.
Website Link: https://www.twinkl.com.au/
Subjects Areas
This site has a multitude of teaching ideas and resources in all subject areas. This is an awesome teachers’ friend.
Website Link: https://www.teachingideas.co.uk/subjects/
Inspire your students with thousands of free teaching resources including videos, lesson plans, and games aligned to state and national standards. Includes STEM resources for Science, Mathematics, Technology and Social Studies.
Website Link: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
Mathematics, English, Science and more! A comprehensive program of online educational activities for students aged 4 to 12, mapped to the curriculum. Set up learning environments for students working independently at home or at school. Great for practice or homework too.
Website Link: https://www.studyladder.com.au/
Mathematics
This website is a fantastic resource that provides games, worksheets, puzzles and lessons on all strands of mathematics – Number, Algebra, Geometry, Data, Measurement.
Website Link: https://www.mathsisfun.com/
So many interactive mathematics games available all in one place.
Website Link: https://www.primarygames.com/curriculum/math.htm
Geography
Using Google Earth and Maps in classrooms can help children visualize abstract concepts across a global canvas, allowing students to connect what they learn inside to what they experience in their daily lives, community, and to the larger world.
Website Link: https://www.google.com/earth/
English
Thousands of downloadable, projectable, printable teacher materials, covering all the skills necessary for effective reading instruction.
Website Link: https://www.readinga-z.com/
- The Writing Book – Resource Book by Sheena Cameron and Louise Dempsey
This awesome book is a teacher-friendly guide to teaching writing at the emergent, early and fluent levels. It includes practical information that will support primary and middle school teachers to plan and deliver an effective writing programme. I thoroughly recommend this to teach all forms of writing in an innovative way.
This website includes helpful classroom literacy resources for primary and middle school teachers, with lesson plans, student interactives and mobile apps. This site includes hundreds of resources in year levels for lesson plan types, themes and learning objectives. A wonderful teaching resource for any literacy educator. Great for remote learning too.
Website Link: http://www.readwritethink.org/
This awesome interactive tool offers story starters for a variety of genres. It’s a fun way to include your students in choosing ideas to help them with story beginnings. They’ll love how it gets their creative juices flowing! Also includes teachers’ guide with lesson materials.
Website Link: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/
Science
This website is all things NASA. It has a variety of space topics for children, with detailed articles about NASA missions, including great photography and downloadables, as well as other topics for STEM engagement.
Website Link: https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html
Find amazing facts about animals, science, history and geography, along with fun competitions, games and more.
Website Link: https://www.natgeokids.com/au/
The Arts
This site has a variety of helpful resources for classroom teachers to teach the subject of The Arts – including posters for the ‘Principals of Design’ and ‘Elements of Art’ (In colour and black and white) and Art worksheets and lesson plans.
Website Link: https://crayolateachers.ca/classroom-posters/
- The Virtual Instructor – Resources to teach The Arts
Helpful resources to teach the fundamentals of The Arts for any classroom teacher, with activities and helpful videos including the 7 Elements of Art.
Website Link: https://thevirtualinstructor.com/artfundamentals.html
This site contains a treasure trove of art resources for any grade. Including How to Teach Art, Free Art Projects, Workshops and a store for supplies. Take a look!
Website Link: https://www.deepspacesparkle.com/category/art-lessons/
Miscellaneous
- Go Noodle – Brain Breaks and Mindfulness
An awesome resource to benefit kids’ physical wellness, academic success, and social-emotional health. Sign your class up for this free resource and use a variety of fun videos and music to get your students up and moving throughout the school day.
Website Link: https://www.gonoodle.com/
- Typing.com – Free typing tutor
Teaching the Foundations of Technology with:
- Keyboarding, Digital Literacy, & Coding
- Powerful District & Classroom Management
- FREE for Everyone!
Website Link: https://www.typing.com/
- Typing Club – learn touch-typing for free
It is web-based and highly effective. Typing Club is (and will always be) free for both individuals and schools. There is also an optional paid school edition.
Website Link: https://www.typingclub.com/
Final Word on online resources for classroom teachers
I really hope you love this list of online resources for classroom teachers, particularly websites for elementary teachers.
The collection of these classroom websites and ideas have been many years in the making and I hope they can be of use to you to have a place to come for reliable and tested materials to ultimately save your precious time.
As I said, if you have some particularly great websites you think would help our busy teaching friends, please share in the comments. Thanks, heaps.
Michelle x
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