Elementary School Bulletin Board Ideas

• “Come Grow with Ms/Mr XXXX’s Class”: A bulletin board of a Victory Garden, with the kids favorite vegetable (colored by themselves or created by the teacher) and their name on it along with their drawings of the different stages in their own vegetable/ plant’s development.

• “Vitamins, Vegetables, Victory”/ “Growing into Victory”/ “Sow the Seeds of Victory” (this may be a bit complex for young kids??) :Could be more patriot based and include their “Drawing for Victory” pictures and a little paragraph about how growing plants helps the community/ environment. The design could incorporate both plants/vegetables and American flags/ Patriotic images/other community symbols (New Orleans schools- Fleur de lis etc.).

  
  

  Could also include a type of “Victory for the Earth” idea (especially if used around Earth Day)with drawings of how growing plants helps the Earth.

• “We are Growing” : Feature different colorful growing flowers (that the students can each color) in a garden with students photo in the center of each flower accompanied alongside their stories of how their plant grew and developed.

  
  

  Writings could  include what they have learned from “Parts of a Plant – Science” and “Parts of a Vegetable – Science.”

  
  

  Another idea for this “We are Growing” theme that would incorporate what students have learned from the extended lesson plans such as: “What Does a Seed Need to Grow – Science” and “How Do Stems Work? – Science” (for older grades) is that the bulletin board shows a large diagram of the parts of the plant/vegetable (roots, seeds, stalk etc) and the children could each have their name on a part and include writing about what happens to the plant at that particular stage (possibly for older grades).

• “Cream of the Crop”: Put a photo of each of the students on top of their own colored growing “corn stalks” or vegetables on the board. Alternative: Have each of the students design/create their own vegetable (aka corn, pumpkin, plant) as a face with pipe cleaner, eye buttons etc. and put their names at the bottom. These could be accompanied with their “Vegetable”/ “Mystery Seed" story.

• “Growing Together”: Plant theme with some pictures taken by the teacher of the class planting/ watering and participating in the growth of their Victory Garden. These pictures could be accompanied by the their own “Plant Collage – Art” or “Garden Map- Geography” or artwork the students can draw about how their class grew their garden together