Big Bulletin Boards: A Cooperative Approach (Paperback)

~ Karen Robbins (Author)

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Product Description

Emphasizing the involvement and cooperation of all children in the classroom, this guide to making creative bulletin board displays for every holiday and season is an indispensable tool for any classroom teacher. These projects stress children's involvement by having them add to the final project by contributing a part that they have made themselves. Forty-six projects, which include a creative "Hands Across America" flag using cutouts of each student's hands and a giant fishbowl using crayon resist and watercolors, introduce children to various kinds of art media. Children will be thrilled to look at the bulletin boards and know that they were instrumental in their creation, and educators will appreciate the help in creating them. Also included are teaching objectives and materials needed.

About the Author

Karen Robbins is the author of Year 'Round Holiday Crafts, which has sold more than 116,000 copies, and God Made Everything and God Made Everything Just Right. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

Product Details

• Paperback: 92 pages
• Publisher: Hide and Seek Press; 2nd edition (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971144109
• ISBN-13: 978-0971144101
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #116,504 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4 Years of Bulletin Boards By Kids and For Kids!, December 2, 2001

By	Karen Robbins(author/publisher) (Seattle, WA U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

As an elementary teacher, I believed that bulletin boards should be made by my students and not me! I wrote Big Bulletin Boards with this concept in mind. Most of the boards within my book have been successfully constructed by students. Children will be introduced to 23 different forms of art mediums; while developing creativity and building self esteem. The boards are quick, easy, fun and creative for both boys and girls. What a wonderful way to teach cooperative learning! Big Bulletin Boards: A Cooperative Approach was previously published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. selling over 16,000 copies. I revised the book and released the Second Edition in 2001 under Hide and Seek Press. I hope you have fun making BIG bulletin boards with your students! I sure did and they became the "talk of the school."! *Note: This is a great book especially for beginning teachers, preschool/elementary teachers or librarians.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cooperative Art for Elementary School Aged Children, August 5, 2001

By	"rcrats" (Washington) - See all my reviews

This book is a radically different approach to bulletin board construction. It is perfect for elementary school aged children in any context (school, daycare, libraries, etc.). The cooperative approach means that each child in the group creates a special piece of the bulletin board. Then, the child sees how her/his piece contributes to the objects that make up the bulletin board. For example, each child creates an individual snowflake that the teacher then assembles into a snowman for a winter bulletin board. The child experiences a group of people working individually and collectively toward a group goal, much the same way the classroom should function.

Whereas other bulletin board books come with templates to create myriad identical bulletin boards, this book gives clear, detailed instructions for creating bulletin boards unique to the children and teacher of a class. There are four bulletin board projects for each month of the school year. Yet, most importantly, this book provides ideas and directions that teachers can use to invent new bulletin board projects that are meaningful to her/his group of students. Lastly, the materials list for each bulletin board consists of normal elementary school art supplies or materials that children can easily bring from home.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cute and Fun!, August 20, 2001

By	"ijram" (Stockton, CA) - See all my reviews

I LOVE this book! I used it all last year and my colleagues were always exclaiming over our finished projects. The ideas matched a lot of my theme units. And each page comes with a great illustration for those of us who are visual learners. The best part is that the teacher has a very small role in the making of classroom displays (other than pinning student's creations to the wall). The students have complete artistic control!