The coverage of building materials course is very wide and it’s difficult to fully grasp for students only in class time. In order to achieve good teaching effect, and make students have a deep understanding of this course in the classroom, it’s necessary to make full use of incentive in the process of teaching skills. In this paper 7 types of motivational methods are introduced, objective motivation, participation motivation, expectation motivation, level of motivation, affect motivation, emotional motivation and competitive motivation, and at the same time, take these methods in the building materials teaching process, which will help excavate students’potential, cultivate good study ability and improve the teaching quality.