August bulletin boards

Hi everyone, I’m here to show you how I made my tissue paper border for my bulletin board. I posted a picture of it on Instagram last week and I was blown away with all the requests for a tutorial! So, as promised, I'm going to show you how it's done :) I know, I know... This border looks difficult! I guarantee that it will be the easiest thing you have ever done and you will LOVE all the compliments from your students, parents, and colleagues! Here we go... First, you need to choose 3…

"I am a reader," "I am a mathematician." So many ways you could go with this theme.

"I am a reader," "I am a mathematician." So many ways you could go with this theme.

Favorite Books Bulletin, stealing this for my elective bulletin board in the building hallway

theme board all about me for preschool - Google Search

My first bulletin board of the new school year! August/September 2015. The small student apples will have pics on them after school starts and I can take the pics. I didn't want to post student pics on Pinterest. :) We are a small Lutheran Christian school.

3-D art. I used a cardboard box. Rolled construction paper for the crayons.

"I am a reader," "I am a mathematician." So many ways you could go with this theme.

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Photo Source: Tammy White Photo Source: Tammy White

Along with orienting your new students to the classroom and classroom procedures, the first few days of school provide a great opportunity for some community building exercises. A few years ago we featured this fabulous board and thought it offered a great jumping off point for a collaborative project as well as classroom decoration for the first few weeks of school! "I Am Unique" Puzzle Piece Craftivity We love using the puzzle illustration to show students that each of them, with their…

I am still in the process of planning a back to school party for my girls and my sister's boys. We are going to take beginning of the school year pictures with the kiddos and I have been making a couple of giant school supply props for the pictures. This giant pencil was super easy to make and the best part is that it actually writes. I couldn't find any pool noodles in the stores this time of summer, so I snagged a couple from my parents house. (They have a pool) The main part if the pencil…

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