Can we talk about teacher jokes? Dad jokes get all the hype, but we’re biased here. We think funny teacher jokes are a whole lot better. Who else can make kids giggle while also pulling in a lesson or two?
Using jokes in the primary classroom isn’t just a way to lighten the mood. The science shows us that laughter builds community, which means your corniest and cheesiest teacher jokes can help your pupils come together and feel more like a team. This can help you build your teacher-pupil relationship and develop a spirit of community in your classroom.
And there’s more! There’s evidence that jokes and humor can trigger the brain’s dopamine reward system, which is linked to goal-oriented motivation and long-term memory. Not bad for some silly, cheesy, corny teacher jokes, huh?
With that in mind, the Teach Starter teacher team has crafted this list with some of the best jokes for kids to get your primary pupils laughing, plus a few silly teacher jokes (because you deserve a smile too)!
Short on time? Print these joke cards for kids to use as an ice breaker, a brain break or just as a reminder of jokes you can use!
Best Jokes for Kids to Use in the Classroom
1. Getting nosy
Q: What did the left eye say to the right eye?
A: Something between us smells!
2. How’s the water?
Q: How does the ocean say hello?
A: It waves!
3. Historical funny
Q: What did they drink on the Titanic?
A: Sanka!
4. Tech time
Q: Why won’t the elephant use the computer?
A: He’s afraid of the mouse.
School- and Teacher-Related Jokes That Will Make Kids Giggle
1. One for the grammar enthusiast…
Q: How do you comfort a grammar teacher?
A: Say… “They’re, there, their.”
2. What a good problem to have…
Q: Why was the teacher wearing sunglasses in the classroom?
A: Because the class was so bright.
3. One for the Maths teachers…
Q: Why was the geometry book so adorable?
A: Because it had acute angles.
4. Happens to the best of us…
Q: What do you call a teacher who forgot to complete registration?
A: Absent-minded.
5. Those maths questions…
Teacher: If I had 8 oranges in one hand and 10 apples in the other hand, what would I have?
Pupil: Big hands!
6. Half a day for all…
Teacher: We will only have a half-day of school this morning…
Pupils: Yay!!!!
Teacher: Then we will have the other half this afternoon.
7. Oops…
Teacher: What is the most common phrase used in school?
Pupil: I don’t know!
Teacher: Correct!
8. Yes, you…
Teacher: What are two pronouns?
Pupil: Who? Me?
9. Yum
Teacher: What did you do at the weekend?
Pupil: I did some baking.
Teacher: Lovely, what did you bake?
Pupil: Synonym rolls just like grammar used to make!
11. Yikes!
Teacher: Give me a sentence beginning with ‘I’.
Pupil: I is the…
Teacher: Remember you must say ‘I am’ not ‘I is’.
Pupil: All right. I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.
12. Geometry class…
Q: Why was the geometry class always tired?
A: Because they were all out of shape.
13. The king of the class…
Q: Who’s the king of the classroom?
A: The ruler.
14. Stationery fun…
Q: What did the pencil sharpener say to the pencil?
A: Stop going in circles and get to the point.
15. Dictionary dig…
Q: What’s the longest word in the dictionary?
A: Smiles. Because there’s a mile between the first letter and the last.
16. School dance…
Q: Why didn’t the skeleton go to the school dance?
A: Because he had nobody to go with.
18. I saw the sign…
Teacher: Why are you late for school?
Pupil: Because of a sign down the road.
Teacher: What does the sign have to do with you being late?
Pupil: The sign said, ‘School Ahead, Go Slow’!
19. Something to ponder…
What if maths teachers are pirates, and they just want us to find X so they can get the buried treasure?
20. A teacher that doesn’t know anything…
Child: I think we need a new teacher.
Mum: Why’s that?
Child: Our teacher doesn’t know anything! She keeps asking us for the answers…
21. A Halloween funny
Q: What’s a witch’s favourite class?
A: Spelling!
22. Calling on the classroom supplies
Q: Which crayon is a cat’s favourite?
A: Purrrrrr-ple
23. Times tables silliness
Teacher: Why are you doing multiplication on the floor?
Pupil: You said we had to do it without tables!
24. Alphabet antics
Q: What’s a pirate’s favourite letter?
A: Arrrrrrr!
25. No homework
Q: Why did the pupil eat his homework?
A: The teacher said it was a piece of cake.
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