Do you always do every bulletin board the same old way? Well, stop! If your bulletin board is small, can you use the walls, floor and ceiling? Why not use the windows for a display? Or how about the support post in the middle of the room? Here are over 100 innovative bulletin boards and displays for use throughout the school year. The ideas are arranged to correlate with the school calendar (September-May), with at least 10 given for each month. All are highly adaptable--even for bulletin board or display and gives complete instructions for constructing it, including the supplies needed and tips on keeping the costs down.

Off the Wall!: School Year Bulletin Boards and Displays for the Library

Skaggs, Gayle

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Encouraging students to read is an important goal for both librarians and educators, but creating exciting and effective reading promotion displays can often be a daunting task. This collection of eye-catching, theme-based reading promotion displays provides detailed instructions, diagrams, and suggestions for 25 different themes, from outer space to under the sea. Each theme includes variations for different age and grade groups, and ideas that range from a single bulletin board to a library-wide extravaganza with contests and parties. Illustrations are provided for every display. Tips for reducing costs and using alternate materials are also included, so making reading fun does not have to hurt the budget. With these ideas, encouraging students to read can be easy, fun, and creative.

On Display: 25 Themes to Promote Reading

Learning to read is a major mile marker in everyone's life. So much of a child's success in school and after depends on an ability to read. For children who are encouraged to read and have their skills reinforced, reading can become a lifelong passion. Geared toward teachers and librarians, this book presents twenty themes designed to promote reading and reading programs, especially to children who may need extra encouragement and motivation. The themes range from ice cream and pizza to baseball and football to farming and ecology, and were primarily developed for use with the Reading Counts and Accelerated Reader programs, but could be easily adapted for other programs. Each theme includes ideas for wall displays to chart reading progress, possible assemblies to correspond to the theme, related Internet sites to explore, rewards or incentives for achievement, ways to coordinate the theme to other subject areas, patterns for making display items, and tips for how to do it all on a tight budget.

Reading Is First: Great Ideas for Teachers and Librarians

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For the elementary or middle school librarian (or the classroom teacher) looking to encourage literacy, this volume provides detailed ideas for promoting reading and encouraging students to learn about and use the library. The work begins with practical ideas to market library services, including curriculum suggestions such as lessons to teach the Dewey Decimal System. A second section focuses on economical ideas for decorating library spaces and various themes for reading programs as well as instructions for carrying these themes school-wide. Numerous patterns for use in the various displays and suggested surveys to fine-tune library programs to the needs of a specific student body are also included.

Look, It's Books!: Marketing Your Library with Displays and Promotions

Designing an eye-catching bulletin board is like doing a billboard for a business. Library patrons and students are consumers-of information-and it is the challenge of librarians and teachers to advertise their "products" to grab the consumer's attention. But librarians and teachers often lack the training or time to come up with an ad campaign. Here are 65 tried-and-true bulletin board and display ideas for librarians and teachers. All are highly adaptable-for classroom, school library, and public library use. General directions and suggestions, such as background and letter choices, accompany tips on keeping costs down. Drawings illustrate the ideas, showing you just how to come up with the perfect bulletin board to advertise your "business."

Bulletin Boards and Displays: Good Ideas for Librarians and Teachers

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