In this digital age where education and technology are rapidly evolving, there is a need for tried and tested educational practices which can help students in their learning.
Teachers should strive in creating engaging bulletin boards that are creative, interactive, and interesting which spikes interest in them to learn something new. A good bulletin board should be creative and informative which helps students to learn new lessons.
In this article, we have discussed how Singapore primary school decorate their classrooms and how the decorations can impact students and their learning. So let's understand how decoration and creative bulletin boards play an important role in the overall learning and development of children.
Below are the benefits of why is it important to have a colourful classroom.
A stimulating environment helps students to learn and concentrate better. An engaging and dynamic environment is needed to make children learn better and there can’t be a better use of creative and effective use of wall space.
Emotions go hand-in-hand with education, when children see posters, images, or diagrams, it evokes interest in them to know more about the thing. Thus the school environment should foster learning and develop a culture of growth by putting educational material on walls.
Pictures can be utilised passively to educate children about the do and don'ts in the classroom or rules and regulations or any other informational posters, etc, to enhance the learning experience and create an engaging environment.
It stimulates or creates students’ interest in different areas and helps in targeting different topics.
Interactive visual materials are the best way to engage students in learning and it helps them better in understanding the content easily and they remember it for a long time.
Students learn more when they are involved in the process so teachers should involve students in making the bulletin board as they learn, research, and get to know more about the concepts.
Classroom bulletin boards are the best way to decorate your classroom with informational content and provide value to students. Implementing some of the innovative bulletin board ideas is the best way to engage children in learning.
If you are overwhelmed during brainstorming for new bulletin board ideas every month then do not worry! Here we have gathered the best innovative bulletin board ideas for the whole year which are extremely engaging.
Motivates students to read books and gives some good book recommendations. Making a creative bulletin board for books will entice them to check it.
What a better way to explain the fall season than falling leaves. You can use each leaf to represent each child from your classroom or a particular informational message.
Make a huge tree and showcase leaves in the form of handprints of each student and provide informational content with each student's handprint design.
Teach your students vowels in a creative way by cutting different shapes of owls and writing vowels in them.
Spring is all about colourful flowers. So ask students to draw different flowers of their choice and paste those cutouts and write informational content about that flower so that they get to know more about their favourite flowers.
Spring season can be utilised to showcase the life cycle of butterflies i.e the journey from cocoon to a beautiful butterfly.
Yellow colour can be utilised to represent the spring season. You can showcase different flowers, and fruits in yellow colour and educate them more about them.
Mitten theme is an excellent way to showcase winter. Create a colourful mitten with an informational message and paste them on the bulletin board.
Colourful snowmen will help preschool kids get engaged with the material and content. Make colourful snowmen and put numbers on them so that it can help students learn numbers in a fun way.
Make different shapes of snowflakes, to teach students meaningful content for eg:- Showcase to them that like different types of snowflake, every person in this world is different, and have different personalities.
Beach and sun are the best way to represent summers. You can make it more creative and educate children about sea creatures, various fish, the evaporation system, different types of water or the sun, etc.
Popsicles are children’s favourite thing and summers are the best time to introduce different types of popsicles or different colours of popsicles.
Water Buckets are the best way to showcase the summer season. Ask kids to create colourful buckets and ask them to write their summer wishlist (as what things they want to do over the summer).
You can create a cute gift bag and paste it on bulletin boards for the students who have their birthday that month.
You can paste a cut-out of each month and the photos of children whose birthdays are there in that month underneath the name of the month.
You can create a graph where you can showcase cakes as months and the name of each child in each month whose birthdays are there. You can also make use of creative stuff like balloons and other birthday accessories.
Santa and Christmas go hand in hand and Santa is known for giving gifts to kids. Prepare Santa and gifts (showcase their name on each gift) for each student in your classroom.
Paste different colour stockings on the bulletin and put a secret Santa message in it for each student so that they get excited and engage to read and see what’s in store for them.
During Christmas week, write one popular carol each day on your bulletin board and also play it so that children learn and enjoy it at the same time. This can be the best way to celebrate and create a festive vibe in the classroom.
Quotes can be the best way to motivate children, you can even ask children their favourite quotes and paste them on board.
You can paste various emojis for each child and ask them to guess what it represents.
You can paste each child's photos and personalised messages for each one of them. You can write about their strengths or any motivational personalised message for them.
Ask children to paste the cut-out of their favourite food that is prepared on thanksgiving day or introduce them to different cuisines that are cooked on thanksgiving day and paste a small thanksgiving note under each food picture.
You can ask children to create a small note on all those things they are thankful for and paste each child's photo and their notes on the bulletin board.
You can also help students in knowing all the thanksgiving facts, make small notes and paste them onto the bulletin board.
Ask children to bring candies of their choice and wrap them so that it is not visible and paste them on the bulletin board. Now ask each child to guess or choose and hunt any one of the paste candies that belong to them.
Ask children to paste egg cut out and paste their photos on it and then you write a special msg for each child.
Ask children to draw bunnies with carrots and paste those cutouts on boards showcasing each child’s name under the picture.
Ask students to draw a funny bat with a positive message and then paste it on the bulletin board.
Ask students to create something unique like a pumpkin by recycling materials or using waste materials.
Ask students to wear quirky Halloween costumes and take pictures of them and paste their cutouts. The best way is to use a polaroid camera and take pictures and stick them on a bulletin board.
