| Your classroom's bulletin board is an intriguing focal | | | | from brown construction paper or even newsprint to |
| point that plays an important part in educating and | | | | make the appearance more unique. Then, use a |
| exciting your students. These creative ideas for fall | | | | mixture of bright-colored construction paper leaves |
| bulletin board sets are not only simple and fun, but your | | | | and real leaves of all shapes and sizes to cover the |
| students will think they're fantastic! These ideas are | | | | tree trunks on the bulletin board. |
| also a great way to get your students involved in | | | | Leaves also make a great border for this theme. Or, |
| making colorful, educational classroom decorations. | | | | you may want to make a seed-themed border to |
| Giant Sunflower | | | | show the different seed casings for each deciduous |
| Late summer and early fall are the time of year when | | | | tree. Acorns and other strange seed pods are easy to |
| sunflowers are at their peak. Beautiful sunflowers are | | | | find lying under the trees in early fall. Take a walk |
| a source of food for humans, birds, squirrels and other | | | | around the campus with your students to see how |
| animals, and their size makes them seem quite | | | | many different types you can find to add to your |
| majestic, especially to small children. | | | | decoration. |
| A large sunflower can be constructed from yellow, | | | | Cheerful Cornucopia |
| orange and green construction paper and affixed to | | | | Fall's harvest symbolizes a time for celebrating nature's |
| the center of the bulletin board. Then, poetry, short | | | | bounty. Great a giant cornucopia as a bulletin board |
| quotes about the season, child poetry, short stories or | | | | set. Then, invite your students to fill it with as many |
| even fall-themed vocabulary words can be placed | | | | different autumn objects as they can find. These can |
| around the sunflower. | | | | include both real and created versions of squash, |
| For the sunflower-themed border, trim it with smaller | | | | pumpkins, corn, gourds, leaves, pine cones and seeds. |
| sunflowers without the stems or make a garland of | | | | Encourage your students to help make the |
| dried flowers of any kind for the border. In addition, | | | | decorations dynamic! Ask them to get creative and |
| sunflower seeds can be used for decoration and as a | | | | add other natural items to the cornucopia that you |
| math manipulative. | | | | might not normally consider. You can also use a |
| Deciduous Trees | | | | selection of items from the cornucopia as spelling |
| What kinds of deciduous trees grow where you live? | | | | words for older students, placing these words on the |
| Make a fall bulletin board set utilizing the different types | | | | bulletin board around the cornucopia or creating a |
| of deciduous trees and their leaves. Tree names also | | | | bulletin board border out of words chosen by your |
| make great vocabulary words, so add the names of | | | | students about what fall means to them. |
| the trees to the decoration as well. | | | | These bulletin board ideas for classroom decorations |
| Simple tree trunks can be created by the students | | | | will help to make your classroom fall-fabulous! |