5 Fun Bulletin Board Ideas for Winter

Back to school, autumn leaves, Thanksgiving andJanuary and there is always discussion of diversity
Christmas all easily lend themselves to wonderfuland equality around this time. With a bulletin board
themes, but what to do once those have passed andbackground of stark white paper place traced and
spring is months away? Invigorate your classroom thiscut-out hand prints of a bunch of different colors all
winter in color and pizzazz with some simple and fastover the board. Make sure you have the children trace
designs. Start organizing your winter bulletin boardboth of their hands onto the construction paper. On the
decoration with the five good ideas below.hands the students can write, "Acceptance Starts
Everyone Is UniqueWith Me," "Tolerance Begins Here," or another similar
Students are unique. Each student has a wonderfulslogan to address the issue of accepting diversity. Not
personality, personal interests, goals and ideas. Whyonly does this bulletin board teach a good lesson about
not highlight the differences in a positive light on aacceptance and tolerance, it also can lead to a
winter snowflake bulletin board. While educatingdiscussion about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and
children about how snow forms, what it is createdpurpose.
from, and other fun facts have them cut outCelebrate the 100th Day!
snowflakes from white colored paper. Once theNormally, the 100th day of school is during the months
snowflakes are cut, have the children write differentof winter. This celebration of the power of ten
things about themselves on the snowflakes. You canprovides a wonderful opportunity to integrate
have them only list descriptive words on the cut-outsmathematics into the classroom bulletin board.
to educate them about adjectives. In order to liven upDisplaying sets of 100 items like pencils, gumdrops,
the white or light blue snowflakes you may want toerasers, or popsicle sticks make for a quick visual
use some sparkles, glitter, or tissue paper squares.lesson. Using those kinds of decorations can also
After you are finished you can have the students sitcreate a very colorful and pretty display!
on soft classroom rugs and share unique qualitiesThe Heart of Valentine's Day
about each other!This year why not do something a little bit different for
Who is Hibernating?Valentine's Day and make the bulletin board an actual
A "Who is Hibernating?" theme for your classroomheart? This teaching board will help with lessons on
bulletin board can be a great way to turn the bulletingeneral health, exercise, and circulation. To tie it in with
board into a teaching tool by incorporating some easythe holiday, have the children write and post what they
science concepts. Using construction paper, cutout orlike about their heart on paper heart cutouts.
draw a bunch of animals that hibernate during theTo find tons of great bulletin board decorations that will
winter. If an interactive bulletin board is needed, put thelast years take a look at this quality teacher supplies
animal on one side of the bulletin board labeled withstore, Classroom bulletin boards are a great way to
numbers and the location where they hybernate (i.e. -reach children with a quick visual impact. Tons of
hole in a tree, cave, nest, etc.) on the opposite side.different lessons can be taught with bulletin boards and
Use see thru pockets and small number cards thatthey give teachers an opportunity to bring out the
correspond to each animal for the students to matchuniqueness of the entire class. Be creative with bulletin
the animal to the correct hideaway.boards and do not be afraid to think outside of the
Martin Luther King Jr.box.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday is in the middle of