75 ways to use humour in classroom
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Laughing Classroom
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Make it welcome – put posters, quotations, notice board etc
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2.
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Circulate cartoons, jokes and comic strips.
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3.
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Collect items and bring to class
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4.
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Ask students to show off their collections
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5.
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Invite Class comedian
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Give funny rewards
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Collect and share class trivia
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8.
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Put plants and flowers
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Write on board – “Maths is Fun”
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10.
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Use coloured chalks – always
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11.
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Throw a Challenge
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Play music, sing songs.
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Learn it differently - standing, sleeping, upside-down book etc.
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14.
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Use Camera
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15.
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Circulate photos
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16.
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Switch Gears
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17.
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Switch Roles
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Laughing Teacher
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18.
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Smile always
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Laugh often
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Keep a humour Log – keep jokes, anecdotes, activities, student trivia, paper clips and this handout.
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If you make a mistake – laugh at it
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If you are facing a problem – laugh at it
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If children make a mistake – laugh at it.
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Speak like another person.
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Dress like another person
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26.
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Act Like another person
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Use Props
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28.
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Use Drawings. (Try Drop drawing)
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29.
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Take Risk – do something unexpected
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30.
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Take Risk: lets see what will happen if…
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31.
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Communicate Positives
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32.
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Reframe negatives
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33.
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Wear teaching t-shirt/ apron
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34.
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Use Magic Tricks
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Laughing Lessons
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35.
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Begin with humour – joke, incident, trivia.
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36.
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State a funny expectation
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37.
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Use your humour Log.
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38.
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Use a prop/ use music/ Use crayons/ use magic/ use action/ use items eg. telephone
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39.
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Use interesting stationary
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40.
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Give ridiculous deadlines (6min 30 sec)
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41.
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Ask strange questions
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42.
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Ask to write a story related to your topic
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Add humour to character
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44.
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Add character to inanimate
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45.
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Include drawing in lesson
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46.
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Use forgetful story teller method
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Use all sense/ mode of learning
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48.
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Compare – How is ….... like ……
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49.
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Play Game to review – like soft ball, pictionary, fastest gun, replay, guessing game and many more – invent.
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50.
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Give Ridiculous assignments
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51.
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Rewrite in new form (Cool Dude)
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52.
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Student take interview (end of class)
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Teacher takes interview (start of class)
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54.
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I have answers, you make questions
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55.
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Use paper planes to ask questions
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56.
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Student do teaching
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Laughing Assessment
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Test Time – thinking Caps
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Test Time – Give candies before you start
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59.
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How I am feeling – draw at the beginning
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60.
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Tell a joke
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61.
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Test Method – write in bubbles
Funny Stationary etc
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62.
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Test - Make sentences humorous
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63.
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Test - Choose a theme
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64.
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Include trivia question/ goofy questions
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65.
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Use Students name in questions
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Laughing Discipline
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66.
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Accept the problem
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Exaggerate the problem
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68.
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Compliment them instead of reprimanding
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Simply laugh at it
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70.
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Show how not to do something by drama and exaggeration
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71.
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Show how to do something by drama and exaggeration
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72.
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Ask What if
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73.
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Use Tension Reliever games
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74.
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Resign if none of the 73 tricks work.
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75.
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If none of the 74 ideas given here appeal to you, call your doctor and apply for post of apprentice nurse.
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