Ideas from a Resource File
o Look at the topics which will be taught.o Look at the objectives.
o Create catchy titles to match the objectives.
o Use pictures and articles which have been collected in the resource file. Arrange them in a way which helps teach the objectives.
o Look at the topics which will be taught.o Look at the objectives.
o Share the objectives with the children.
o Let the children help create catchy titles, collect materials, and organize and complete displays.
o Look at the topics which will be taught.o Look at the objectives.
o Use one or more of the following:
o Personal ideas. Write down ideas as soon as they come to mind. Later the list can be reviewed and the best selected.
o Photographs of bulletin boards. Share some with the children.
o Teaching methods textbooks and professional journals.
o Bulletin board idea books (Adapt them to the local situation.)
o Card files of ideas.
o Yellow pages, newspaper, or magazine ads, brochures, and pamphlets for design ideas.
o Nature
o Transparencies made from black and white pictures. Sketch shapes on a background and add original ideas.
o Suggestions of other educators. Do not take the ideas of a colleague who might want to save a special experience for the children in another year.