Inspiration is considered to be an important element in achieving success in study and career and teaching is effective only when the students are interested in learning. On the basis of three arguments, this article proposed five ways to inspire elementary school students: (i) Making students aware of the objectives and benefits of the lessons, (ii) Changing the teaching content, (iii) Combining methods and forms to prpvide flexibility in learning, (iv) Developing friendly rapport betwen students and teachers and among the students and (v) Introduce innovative concepts related to inspection and evaluation. These measures are to be based on the effect that these measures have on students being taught Mathematics and Vietnamese. These measures could be used in teaching all subjects at the elementary level.