http://usefulwiki.com/displays Classroom Displays and Bulletin Boards Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:33:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Classroom Displays reader Michaele has more about this lovely January display over at her blog Kindergarten's 3 R's:. Her kindergarten students were curious about her ethnic origins and spent some time over November and December exploring Eskimo culture. I think this display is a wonderful example of using positive images ... http://usefulwiki.com/displays/2009-01-07/january-hallway-display-well-frolic-and-play-the-eskimo-way/ Ok - how scary was that?? 3d tree displays, we all love them don't we? It's one of the most common searches people use to come to this blog. Have you ever even considered the fire hazards our displays might be causing? I know that many local authorities are fitting fire ... http://usefulwiki.com/displays/2009-01-04/classroom-displays-is-your-display-a-fire-risk/ [HTML1] I noticed in my blog statistics that lots of people are searching for inspiration for last minute Christmas classroom Displays.  I thought I'd share this slideshow of a few of the displays tagged "Christmas" from our Flickr Classroom Displays Group. Santa and the Fireplace Classroom Display - what's the point? This cheery ... http://usefulwiki.com/displays/2008-12-05/christmas-classroom-displays-inspiration/ How do you do your lettering for classroom displays? Are you a traditionalist with hand cut double lettering or are you happy to use printed titles? Perhaps you prefer to buy ready made titles or download free ones. Whatever you choose there are resources available online to make your life easier. ... http://usefulwiki.com/displays/2008-11-30/lettering-for-classroom-displays/ What is a friend, originally uploaded by LindaH. It's Anti-bullying week at the moment and I thought as a change from previous years I'd pick out some more positive displays. Rather than being against something these displays promote things that will help to create a whole school culture where bullying is ... http://usefulwiki.com/displays/2008-11-19/what-is-a-friend-anti-bullying-week-2008/ I love global participation projects and this one is pretty straight forward. I'll let Liz, a member of the Classroom Displays flickr group, explain: My kids have had a great time working on the monster project this year. I really enjoyed how easy it was to make the project multidisplinary. ... http://usefulwiki.com/displays/2008-10-22/classroom-displays-monster-global-project/ Classroom displays advice to students I am occasionally contacted by students, teachers or TAs, who want to read about some of the theories that underpin our use of classroom displays in schools. These are books that explore the reasons behind our use of displays rather than give us ideas for making ... http://usefulwiki.com/displays/2008-10-18/classroom-displays-theory-and-practice/ 66/365 - 9/26/2008, originally uploaded by snelly23. I couldn't resist this great quick display for Autumn! The maker says: I was looking for real fall leaves to photograph on Monday, the first day of fall, and I failed. Our class used "glue paint" over and under tissue squares on construction paper to ... http://usefulwiki.com/displays/2008-09-28/quick-autumn-displays-the-thinking-tree/ Everything you always wanted to know about making classroom displays? Everything about classroom displays? That's a huge claim isn't it? I think we can start to build something like it though if we all put our heads together. This blog has a large readership and I'm convinced that between us we ... http://usefulwiki.com/displays/2008-08-27/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-making-classroom-displays/ These wonderful language displays are courtesy of Joe Debono and his school Newbury Primary in Ilford, Redbridge in London. There are over 40 languages spoken in the school and Language of the Month was introduced to help the children to learn a little about and share each other's languages. As well ... http://usefulwiki.com/displays/2008-07-17/language-of-the-month-displays/