End of the Year Bulletin Boards and Decorated Doors

End-of-Year Count Downs have begun in Earnest! 

Making my school author-illustrator visits at this time of year is always a delight. Teams are working together like well-oiled machines. Classrooms are in the groove of routine. Students are thrilled to have something *NEW* on the agenda! Voila. Look at all of the excitement that greeted me exactly one week ago in Tennessee. What fun to get introduced by an enthusiastic principal! 

Look at that backdrop of student artwork in response to the illustrations in my three picture books! For this visit I was the guest of Kristine, brand new blogger at "Little Nuggets." I will have a future article where we revisit all of this amazing and AUTHENTIC student artwork! 

Today I thought the greatest service that I can offer up quickly is to share these great End-of-the-Year bulletin Boards that were on display just inside their front door. 

Here's a variation on the classic concept, 

"When I Grow Up I Want to Be............." 

There are some universal answers here: 

- teacher

-doctor 

-singer 

and I just giggled-out-loud when I saw: 

-demolitionist!

This A to Z bulletin board for career consideration was right beside the one above about specific student aspirations. I was especially tickled to see that the Q prompted the suggestion of QUILTER as a career! 

When we are all gathered together in the gym or cafeteria for my presentation, I always make a point to tell even the youngest groups that, "THIS IS MY JOB!" I get paid money to come to schools. Even the littles are impressed with that concept! MONEY? She get's paid money to be a quilter? That's a real job? Well, if you check the anchor chart above, you'll note that the letter 'I' can be an ILLUSTRATOR. 

Yes. I make my picture book illustrations from fabric as small quilts! 

Now for a couple of other happy EOY bits and pieces.

I saw this variation of the grown up job aspiration in OH last spring. 

Here's a great bulletin board for End of Year festivities and can be adapted for numerous grade levels. Oh, too cute for a ramp up to Kindergarten RoundUP.

CELEBRATE!

You'll have to do a little 'work' to pull of this crossword puzzle idea. 

Again. Easy to use for any grade level! 

These Floridians are used to wearing their 'shades'

but this concept is a real winner -- where ever the location! 

Drumroll!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Here's the perfect caption that can be adapted for a bulletin board or used to decorate your classroom door as 'picture' below! Grab up some FAVE pictures from the year's highlights and display them prominently. The PERFECT way to reflect over the year that is reaching a conclusion. 

Here's a couple of other smile makers! 

Father's Day is also on the horizon! 

This is a s-w-e-e-t idea for the PreK crowd. 

This was the first and last image I saw as I entered and departed from the TN school last week. 

What an utterly brilliant idea to 'signal' parents their timeliness for arrival. 

Such a pleasant reminder. 

I LUV LUV LUV the message of THANKS! for being on-time! 

If you click back in time, I have two earlier RoundUPs for EOY. 

This first one is FILLED with rhymes + hand print keepsakes. 

Last year I wrote a little poem that you are welcome to copy and give to your Wonders. 

It is cataloged up in the top tab under "Freebies" as a pdf for your ease in printing. 

My very first picture book, "You're Wonderful" is often performed for EOY festivities. 

I have received word that it will be used for Mother's Day gatherings and graduations too! 

You can purchase the immediate digital download at Teachers Pay Teachers. 

The zipped file has 2 Mp3's of my song by that name: a sung version and an instrumental, too! 

If you've never heard the song, you'll want to listen to the simplicity. 

You have plenty of time to get it ready for a performance. 

The zipped file has a chart of sign language to support your show. 

Here's a sweet 'flipbook' with children's pictures drawn for me this winter. 

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