These leaf-themed bulletin board ideas and activities will help students engage with nature, learn about the science of leaves, and appreciate the beauty of the autumn season through creative and educational activities.
Library bulletin boards can be a great way to show off your current programs, books, and ideas. We’ve gathered ideas to give you inspiration for your next bulletin board display!
Time to inspire and motivate your students with these 4 fun bulletin board ideas that are perfect for schools, classrooms, or libraries!
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Bulletin boards, doors, and classroom walls are all opportunities to spread positive math messages! A bulletin board in a math classroom should be meaningful. I’ve gathered some of my favorites that will get students attention, make them feel welcome, make them think, inspire them, or even make them
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This is a great bulletin board to show your scholars different books and get them excited about literacy! These books have instagram profiles now that give your scholars a little preview into the reading adventure. The children get excited because they know what Instagram is and they will want to try these different books! This includes the letters, hashtag notes, and 49 instagram posts! I have it organized by reading levels with the lowest being 0.9 and the highest 7.1. An easy, cute, and educational bulletin board :) ********************************************************************************************************* Want more easy bulletin boards? Check out all by bulletin board things here. Histagram Black History Month Guess the Book Histagram Women's History Month Hispanic Heritage Histagram Scientists & Mathematicians Histagram
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Decorating your classroom at the beginning of the year (or any time) is a challenge. Let me help with these ideas! There's always so much to do at the beginning of the school year. For me, this was really brought home when I started a new job with a science lab as my classroom. An
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Time to inspire and motivate your students with these 4 fun bulletin board ideas that are perfect for schools, classrooms, or libraries!
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I love bulletin boards. Have I mentioned that? I love making my bulletin boards art. I love putting art on my bulletin boards. Heck...I'll put almost anything on my boards! Here are a few ideas for quick and funky borders using some non-traditional items that you may have laying around your house. Poker Chips I use poker chips for several different things in my classroom, so I have quite a few on hand. They make a great border, don't they? If you have a metal edged board, you can use a glue gun to attach them. If you are working with a board with a wooden frame, the hot glue may damage it. Use glue dots. I like to layer them for more visual appeal. This bulletin board is a free download which feature the old national music standards. Poker chips hold spray paint well. I've spray painted them gold to use for the gold at the end of a St. Patrick's Day rainbow before and was pleased with the result. Boxes I did a movie theme in my room once upon a time. It was so fun to find new ways to use popcorn boxes and bags. They are inexpensive to purchase (I got mine on Amazon.) and could be reused. Popcorn boxes would be great for movie themed bulletin boards, popcorn words, etc... I have plans to do something similar with small Chinese takeout boxes with my Instruments of China board. Cards It seems that it is completely impossible to keep a full deck of cards at my house. Any kind of cards! That's okay, because they look GREAT as borders for bulletin boards. Uno, Phase 10 and regular playing cards work great for math bulletin boards, rhythm or time signature bulletin boards or maybe even a great trim for a bulletin board that showcases your daily schedule. This set is from a Go Fish set of cards I picked up at the dollar store. Love that they work so well with an ocean or beach theme. Kids love to stop and look for matches even when they are displayed on a bulletin board. Cupcake Papers This is one of my go to looks for making a display really pop. There are so many varieties of cupcake papers available that you can find any color and any theme that you may need. Flatten them out and staple them to your board. I've found that buying complimentary patterns and layering them can really be beautiful. When working with my rock star theme I wanted something metallic that would be a little flashy. It turns out that there is a cupcake paper for that! These little baking cups are so cute at the corners of my rock star alphabet display. I added some glittery foam stickers to embellish them a little. (Classroom teachers see the rock star theme HERE. Music teachers see it HERE.) Duct Tape It doesn't get any easier than this! Look at what a great job duct tape does to cover this older bulletin board. Check out your local discount store for tons of duct tape options. The bulletin board above is from my Number Posters - Rock Star Theme. This is another example of the versatility of duct tape. This is a light blue glittery duct tape. It is displayed on my Soar Into Music board. Legos This is SUCH an eye-catching display! The bulletin board is Minecraft inspired and the Legos (or are these Duplos?) go with the building theme. I used Scotch tape to attach them to my board. For some of the pieces I just laid them on top of one piece and then taped the next block on it so that not every block is taped. This may work better on a board that students can't easily touch. (Classroom teachers take a closer look at the board HERE. Music teachers HERE.) Pool Noodles Those of you that have been following my blog for a while know that I have a great love for re-purposing pool noodles. I've made ponies, steady beat swords and even workstations. I also just cut them up to make great bulletin board borders! For this fishy bulletin board I wanted them to imitate bubbles. I've attached them with glue dots. You could also use a low-temp hot glue gun to attach them. This bulletin board is called Making Music Together. Notepads They aren't just for note taking! I often use these little gems to add content to bulletin boards. They also make a great (and inexpensive) border. The iPod pad shown above came from Wal-Mart and the composer bulletin