Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Snowmen and Dinosaurs---Our Winter Bulletin Boards

Winter Garden-Before

 
Dinosaurs-Before
 Our winter bulletin boards are providing a lot of creativity and scissor practice for our MWF classes!
Winter Garden-A work in progress!

Dinosaur Board-A work in progress!
The children trace, color and then cut.  We provide cardboard stencils in the art center. We also ask them to identify their dinosaur (T-rex, stegosaurus, etc.)  No stencils at home or in your classroom? You can create a basic snowman shape easy enough.  For dinosaurs, search 'dinosaur outlines' under images to get started. The stencils in our art center were traced and cut out many years ago.  They were created from recycled gift boxes.  You can also use cereal boxes or any medium weight cardboard. 

When the student is finished, they make a tally mark and get to press the easy button.  We often see students standing and counting and comparing class tally marks.  When we are finished, we will count and compare the numbers. 
  
Need more ideas for your bulletin boards?  Search the "Bulletin Board" label on our blog!