Community Bulletin Boards

This is a fun idea we implemented last year to foster family engagement.  Each month we send home an object, usually on card stock, for each child to decorate as a family. Attached is a note telling them to decorate at home with their families and not to forget their name, also the date which we would like them back.  Normally I give a week for it to be returned, its ok if they come in after we love that they take the time to participate!   In the entry area we post both a preschool board and a toddler board with all of the creative art pieces that come back.  Displaying them in the entry area has proved to encourage all to participate and for the children to really look at everyone's art.  They love to find their piece and are always excited to tell you what they did at home to create it.  Here are a few examples of the boards are children created last year:

Most of the templates came from TheMailbox but any shape template can be used.  We have a lot of new ideas for this school year....we can't wait to see what they come up with!