Adam Peterson is an award-winning educator from Illinois and a nationally recognized speaker. After spending more than a decade as a kindergarten teacher, Adam now uses his knowledge and talents to inspire, educate, and motivate other teachers to create classrooms that encourage creativity, play, and hands-on learning.
When he’s working with teachers on location, Adam spends his time at home creating YouTube videos for teachers, co-hosting the popular podcast, The Classroom Collaborative with Deedee Wills, and writing any chance he gets. Adam’s most recent accomplishment was being a featured speaker at the event TEDxNormal 2019, where he shared his message of making the world a brighter place through his Make Someone’s Day Yellow talk and his #betheyellow campaign! Being a believer that family comes first, Adam spends every free second he has with his beautiful wife, Trisha, and their two amazing children.
Keynote: Be The Yellow: 6 Steps To A Kinder World
Audience: All Grades, Admin, Business, etc.
In this inspiring keynote address, Adam shares his six step process for making the world a brighter, kinder place, all by focusing on something as simple as a color. Adam shares personal experiences and stories that led him to write a children’s book and start a movement that has reached students and teachers in over 30 states and 8 countries around the world. Whether you’re a teacher, parent, business person, or CEO, you are sure to be motivated, inspired, and moved to do all you can to spread the YELLOW when you leave this session.
Keynote: Everyday Is The B.E.S.T. Day Ever
Audience: All Gradees, Admin
Turn every day in your classroom into the most positive experience possible! This motivational message is full of ideas to easily implement Adam’s B.E.S.T. Day Ever routine into your own classroom. From building relationships to going above and beyond the expectations, Adam’s tips and tricks will have you laughing, learning, and ready to head back to your classroom!
Teach. Play. Learn!
Audience: PreK-3 Teachers, Admin
Ever feel like you’re bogged down with curriculum, standards, and new manuals? Well, never fear, Adam is here! Using tried and true methods, Adam will have you laughing, moving, playing, and learning as you explore ways to make your standards more fun than ever before. With simple tweaks and classroom hacks to board games, card games, and more, you can have your students of any age learning through play in so many ways!
Model, Motivate, Write, Repeat!
Audience: PreK-2 Teachers, Admin
From tried and true techniques to publishing books with your students, this session has it all! Adam uses personal classroom experiences to give you all the help you need to create engaging lessons that will excite your students about writing. Through easy modeling, engaging motivational activities, and simple, creative books, your students will be ready to write like never before!
Next Generation Student Scientists
Audience: PreK-2 Teachers, Admin
Learning the science standards has never been more fun than this. With a few surprises and exciting twists to your curriculum, Adam will show you ways to make science come alive in your classroom. This hands-on session will have you and your staff working together to solve problems in ways that can be adapted for even the youngest of learners!
Whoa! What Happened To Our Classroom?!?!
Audience: Any Grades, Admin
What?! Wow! Awesome! Those are words every teacher loves to hear, right? Adam’s love of teaching, combined with his creativity, had his students saying this quite often. Whether it’s for a class party, book review, or to boost engagement, Adam’s room flips are sure to excite even the most reluctant learners. Take a trip through a wild forest, go on a Pokemon hunt, explore a bat cave, and more in this fun learning experience.