Tips decorating a classroom ?

Question

Hi

I am a first year teacher and i need some nice ideas for decorating my class for welcoming the students. I will be teaching 1st grade next year.

Any help/ ideas/ websites?

thanks

Answer 1

well i teach sunday school and i love for classes to be filled with decorations!!!

once you get all ur students you can take pics of them...get prints &take constrution paper where they can put them and put all the things they like or like doing!!!

have glitter, stickers,paint, cute decorations so that they can use!

have fun and good luck

Answer 2

If you write their names on nametags and put them on their desks, you won't have to assign desks the first day of school. Add a theme cut-out, like the mascot idea, or another one you will use throughout the year such as animals or fish. Get stickers to match for their papers and use the theme for your decorations.

You can put their names on leaves and put up a tree. Each month, put the birthday names on the tree. Let the summer birthdays use their 1/2 birthday date (add 6 months to birthday). Recognize students on their birthdays when you do your morning calendar/weather time.

Answer 3

What about some nice rainbow material - I have some draped over my chalk board.  I also have insense on every morning to create a nice welcoming smell for the children - you never know what their homelife is like.

Answer 4

My favorite theme of a classroom is a "Garden of Knowledge".  That was the theme of my classroom my first year.  I went all out. You can go to you local gardening store and buy little flower pots and ect.  Make it look very spring like. I love it and let your imagination go crazy.

Answer 5

Decorating a classroom is very important because it kind of sets a tone for the school year and gives the students a sense on what kind of teacher you are. For 1st graders you want your classroom filled with posters, colors, and decorations. Here are some things you should definetly have!

~A bulliten board in the room that is used to give students information about upcoming classroom events.

~Birthday Chart, Tooth Chart, Calender. Loosing teeth in 1st grade is very exciting so you definetly want a tooth chart.

~3-5 posters about encourgement, friendship, rules, quotes.

~3-5 educational pictures

~A teachers special chair(mine is a rocking chair with 2 pillows)\

~Cozy items for reading area such as beanbags, pillows, stuffed animals.

Have fun!

Answer 6

Have a bulletin board with all their names/bdays.

Select a theme--maybe something to match the mascot--and use that throughout the room.  

I'm a HS teacher, so I still have the same faded posters from 5 years ago!

Oh, and if you create something that you think you'll use all school year (like names) laminate it so it wont' rip and fade.  The school should have a laminator inthe library.

Answer 7

You should check out Beth Newingham's website.  You can get a lot of great ideas there about more than classroom decorations.

http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewing...

Look at her room themes.  Also you can search the internet typing in "classrooms", etc.  A lot of people do a theme that they keep up all year.  I don't because I'd get tired of it.

Answer 8

You could put the alphabet all around the room (stencils),different colored balloons real or out of constuction paper, and put every place your children will see them as they come into the room, you cut the alphabet out but this time ,cut out letters to be put your desks in your classroom, for your desk that they will see maybe your name cut out with the construction paper with different colors!Could have flowers on your desk, I'm sorry I don't really know about different websites, I'm just learning my computer.Hope this helps!you also could put up streamers all over the room, with WELCOME TO  MY  1ST GRADE CLASS!On a banner>