Learning Through Play Quotes
Do you collect inspirational teaching quotes? Do you have motivating sayings displayed throughout your classroom, jotted down in notebooks, used as binder covers and sprinkled throughout your teaching diary and planning documents?
If this sounds like you, or something you are interested in doing, you will love what I have put together for you here.
Where to Use These Educational Quotes for Teachers?
You may have noticed I regularly post inspirational quotes relating to the education of young children in my Instagram feed.
I don’t just use these motivational teaching quotes on Instagram though. Here are a few other places I use them:
On the Classroom Door
Having a quote displayed on your classroom door is not only a lovely reminder for you as you arrive at school each morning, but it will also help to inform others about your teaching philosophy. I often see parents and other teachers admiring the quotes too. Displaying the quotes on the door will help you inspire and educate others as they enter or pass by your room.
At Investigation and Learning Centers
The children working in these areas rarely read these quotes. They notice the beautiful pictures, but the words are not that relevant to them. The learning through play quotes displayed throughout the investigation areas serve a purpose for the teacher though. Sometimes we need a prompt to remind and encourage us to keep going with play based learning, to reinforce our goals, and to remember why we chose this teaching path.
In Your Teacher Diary
On the front cover or sprinkled throughout your diary, beautiful quotes help to decorate your diary and inspire your days. I usually glue them in at the beginning of the year on random pages throughout my diary. In difficult weeks, I have will add a quote for inspiration. You already know teaching has its fair share of difficult weeks! The inspiring quotes won’t solve the problems that cause teacher stress, but they do help to keep your thinking positive.
Through Your Planning Documents
Similar to your diary, adding quotes to your planning documents will help to keep you inspired. Beautiful photographic quotes will also help to decorate your planning. I use them on the front covers, title pages and scattered throughout the documents as well.
Play based learning quotes work especially well in our Term Menu and Statement of Intent planning documents. We use these documents to plan for our hands-on, investigative learning investigations. I have collected numerous learning through play quotes over the years, so I have a lot of relevant play based learning quotes to choose from.
Why Use These Motivational Quotes for Teachers?
Inspirational Reminders
The main reason I use educational quotes in my classroom and throughout my planning documents is for inspiration. These quotes inspire me and remind me of my goals, my philosophy and my why. It keeps me positive, on track and inspired.
Enhances Classroom Environment
The environment has a huge impact on productivity and well being. I like to work in, and create beautiful and inspiring environments.
• The environment can create or reduce stress.
• The environment can influence behaviour and motivation.
• The environment can influence mood.
I find these beautiful teaching quotes enhance the learning environment, whether that is on the door to start and finish the day, within investigation areas or throughout my planning.
Educates Parents and Other Classroom Visitors
The last, but certainly not the least reason to use these educational quotes is because they inform and educate. Quotes are a great way to let others have a sneek peek into your thoughts and philosophy on education.
You will find many of my learning through play quotes are particularly aligned with the benefits of hands-on, investigative learning. So, if you are also passionate about this approach to teaching, these quotes will align perfectly to your style of teaching.
Communication is key. Quotes are great conversation starters and help to clear up misconceptions others may have regarding play based learning.
Free Quotes to Get You Started
I have put together 10 free quotes about teaching and learning. They will help you transform your learning environment and provide you with some daily teaching inspiration. Get started using teaching quotes in your classroom by downloading them HERE in the free resource library.
Print them out, frame or laminate them and start transforming your environment today.
You can tile print the quotes to decrease their size and then easily cut them out and paste them throughout your planning documents too. However you choose to use them, I know they will help to inspire, educate and motivate.
Download the Full Pack of 72 Quotes
Already a quote addict like me?
Looking for some inspirational quotes about children, learning and teaching to display in your classroom? I love using inspiring quotes throughout the classroom and in my planning documents so I have designed a huge set of 72 of the best teacher quotes I could find.
Each quote has been styled with beautiful photographic images which relate to and enhance the message of the quote.
You can grab the full set of 72 beautiful and inspiring educational quotes HERE.
