Patricia Bentham, author, kindergarten-lessons.com
Seasonal Bulletin Boards
Make your seasonal bulletin boards valuable teaching tools.
As well as making your classroom more inviting, seasonal bulletin boards can teach about favorite authors, focus on a specific math or literacy concept, incorporate word walls or emphasize a science theme. Rather than using pre purchased seasonal bulletin board cutouts, try involving your students as you build colorful displays that not only look great but are also valuable teaching tools.
Time saver - Involve your students
Use seasonal colors, sentence strips and make creating a seasonal bulletin board a whole class experience, rather than another teacher chore.
Spring Counting Bulletin Board Activity
Read "Peck, Peck, Peck" by Aileen Fisher
Peck, peck peck on the warm brown egg
Out comes a neck, out comes a leg
How does a chick that's not been about
Discover the trick of how to get out?
In the sample Spring counting bulletin board,
each student:
- made a chick (cotton ball painted yellow, toothpick legs)
- mounted the chick on a spring, pastel colored background
- chose a number from 1 - 13 from a pile on the table
- handed their chick and number to the teacher to staple when their number was called
The students count the chicks as a group and then use a pointer to count the chicks during center time.
All Spring theme pages:
Kids Spring crafts - Chicks hatching & Curious George
Spring science & art book - integrate science and art
Spring Crafts for kids - Straw blowing flowers, color mixing and snowdrop stencils
Spring tulips - Three finger tulip art
In Bulletin Board section:
Spring bulletin board - Easy Spring flowers
Spring counting activity here - make renewing the bulletin board a whole class activity.
