Today's Classroom Activities :

More Bulletin Board Ideas

The Anti-Boredom Board
Language Arts Title a bulletin board "The Anti-Boredom Board" and decorate it with smiley faces and hands that the students have made. Brainstorm ways to overcome boredom, and write each one on a face or hand. Days later discuss which ones have been tried and which are the most successful.

Picture This!
Language Arts/Art Make a bulletin board of idioms. First have students collect as many as possible and then select which ones they will illustrate. Start with the easy ones, such as a flash in the pan, footing the bill, in the nick of time, raining cats and dogs.

Bulletin Board Zoo
Science Design a large bulletin board to look like a zoo, with sections for birds, reptiles, mammals, etc. Have students collect pictures of animals from magazines and catalogs, then invite the children to put the animals in the correct section of the zoo. Set aside some sharing time when students can add new pictures of animals and tell what they know about those animals.

Line Up the Day
Math Introduce timelines by hanging a long piece of yarn on a bulletin board. Put up pictures as the day goes along to represent what is happening. Use coats, lunch boxes, balls, books, etc. to made a sequential picto-story of the day's activities. On another day, have the pictures posted before the children arrive, then see if the day turns out that way. Give each child a piece of drawing paper, a piece of yarn and crayons. Have them make a picto-story of the activities of a morning or evening activity.

Do You Believe in Magic?
Language Cover a bulletin board with bright blue paper and title it, "Do You Believe in Magic?" in silver letters. Cut stars out of gold paper and have students write or draw on the stars what kind of magic they believe in. Read "Cinderella" and other fairy tales. Invite a magician to your class to mystify your students with a few tricks.

Prefix Parade
Language Arts Choose a theme for a "parade" bulletin board (train cars, clowns, circus animals, etc.). On the first figure in the parade, write a prefix, such as "uni-." Each item behind it will have a word that begins with "uni-." You can make a second section of the parade that begins with "bi-."

Hello Hello
History/Communications Create an interactive bulletin board by printing out the word "hello" in several different fonts and colors. Space the "hellos" widely around the board and at various angles. Have students research various kinds of communication. As they discover forms of communication, make the pattern of a telegram or an early newspaper and upon it write important dates and inventors in the field of communication. Add the document to the bulletin board.