Since I don’t have a classroom of my own to set up this year, I dropped into a friends classroom to offer my bulletin board expertise (I LOVE decorating for the year and begged for her to let me help). She is teaching first grade for the first time this year and wanted a fun theme. Dr. Seuss is perfect! I hunted down some good Dr. Seuss quotes that would tie in with what she wanted to display on the bulletin boards and we set to work pulling it all together. I think it looks great!
The room turned out so cute! Right now the calendar has purchased numbers on it, I suggested that she take pictures of all of the kids holding up their class number and using those as numbers on the calendar. She only has 19 students this year so for the additional numbers she is going to have specialist teachers and admin hold up numbers. To tie in with the Dr. Seuss theme, she is going to use Photo Booth’s green screen background to insert a Dr. Seuss background for the kids. The kids will wear a Cat in the Hat hat for the pictures. 🙂 It is going to be cute!
My favorite touches in the room are that each bulletin board is designed for student interaction or to display student work or accomplishments. I can’t wait to see it when all of the student work is up!
It looks awesome!
VERY cute pictures! LOVE the quotes used for the bulletin boards. The students will love them!~
So you’re going to come to Iowa and decorate my room next year, right?
This classroom looks awesome!
Thank you! This is perfect. I just bought some Cat in the Hat supplies today at Michaels Craft Store. I have a big welcome for outside the door, a simple rules poster which works great for the lab and borders. Now with your inspiration I’ll add some quotes. I hate to admit this but since I moved into the lab I don’t spend much time on decorating. The kids come in and out so quickly I don’t think they have much time to notice the details. However, I decided I needed to change things up a little bit this year.
You did a great job. How nice that she had a creative and willing helper.
This is a wonderful looking classroom! Nice job! The students will love walking into such a fun environment.
You should both be so proud of the room. It looks inviting, fun and like learning is about to happen there! Thanks for sharing it with us.
I love it! Dr. Seuss is a favorite of mine, and I think the room turned out great!
I want to be a student in this room!
The use of Dr. Seuss quotations throughout the room was a fantastic feature. I especially like the one over the VIP area: There is no one alive who is youer than you.
Thanks for sharing the fabulous ideas and especially the photos!
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Isn’t it fun? We kept saying the same thing, the kids are going to love it! I’m glad you like the pictures!
Thanks, we were really happy with the finished product too!
Thank you! The goal was to make it a fun and encouraging place to be.
Nedra, have you seen my Oh the Places You Will Go on the Internet Super Highway bulletin board from my computer lab? It was a fun one that listed a lot of the websites we visited regularly. Here is the link: http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=1126
Becky I would love to! Classroom decoration is one of my favorite parts of a new school year. I was glad that she was looking for help!
Thanks Melissa, I think they will too!
Awesome room decorations! Your kids should love it and other kids will want to be in your room. However, if that Promethean board is covered to hold student work instead of being in direct student use, you will certainly garner some negative criticism.
🙂 The Promethean board has to be covered because the room is shared space on the weekends. The goal is to keep it covered when school is out so that it doesn’t get marked up by others that use the room.
Thanks for the additional link.
I have these photos from the Dr. Seuss Memorial Garden in Springfield, MA- http://www.flickr.com/photos/nedrai/sets/72157608156407280/ I think I’ll use them along with some quotes for posters.
What an absolutely FABULOUS classroom! Thanks so much for sharing!
Great idea Nedra! You’ll have to post pictures of your classroom when you are finished!
You are so welcome!
What a fantastic room and what a dedicated teacher! Those students sure are lucky kids.
This is superb and will look even better once the work is added. I wonder if you use flickr at all? It would be great to have these in the Classroom Displays flickr group
I do use flickr! I’ll see about adding them to the Classroom Displays group.
When it comes to classroom decoration, there is nothing better than decorating with book characters. I also really like the book corner. Very cozy!
Thanks Cara!