board can be found HERE. Paint Chips Paint chips are free and are a perfect way to add visual interest to any bulletin board. On the border above I chose to use two different kinds of paint chips and to create a pattern with them. Paint chips look just as great mixed up and stapled in any order. Staple them so they hang over the edge of the board and overlap. You can learn more about the Let's Talk bulletin board HERE. Plates Even more than I love pool noodles in the classroom, I love plates! When I packed up my room this year I marveled at my collection. I have Zoo Pals (photo above), baseball plates, basketball plates, beach ball plates, watermelon plates, heart plates, square plates, Santa plates and more. I also have colored plates in 3 different sizes and every color you can imagine. I use them for movement and composition activities, but LOVE using them on bulletin boards. I pick them up at discount stores, dollar stores and party supply places. Here are a few examples. The What's Cooking in Music board can be downloaded HERE. The watermelon plates are so fun! This year I found them in a larger, oval size. This bulletin board is part of my Music Burger writing display. Puzzle Pieces Shhh! Don't tell my daughter but sometimes I swipe her old puzzles for school projects! In this instance, it was a jumbo Barney puzzle that had several missing pieces. For the display below I just attached them to the board with glue dots. You might be able to use Scotch tape too. I have painted them before to match a bulletin board. Tissue Paper Like many teachers I have created flowers and pom poms to decorate bulletin boards. They have a huge visual punch and are relatively inexpensive to make. It's very easy to just scrunch it up together and staple it around your board. Creating enough tissue paper flowers to use around the edge of a bulletin board is also pretty, but time consuming. Braiding long strips of tissue papers creates an interesting look and lets you coordinate your border with whatever colors you may need. Song Bugs Bulletin Board Odds and Ends Really, I'll put anything on a bulletin board. I've used socks, fishing poles, candy, lights, my son's overalls and more. For this movie themed bulletin board I used a few View Master reels to accent the corners. Wrapping Paper In my bulletin board kits I often talk about using wrapping paper as a background for your bulletin boards. It can be found in many themes and patterns and often stays bright and colorful without fading for several months. Reversible wrapping paper can also be used to create borders. As you are stapling the paper in place, leave about two inches overlap on each side. Fold this down to reveal the back side of the paper and staple into place. What unusual things have you put on your bulletin boards? I'd love to hear about them or see a picture!
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As we get closer and closer to school starting, I'm finishing up little details but having to really think about some big ones. Like the bulletin board. Duh duh duhhh! What I'd love to do would be something like this fun mash up of all my favorite storybook cats: You'll notice it includes The Cat in the Hat, Bad Kitty, Library Lion, the Cheshire Cat, Splat the Cat, Pete the Cat, Yoko (Rosemary Wells), Tiger (Read to Tiger by S.J. Fore), Huckle and My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World. But, how to get this onto a bulletin board? I don't really know. I guess the basic plan would be to use the overhead projector, trace it all out and then go back in with crayons or markers. Yeah. That might work next summer when I'll have a lot more time, but this summer I just don't see it happening. I still have cataloging, weeding and shifting to do plus creating my class schedule and my lesson plans. If I'm being realistic, I'm going to have to put this one on the shelf for now. Our school has a theme each year and the teachers decorate their area (either above their doors or above their class lockers) with that theme. This year our theme is Adventure. The reading teacher already has "Reading is an adventure!" above her doorway...so what to do? I have a Pinterest board for bulletin board ideas, and I think I like the giant 3D book idea. Reading Makes Life an Adventure! Adventures in Reading My Adventure Book (from Up! from Disney Pixar) Choose Your Own Adventure! - with giant 3D book? I think I like the Choose Your Own Adventure! phrase with the giant book. I could put the different genres in the pages of the books or just print pictures of different types of adventure coloring pages - have my girls color them - and then put them in the book. That design needs a large box and one of my best friend's husbands is a plumber. I am sure he'll be able to get me a water heater box! A little brainstorming always makes me feel better about big, scary projects!
I am starting a new weekly post called "Scientific Saturdays." I am getting myself prepared to teach Science every day for a whole period…TWICE. A lot different than squeezing it in for 15-20 minutes whenever I could. My hope is to post things that I'm actually doing with my students, but for now it will be a variety of things that I have been finding and planning. My first focus is setting up my classroom. I have many questions about what a fifth grade middle school room looks like. I don't want it to be too babyish, but I still want it to be ME. My first plan is the big bulletin board. Here are the boards that are inspiring me: I want one big science wall with things that will stay all year and some things will change. Link I hope to take pictures of the kids doing science each month and have them create the posters. My goal is to have them blog on my classroom page. Link I just love this guy and would love to have a scientist on my board. Link Link I will have these posted on my Science Wall Link Safety Tips Link Link Link Link Link
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This poster pack includes 35 STEM careers from A to Z! These make perfect community helpers bulletin board displays or counseling office decor to spark conversation with students about future career goals. Use them for your career education classroom guidance lessons or as visual aids during counseling lessons. You might be interested in my other career education resources! Terms Copyright © Counselor Keri, Keri Powers Pye. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. See product file for clip-art and font credits.
