For a variety of reasons, it is important to maintain a clean classroom environment. Clean classrooms help to reduce the spread of germs. This helps to eliminate any offensive odors that might linger throughout the day. If you have more than 20 children, the air can be contaminated with bacteria from their lunchboxes and snacks.
If the classroom isn’t kept clean, it can lead to health problems. It can have a negative impact on your health and make it difficult for students to learn the value of a clean classroom. Here are some tips and tricks to keep your classroom clean.
Use Clearup Monitors
Children are known for making a mess and then forgetting to clean up. Children will often clean up after themselves if their teachers remind them. Teachers spend a lot time picking up paper scraps from the floor and finding books that aren’t there.
These precious hours should be used to instruct students. However, it is often up to the teacher’s shoulders to clean up. You can solve this problem by giving your students some of the responsibility. Here are some ways to set up cleanup monitors.
- Assign one student to the role of the monitor in the class. He is responsible for checking the desks in his area before class starts. He reports any problems to the teacher or takes care of them if he finds them.
- You can assign another student to the monitor job. After each lesson or activity, her job is to inspect the area and check the desks. She must politely ask students to take anything she finds under their desks. The monitor will report to the teacher if the student refuses to listen.
- Assign a third student to the position of a checker. He will check for any errors made by the monitor or before-monitor throughout the day.
Rotate the jobs every week to ensure that everyone has a chance at each of these jobs.
This system is very useful for elementary students. This system will allow you to spend more time teaching. This system teaches responsibility and good cleaning habits to your students.
Keep Your Classroom Tidy
As an incentive to keep the lockers and desks clean, offer a reward such as a homework pass. These are some other options:
- Every day, before school starts, turn up the music and throw a “cleaning party.”
- Paper on the floor is one of the biggest problems for teachers. To eliminate this problem, keep a recycling bin near each desk.
- If you plan to glue or paint, cover your desks with newspapers.
- You can avoid clutter by dividing the classroom into areas where students can keep their backpacks or lunch boxes. This can be done using hooks or cubbies attached to the wall. Our school has student lockers, which are a great place to store student’s belongings.
Have a happy cleaning!
