Bulletin Board Fun

 If you know or are a teacher then you probably know how much we love a good bulletin board! When I decided to start home school preschool the first thing I did was purchase a 3ft x 4ft cork board from Amazon. I then made a list of what I wanted to include in this learning hub: 

• Calendar
• Shapes
• Colors   
• Alphabet
• Weather
• Numbers

I bought some resources and made others. Below I will walk through each section with links to resources. All of these could also be made by hand but would take awhile. 

Bulletin Board

Calendar: I purchased the calendar and blank cars for dates from Lakeshore Learning. If you go in person they will laminate the calendar for you! I then simply wrote numbers 1-31 on the cars in sharpie. I made the monthly headers using clip-art I purchased from TeachersPayTeachers. I have included the link for a free download below. 

Calendar Headers

Colors: I purchased the crayon clip-art from TeachersPayTeachers and then added a text box for the color name. I then laminated these using my Swingline personal laminator (I'm obsessed!). 

Swingline Laminator

Weather: I created this using basic clip-art from Word and then laminated. I can use a dry erase marker for the temperature each day since it is laminated.

Weather Board

Shapes: I found a set of shape flashcards in the Target Dollar Spot and decided to just use these. Simply pulled one of each shape and stapled to board. 

Numbers: I quickly made these on my computer and then laminated them. 

Alphabet: Owen picked out this alphabet poster when we went to Lakeshore Learning. I had them laminate it there. 

The Finished Board:

(We finished our basement weeks before Owen was born and still haven't gotten around to trim...someday it will get done!)