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A preschool classroom has many integral parts, including the bulletin board. Your preschool bulletin board can create an exciting learning environment and be an opportunity to showcase your preschoolers’ creativity.
Preschool bulletin boards help teachers convey different news and information to preschoolers or can introduce a learning activity. Bulletin boards can also be interactive and play a major role in encouraging children to express their creativity through drawing, writing, or painting.
Changing up your bulletin board design with the seasons will keep your class engaged and prepared for the months ahead. In this article, we'll explore 21 different preschool bulletin board ideas to sustain you all year long.
6 tips for using bulletin boards effectively
Bulletin boards can serve several purposes in the preschool classroom. No matter how you use them, keep these strategies in mind to maximize effectiveness.
- Have a clear purpose: Most bulletin boards will fall into the decorative, informational, or interactive category. When you create a new board, be clear about which category you want it to function in. Also, include a mix of bulletin boards in your classroom, so you don’t have only decorative or informational boards.
- Engage your children: The classroom is a reflection of your children's interests and a bulletin board is a great place to showcase them. When possible, engage the children in the ideation, creation and/or use of the boards. Remember to keep all bulletin boards eye level for preschoolers.
- Refer to your bulletin boards: This is particularly important for interactive and informational boards. If you create a board with numbers 1 to 10 and a visual of what those numbers represent, use it in your lessons or when casually referring to numbers throughout the day. When you model this behavior, you’re teaching the children in your classroom to do the same.
- Keep it simple: If you want children to refer to the boards, keep them simple and visually appealing. Doing so will help them understand and benefit from the boards if they’re informational or interactive. Decorative boards can follow the same rules, so children can appreciate and process the designs.
- Make them durable: To give your bulletin board a chance at lasting, use durable materials when you create it. This is especially true for interactive bulletin boards but applies to all types.
- Choose inclusivity over beauty: You may be tempted to put up the same simple, pretty bulletin board you use every year, but consider how you can make it feel more welcoming and inclusive for your children. When children see bulletin boards that represent their interests, background, and culture, they feel included and celebrated in your classroom.
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Fall bulletin board ideas for preschool
The fall season ushers in a new school year along with changing leaves, pumpkins, apple picking, and a time of gratitude. Here are some fall-themed preschool bulletin board suggestions:
Pumpkin patch
This pumpkin patch themed bulletin board design is an excellent way to help children get to know their classmates and their names at the start of a new school year. This bulletin board features pumpkins with each child’s name that flip up to reveal their photo underneath.
The pick of the patch
This pumpkin board idea is an excellent way to showcase your preschoolers’ creativity. Have every child create their own version of a smiling pumpkin, then load them in a red truck, as shown below. Preschoolers will love seeing their art on display.
Fall leaves us reading
This fall themed book board is a brilliant way to encourage a love of reading. This theme provides an opportunity to recommend autumn-themed books for your preschool classroom to enjoy.
Reading tree
This fall tree theme is a creative way to highlight children’s favorite books. Create a “tree” out of craft paper and decorate it with leaves and photos of your children. Include each child’s favorite book next to their photo and have your class find each other on the tree.
A thankful classroom tree
The fall season is a perfect time to teach children about gratitude. This idea offers a simple step-by-step tutorial on how to create a gratitude tree for your classroom. Have each child write at least one thing they're grateful for on a leaf and add it to the tree.
Winter bulletin board ideas for preschool
Winter brings thoughts of dressing in warm layers, twinkly lights, and hot chocolate. Below are some winter-related preschool bulletin board ideas that will excite your class for the upcoming season.
Unique as snowflakes
This snowflake idea is a festive activity to celebrate each child’s uniqueness. It's a simple and positive way to introduce the topic of diversity to preschoolers. Have each child decorate their own snowflake and add it to the board.
Hibernate with a good book
Winter is an excellent time to curl up with your favorite book. This bulletin board idea features a reading bear with a snowy cloth and warm blanket. As you draw and color the picture, you can ask preschoolers to name their favorite book and why. Consider printing out some book covers and adding them to the board.
Winter wonderland
This welcome board idea features houses lit up by a string of lights. Using simple materials like empty milk cartons, paper, and pipe cleaners, have children decorate their own house for the board.
Mitten match
This mitten match idea is an excellent example of an interactive bulletin board project. It features numbers or letters (on paper mittens) hanging on yarn "clotheslines" with clothespins. Preschoolers can practice matching the colors, numbers, or letters on the board.
Winter snowman
This bulletin board idea will bring some festive winter spirit to your preschool classroom. Add a snowman and snowflakes featuring each child’s name or photo.
Spring bulletin board ideas for preschool
Spring brings warmer weather, blooming flowers, butterflies, and bees. One of the best ways to usher in the new season is by creating a bulletin board that celebrates your preschoolers’ favorite things about spring.
Swing into spring
This swing into spring bulletin board idea is a good way to encourage children to engage in outdoor physical activities. Children will also love seeing pictures of themselves on the world's longest swing set.
"Bee" amazing
This bee themed bulletin board craft is one way to highlight your preschool classroom rules. List things like “bee kind” or “bee helpful” and decorate your board with bees and flowers.
A flower of handprints
The purpose of the flower handprint is to remind children that we’re all different, and it makes the world a beautiful place. To make the flower, instruct preschoolers to trace both hands and cut them out.
On one hand, they'll write their name, and on the other, they’ll write something they love about themselves. Arrange the handprints around a center circle to resemble the petals of a flower and add a stem.
Walk into spring with a good book
This bulletin board theme promotes a love of reading in the springtime months. Go a step further and add pictures of book covers to the board for inspiration.
Butterfly wings
Children need to be constantly reminded of the greatness inside them and this bulletin board idea is the perfect way to do it. Besides the positive message, the bulletin board also features very colorful butterflies. You can ask every preschooler to decorate a butterfly for the board.
Summer bulletin board ideas for preschool
Summer is an exciting time as you reflect on all the accomplishments and progress of the past year. It’s also a time to encourage outdoor activities like going for walks, playing outside, and swimming. As you celebrate the beginning of the summer season, consider some of our favorite bulletin board ideas:
Hanging up our memories
This hanging t-shirt idea is a perfect way to recap all the activities your preschoolers have enjoyed throughout the school year and celebrate all the milestones they’ve achieved. Using t-shirt cutouts, add photos of activities or have each child draw their favorite memory.
Time for summer
This bulletin board idea can help get your class ready for summer activities. To customize the board, you can add a photo of each child to the sunglass shapes.
End the year with a bang
This creative balloon board idea celebrates the children in your class. Give each child a balloon and instruct them to put a piece of paper with their name on it inside the balloon.
Hang all the balloons on the bulletin board. Pop one balloon daily and celebrate the child whose name is inside it. You can also have everyone say something nice about the child, like what makes them a good friend.
Just keep swimming
This keep swimming bulletin board idea is a good way to introduce children to the concept of patience as they wait for summer to begin. As you decorate the board, ask your class to share what they are looking forward to doing in the summer months.
Friendship celebration
We love this idea because it's a way to celebrate preschoolers' friendships throughout the year. It's also an excellent way to recap all the special moments you've shared as a group. Gather photos taken over the past year and add them to the bulletin board.
Float into summer
Help your classroom float into summer with this fun bulletin board idea. Each child will see themselves floating in the ocean or on a nearby island. It doesn’t get more summer-ready than that!
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Wrapping up
Changing your preschool bulletin board with the seasons is a great way to keep your classroom excited about their learning environment. There are plenty of simple and creative ways to get your children involved, displaying their creativity and providing meaningful ways for them to interact with one another.
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