You can use cutouts of students’ pictures and emoji to showcase their lively natures. This can be the best way to put colourful images and emoticons as a welcome-back theme.
Ask students their favourite cartoon characters and create their cartoon cutout stickers with no face or blank face so that you can use students' faces as cutouts and paste them. This can be the best welcome gift as they can see themselves as their favourite character.
You create a School transparent bus so that you can showcase each child sitting as their cutout is being displayed. This can be again the best welcome back bus theme showcasing students coming to school on their school bus.
It is a great way to introduce students the famous people from history and their work or things they are famous for. Pasting their cutout, name and description.
You can tell your students about famous people and their story and their dream. In the same way, ask children about their individual dream or what they want to do for their country. Then post their cutout pictures and their dream. This can be the best way to keep them motivated.
Here teachers have to research all the facts and showcase them to students in a most creative way in order to make them aware of black history month.
The checklist of creating a good bulletin board is that it should be engaging, attractive and informative. So here are some tips for creating amazing bulletin boards.
It is recommended to use fabric while creating bulletin boards as the papers might be prone to wear and tear. There is also a chance that your staple marks, glue stains, and colour fades are visible on the paper so they might not look good.
It can be your go-to hack to align the alphabet, words, and numbers in alignment. One word here and there can ruin your whole decoration so use painter tape for the perfect alignment.
Make use of block letters to make the bulletin board message bold but make sure to outline letters in black outline as it makes the letters more clear and more visible to pupils.
Make use of different themes, colourful designs, and interactive materials every time to make it extremely attractive and engaging for students.
Teachers can take students' help in creating different theme bulletin boards. This can help them get more involved in the process of learning and understanding, plus it will reduce teachers' jobs.
Classroom spaces should be utilised for better learning. The boring walls should be decorated and to be utilised in the best way to keep children engaged.
Here are some tips which can help you to decorate your classroom:
It is the best way to decorate walls. Children love seeing their artwork on display as it gives them a sense of pride. Allow them to create unique artwork and display the unique ones or all if the space is not an issue.
Kindergarten room decoration must include visual aids that encourage learning but it should also include decorations that are engaging, colourful and fun.
Use of Decals can be the best temporary design to decorate the walls frequently as it also does not ruin the walls. Choose a mural or scene that students will love which can engage them to create curiosity or encourage creativity.
Adding plants or flowers to classroom decoration can serve two purposes; first students will learn to care for them, and second, you can add freshness to the classroom.
Classroom is students’ second home away from their permanent home. So make it more exciting, engaging, welcoming and comfortable so that they love to spend their time there.
Every school has rules and regulations in designing the classroom but you can use your creativity to your best to decorate the classroom space without having to make any permanent changes.
Children’s imagination grows when they are given life experiences which stimulate their thinking. When they become more imaginative they become better at their problem-solving skills.
So teachers should make use of imaginative elements such as pictures and materials to stimulate children’s imagination.
Rainbows can be the best way to add colours to the doors and teach children about rainbow colours. You can make it more creative and welcoming.
This is another theme that encourages curiosity and is engaging. Teach them about marine life and its adventures and creatures.
Another exciting space theme evokes the curiosity and imagination of students. It is also the best way to teach them about planets and astronauts.
Inspire your students with the inspiring superheroes or paste your student's photos into superhero avatars. Seeing themselves every time in superhero avatars will motivate them.
Put students' photos cut out into cute hot air balloon baskets as it will make them feel like they are travelling in a hot air balloon. Seeing themselves soaring to great heights in the sky will make them more excited.
Pretty colourful bright things attract kids very much. That’s the reason nursery classrooms are decorated with colours, arts, and innovative and exciting things. They encourage students to come to school and also help in their learning.
● Showcase 4 seasons and things related to it.
● Showcase main festivals of the year or in that month.
● Teach students about trees and life cycles and fruits or flowers they bear.
● Teach students about Nature, Day and Night.
● You can use children's activities in the form of posters and pictures to motivate them to try that.
● Showcase 5 senses and their uses.
● Make use of technology,
● Use colours and innovative things,
● Plants and flowers are refreshing,
● Change the decoration throughout the year to keep it exciting,
● Children’s artwork and their pictures can be more motivating,
● Informational and rules list will help them to remember things,
● Adding more visuals is the best way to engage students.
Remember what you put on your classroom walls can affect your students’ ability to learn and focus. So follow these do and don'ts of classroom decoration ideas.
● Display students’ artwork.
● Putting up short inspiring stories or quotes will help them to gain a greater sense of belonging.
● Avoid clutter. It is recommended to keep 20 to 50% of the wall or space clear.
● Post pictures of inspiring role models.
● Use more Visual aid as it helps students to remember content for longer.
● Don’t cover up your windows with decorations, let there be a lot of natural light in the classroom as it keeps the environment refreshing.
● Do not decorate classrooms heavily as it can interfere with their memory and ability to focus.
● Avoid posting marks as it can motivate higher rankers but demotivate other students who are struggling.
If you are a kindergarten teacher, we hope you can get some inspiration from the International School Singapore and how they decorate the classroom and hope these ideas can help you to plan your classroom decoration better.
These bulletin board ideas must have given more clarity to use your creativity and create different theme bulletin boards in the classroom. Involve your students in the process as it improves their creativity and involvement and enhances their learning process.
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