40 Interactive Bulletin Boards For All Grades

Sorting lets you give kids a fast, simple way to practice a classroom skill. Sort things by color or size for younger kids. Older pupils can sort math problems or creatures from different habitats.

A bulletin board matching game lets kids pair math problems, spelling words, and states with their sounds or capitals. This visual board helps young pupils learn letters and numbers. You can have them match upper and lowercase letters or numbers in different fonts, or just ask them to do it.

This board starts the autumn season well. New preschoolers like its simple setup. Cut five treetops from green paper to make the board equal. Remove many brown tree stumps. Number the tree trunks 1 through 5. Attach the trees to the board with double-sided tape. Carefully slit each treetop. You can make apple sticks by pasting.

Build a classroom library to get students interested in reading. Place the books in the center of the board, near tables or desks, so students can easily read them. Encourage independent reading. This board lets kids color after reading their assigned materials, boosting reading fluency.

Students interact with the pumpkin farm on this board. Students must 'pluck a pumpkin' off the vine to use it. These felt vines sold at a craft store as Christmas decorations. Their rough side sticks to the felt, making them perfect for this project. Children identify the pumpkin shape then...

The instructor read aloud essays her students wrote about their futures. The website offers writing prompts and craft templates.

These look cute, but they are flashcards that boost students’ thinking skills. Students use this board to ask questions based on an answer you provide.

Use a Mr. Potato Head to teach the five senses? This board fits the study unit. Kids pick the potato part and stick it onto the shape. Some students finish this task entirely, as the book suggests. Others enjoy making a silly potato head. As long as people talk, it works.

Teacher Jess Porter, a Western Pennsylvania learning support teacher for third and fourth graders, created this interactive bulletin board idea for 'Who Am I?' to mark Women’s History Month. You can use it any time, any lesson, by using some QR codes.

Each envelope must list book recommendations for every category. Place the book's title, author, or phone number on the shelf so students find it easily in the collection.

Display a big game board, like Sudoku, on a bulletin board. Students can make a move on the board during any spare time.

Start a new study unit by setting up an “I Wonder…?” Wall. When you introduce a new topic, give students a separate notebook space to write down their questions and opinions. This approach stimulates higher-order thinking and inquiry-based learning at the start of any unit.

Every year, 'Snapshots of the Year' must be the favorite bulletin. It reflects our accomplishments and students’ views on learning. Teaching the Polaroid concept to kids is the hardest part. After students finish their 'snapshot' pictures of their favorite...

Social studies teachers will like this bulletin board. Students add photos or small tokens to a map of the United States or the world by visiting different places and placing them on the map. Students learn about key historical landmarks and events by viewing the board.

Run as fast as you can! The gingerbread man is impossible to catch. To make this board, cut out a gingerbread man shape from brown felt. A group process painting project shows kids sponge-painting large sheets of white butcher paper. Tacks the finished paintings to a bulletin board.

Your high school language arts students will think critically and creatively as they try to decide if modern music performers or nineteenth-century poets wrote specific words.

Are your students ready to write a novel? Teacher Stephanie Ryder’s interactive bulletin board concept excites children about chapter books quickly. Set up the first lines of several classic classroom books on your board; have students flip to check if they got it right or wrong.

Since coloring reduces stress and boosts pleasure, create a massive coloring book for your students. Students can color whenever they have spare time or take a break to color if they feel pressured.

Turn this Spotify Playlist into a Book-ify playlist. This adds a literary feel to your music listening. Pupils can write book suggestions on each worksheet line.

This display keeps pupils engaged and entertained. Print word bits, put them in envelopes, and have fun. Students separate and reassemble the words, then read them aloud. Make a class list of nonsensical word creations and have them read them.

Write about yourself and draw a picture to help students improve descriptive writing. Then, bury the solution under their painting. Use favorite literature characters or pop culture icons to give this task to high school pupils.

Search a Rooney? You wonder what it is! It is simple. Students use their observation and deduction skills to find interesting items in a search for a Rooney. This is an outstanding visual display. Send a student to the search a Rooney if they struggle to focus.

Bring your kids to the mitten matching center when it is too cold to play outside. Attach yarn across the board to make a "clothesline." Pin clothes on. Label the space below the clothespins with a letter or use a matching mitten. Cut out mitten shapes or buy a bundle of cut mittens. They should...

Use a bulletin board for compliments. This lets kids post praise and encourages them to give shout-outs. This builds compassion. Kids will congratulate friends, creating healthy competition.

The Genre Bulletin Board lets students add language arts reviews. Students read the question and check their answers by lifting flaps. This month’s board has flaps with a book's title and description on the outside, and the answer on the inside. Twenty flaps have a book title and description.

Special Delivery is for your preschool kids. This bulletin board works well in February, especially if your classroom has a post office theme or pupils need extra love. Make this board using construction paper to create giant, colorful envelopes. Label each envelope with a unique number.

Students put book covers or spines here. After finishing books they like, they write the title or draw the cover to remember what they read. Place a bookshelf on the board. Students use it to pick their next favorite book based on their class's picks.

Active kids need active centers to keep bodies and minds working. This "exercise station" board helps kids burn off extra energy. It also builds pre-reading and pre-math skills. This works for everyone. Print six workout images for this board. The images below are i

This final classroom exhibit will grab student attention! Make a countdown calendar for a class event or holiday. Are you planning a party? Are you organizing a field trip? Count down to the day with fun activities and resources. Each day, surprise the class with a new activity.

This creative method helps readers find new novels. Each student chooses a book based on their personality and taste.

This Christmas board lets kids show kindness by writing messages on small lights stuck to the trees. Watch it grow as Christmas break nears! It is fun.

Ask preschool students, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Print photos of community volunteers for ideas. Attach them to the board and a library pocket if possible. Tape small photos of each child to a craft stick.

Use your hot glue gun for this. After class, this board is perfect for playing a quick game of I Spy.

This method wins! It engages critical thinking well. Give a response, and students provide the question. Prepare answers weeks ahead to save time. Assign each student a number showing where their question goes on the board.

Young students sometimes need open centers for creative thinking and storytelling. Cover half the board with blue felt to look like the ocean. Cut out fish and ocean shapes from the felt. After reading ocean books aloud, have kids recreate the story on the felt.

Game-based learning has many benefits. Boggle is a math game based on the popular letter game, but with a number twist. Find how to play at the link below.

Rainbows make us happy. This rainbow board adds color to your spring classroom!

Make a classroom bulletin board look like a restaurant menu. Students choose items and calculate the money needed to buy them. Toy or hardware stores work just as well.

This arithmetic game uses a sports theme. Teams earn points by solving math problems correctly. Students set the difficulty; distance traveled sets the math level.

Observe Thanksgiving all through November. To show thanks, make number cards. Post the month's days on the wall. Students write what they are grateful for on the back of each card.