December board

This board was fun to do! I just made a template and cut out all the different color lights, and since butcher paper is so thin I could cut out 4 or 5 at a time. With the Cricut I cut out "Learning "Lights" the way". This is what it looked like finished, which turned out pretty good considering I didn't measure how big the board was. The teacher ended up laminating the words all together and added kids art work but I don't have a picture of it, this will have to do :)

-Brooke

November Mayflower & Plymouth Rock Board

This board was the most fun board to make. I did it in a record 3 hours. I only had one day to fit it in so I had to rush.
I used 2 really long sheets of blue for the water. I put the light and dark blue sheets on top of each other then folded them in half the short way. Then I drew waves right down the middle of the paper and cut the waves out. I separated the pieces then layered them until I like how it looked. Then glued it all down with glue sticks. I used a white ink pad to outline the waves and add some depth.
I made the Mayflower out of brown butcher paper. Then I used various shades of gold and brown to make the ship look like it was made out of wood. The sails were cut out of white butcher paper and I used light blue ink pads to outline the sails.

Plymouth Rock was made out of black butcher paper and I used the same white ink pads from the water to give the rock some dimension.

The kids will be writing about the pilgrims this month and will post that in the empty space on the top left corner.

by Megan Nov 2011

Thanksgiving board

So far my boards have mostly just been from what Megan had done last year (pilgrim and turkey).... so thanks Megan :)My pictures are fuzzy this time too and I don't know why. Anyway I just used fake fall leaves that I bought in a little package from Micheals for $1 and the little honeycomb fall pumpkins I got at the dollar store.

Fall Board

Owen's teacher asked me to make a fall tree to keep up for Oct and Nov.

I crumpled up some brown butcher paper for the trunk of the tree then cut out leaves free hand with a bunch of 12x12 papers that I have had forever.

I used 5 green 12x12 patterned papers for the grass. I cut the 12x12s in 3rds then cut fringe on the top and crumpled the tops to give them some texture.

The boarder are orange leaves that came in a pack from Target for .89 cents.

Mrs. Creel had the kids make apples and pumpkins and I think those turned out so cute.

by: Megan Oct. 2011

October Spider Web Board

I made the web out of a couple of old white tshirts. I cut the shirt into strips then tied them all together.

I found these poster boards at Walmart on clearance and I think they are awesome and just too easy.

"Get Caught in Mrs Hudson's Web of Learning"

I made this big spider out of a black poster board then made a bow out of scrapbook paper.

Ms. Hudson added a few more spiders and some googlie eyes to them and I think that was brilliant!

Then she posted up the kids work. They were happy to see it displayed .

by Megan Oct 2011

October 2011 Board

I tried to take pictures from a couple different angles because the lighting is bad. Anyway the board is not completely finished in these pictures, there will be the witch that Megan made last year next to the cauldron and her moon that she also made last year, which you can see here. The kids in the class colored and cut out bats, ghosts, and pumpkins, which are also not all up. The pumpkin, flying witch, Dracula, and little haunted house came in a pack together from the dollar store some of them are sparkly but you can't tell (thank you dollar for having cute things for so cheap). I used the cricut to cut out "Kindergarten is spooktacular"  Happy Halloween :)

-Brooke

Student Spotlight

I made this board for my work but thought this was a good place to share it.

by: Megan Oct. 2011

Other boards at the school

Here are some boards that the boys teachers have done that I thought were so cute.

Hendrickson/Hudson

2011

September Friendship Board

Each of the white flowers have fun things you do with Friends i.e.: tell secrets, help each other, play games, etc.

The poppy flowers are made out of 12x12 pattern and butcher paper.

The class read this book about friendship then made these paper dolls . Then the kids colored the doll as themselves and 2 or their friends and then wrote the traits they like about that friend.

Friends Stick Together.

By: Megan Sept. 2011

October Halloween Board

The witch , ghost and pumpkin trick or treaters are all backed and stuffed with butcher paper. As is the paper moon. I used 2 inch strips or orange to boarder the bulletin board. The stars hold each child's picture and are laminated.

By: Megan Oct. 2010

November Thanksgiving Board

The Pilgrim and Turkey are about 2 1/2 feet tall made out of butcher paper. I used the orange paper boarder from the Oct. board to make these flowers and used the kids picture stars to trail off the orange flowers.
Hungry Pilgrim
Gobble Gobble

Teachers helpers

Mrs Sorensen and Nifae Dec. 2011

January Winter Board

These 3 snowmen vary in size from about 2 1/2 to 4 ft tall. The little snowman builder is about 1 1/2 feet tall. Snow flakes are scattered all around.

by: Megan & Brooke Jan. 2011

February Valentine Board

This board is ready for all the Special Deliveries the Kinder-gardeners will make in February.

It features two big red hearts and a mailbox with love letters and hearts fluttering out of it.

by: Megan Feb. 2011