Fish make a fun classroom theme for summer school or any time of year. There are lots of ready-made bulletin boards with fish: Trend’s Fish Bowl bulletin board is designed to use for math, and I love it for that, but it’s extremely versatile. Trend also has an Under… Continue reading
A turtle theme for your classroom brings in multicultural folktales, biology, and shapes. Start with a bulletin board. There aren’t any large ready-made turtle bulletin boards right now, though there are some turtles in the Sea Buddies set. Carson-Dellosa has turtle note pals, novel notes, and colorful cutouts. These are… Continue reading
While we were in Rome with Google Earth, we saw a pizzeria on every corner. Pizza is perfect for studying fractions. Our friend Debby Picou showed us how to make a fractions center with pizza slice cutouts. Just fit them together into parts like 3/8 or 1/2 and glue them… Continue reading
Some of us have a favorite theme we use every year — maybe we have some fresh new ideas for yours. Some of us are ready for something new — maybe you’ll find it on this list. Each of these themes has ideas for bulletin boards, room decoration, literature,… Continue reading
Pandas make a great classroom theme. They connect naturally with studies of biology, environmental science, art, and punctuation — and hey, they’re cute! It’s also very easy to find ready-made panda gear to decorate your classroom — at this time of year, that’s a big plus. Panda Pals from Edupress… Continue reading
It would be hard to guess how many hundreds of classrooms have dressed up the venerable Carson-Dellosa Weather Bear. Step over now, Bear, ’cause the Weather Frog is in town! Seriously, you can use the Carson Dellosa Weather Frog Bulletin Board Set to study seasons, graph the weather, liven up… Continue reading
