Elementary school teachers generally teach children 5 to 13 years old.
Elementary teachers introduce children to numbers, language, science, and social studies.
They use games, music, artwork, films, slides, computers, and other technology to teach basic skills. Most elementary school teachers instruct one class of children in several subjects. In some schools, two or more teachers work as a team and are jointly responsible for a group of students in at least one subject. In other schools, a teacher may teach one special subject. A small but growing number of teachers instruct multilevel classrooms.