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Curiosity is essential to student engagement and learning. Students who ask questions take ownership of their education and learn how to problem solve. The following are three strategies to increase student curiosity and engagement: a wonder wall bulletin board display, curiosity jar, and a curiosi
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It sure was a Monday! I stayed late at school today to get all of my plans uploaded, copies made, and organized. WHEW! It feels GREAT! My students are keeping track of the minutes they read AT HOME. We have a contest going on where they can earn prizes and I have a graph on the bulletin board outside of my room. The challenge is for everyone to read 210 minutes, the TSHIRT level! If we all get a T-Shirt, we get a pizza party! YUMM! They are very excited and today, I gave away the seventh shirt. (Once we got six, popcorn party...once we get 12, ice cream sundae party, once we get all 18, pizza party!) We get to have our popcorn party tomorrow. Check out the bulletin board I have to keep track.--> *note: this is outdated and not reflective of the current T-Shirt standings* As a teacher, it is hard to sometimes get parents involved at home to read with their students. This is a great way to keep them focused and see their results. It also adds in a bit of math! Have a great night! -Alexis-
Bulletin Boards {Tips and Tricks} 16 comments Bulletin Boards, Popular Posts, Tips and Tricks Bulletin Boards. Teachers either love them or hate them. I love them. A lot. Keep reading for some tips and tricks to make your bulletin board life a bit easier! Bulletin boards are a great way to showcase student work, changing them out freshens up our space, and the kids love seeing their work on display! Displaying student work is an easy way to help students establish ownership and develop a sense of pride in their work. So, I make sure to showcase their work regularly! I have three bulletin boards total, and each showcases student work. One is in our main hallway and two are inside my classroom. I change out these boards once a month. So, how do I keep these boards updated each month? It's easy! The Hallway Board The hallway board is always the first one that gets changed out each month. I always aim for the first week of the month. The decor framing this space stays put all year long. I have a Rock Star classroom theme, so I carried the theme out into the hallway. We are required to showcase writing on our hallway boards, but I usually display a small craft alongside the writing. Since we write every day, it's pretty easy to come up with some sort of piece to showcase on this board. As you can see, I just staple the work to the wall. I don't cover the wall with fabric or butcher paper With that said, the color of this wall is terrible for showcasing work. It needs some pop of color, so I always hang construction paper behind the students' writing. When I go to hang it up, I simply layer the writing page on top of the construction paper and staple them in place at the same time. This saves a ton of time! The Classroom Boards Ok, let's talk about those boards inside the classroom. One of these boards is our designated self portrait gallery wall, and I never change that board out. I just can't bring myself to do so. It's so darn cute and it always makes me smile. By keeping this board up all year long, I save more time! But, I do change out the second bulletin board in our classroom. Sometimes I showcase writing on this board, and sometimes I showcase a math or art project. In other words, I don't go out of my way to create an elaborate display that requires extra planning and preparation. I simply choose something interesting that we are doing and hang it up. Remember to keep it simple and showcase anything your students have done that would make them proud! The adorable zombie board shown above is from Haley O'Connor. You can find her Zombie Data Pack here. My students had a blast with it! Just like I do in the hallway, I only switch out the students' work on these board. That's it. I don't replace borders. I don't replace fabric. And, I very rarely include headings to match the work (and if I do, the students make it, like in the rainbow example above). I simply do not have the time to create a brand new bulletin board each month. Instead, I set up the board (fabric and borders) before the start of the new school year and simply change out the student work each month. Easy peasy! Tips for Covering the Boards Use solid colored fabric. This allows the student work to stand out, or "pop" against the fabric. I've used patterned fabric before, and there is certainly nothing wrong with using it, but the work didn't really stand out as I liked. I also have a very, very small classroom, too much print would create a chaotic feeling. Keep the same borders up all year. I like to double up my borders to add visual interest. Since I use solid colored fabrics to help showcase student work, I can add a little fun and playfulness around the edges. Hanging Student Work I prefer to staple my students' work to my boards. This way, I can make sure it lays flat against the wall/board. Not everyone staples their work though. My sweet neighbor likes to use push pins. She loves how quick and easy it is to hang up the work this way. Genius! Wish I took a picture of that for you! I have also used clothespins, and they are quick and easy when it comes to switching out work, but I found that I ultimately prefer to staple. Quick Clean Up Tip If you're like me and you prefer to staple you students' work to the board, your floor might look like this (or worse) once you're done removing the old work. What a mess, and a pain! I have a quick and easy solution to that problem. Got one of these? Yep, a magnet is all you need! Simply hover the magnet over that scattering of staples and be amazed at how quickly you can pick 847 staples up off the ground. That number may or may not be a slight exaggeration. But, seriously, it is the fastest, easiest, and most efficient way to pick those little pokey beasts up off the ground. I hope you found a few tips and tricks that you can use! Thanks for stopping by! DON'T FORGET IT, PIN IT! Share It:
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