Bulletin Boards how to Include Students when Designing the Board
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You unveil your latest bulletin board and wait for the gasps of awe and amazement. Instead the children seem bored beyond belief. You spend time on your bulletin board and want to enthrall and educate your students. One way to do this is to allow them to partake in the creation of a board. There are various ways that you can do this.
Use their images in the bulletin board
A lot of children are love to be in pictures. You can let them be the models for your bulletin board. For instance, if the bulletin board is about ways to be healthy, then you can take pictures of one child doing jumping jacks, another child eating vegetables, etc. Post these on the board.
Little artists
Let the children create amazing works of art to include in the bulletin board. For instance, if it is a bulletin board about creatures that swim, then the kids can use markers, crayons, paints and embellishments to make pictures of these animals. You can then make the back of the bulletin board look like the ocean. Attach the children’s creations into the board.
Written reports for the bulletin board
Older children can write something for the bulletin board. For instance, if you teach a language arts class, you can have the children write poems to be part of the board. They can also write reports to include.
Brainstorming
Older students can help you create the bulletin board as a whole. Explain the general theme of the bulletin board. Get the children together in a circle and have a brainstorming session in which students suggest different ways to design the board. Try to include as many of these elements as possible. An alternative to this is to have groups of students work on specific boards during the year. With fewer students creating each board, individuals will have more of an influence.
Allow the children to give a voice to the bulletin board
Bulletin boards do not have to be silent. Get some voice recorders and record the children saying or doing something related to the board. For instance, if the bulletin board is an elementary school board about farm animals, then you can have the children record animal sounds. Mount this on the board next to the animals.
Children learn better when they are actively involved. At the very least allow them to help you cut out pictures for the board as well as tape things onto it. Include the students in the creation of your bulletin boards to pique their interest and create a great display.