Decorate your classroom door or nearby bulletin board with Name Tag T-shirts; one for each new student this year.
Hi and welcome back to Attentionology for K – 5 Teachers!
If you’re in a “Start Back to School” mode, this post is for you…
…colorful and fun new bulletin board designs with graphics that can double as student handouts and activity sheets.
Bulletin Board & Activity Designs that Fit Kids to a Tee! is perfect for busy teachers seeking eye-catching ways to:
- welcome new students
- get important messages across, like “No Bullying In School”
- help kids stay focused and on task in class
- motivate children to embrace learning
- reward students for work well done
What’s more iconic in children’s school attire than T-shirts?
These multi-functional bulletin board and activity designs all feature T-shirts that fit kids to a tee.
Welcome! – Try a new take on name tags for your students this year. In addition to posting names for all to see on your classroom door or nearby bulletin board, include a warm greeting above each name on T-shirt shapes. Welcome in any language is a power word with a pleasing punch.
Access a T-shirt design online to print or buy T-shirt shapes in a teachers’ supply store. Add the word Welcome! Print copies on colored paper to distribute to your class. Invite kids to write their names on the line below the word Welcome!
I ♥ No Bullying is a message that suits all kids to a tee!
Suggest that students take the Welcome! sheets home to post near where they will do homework this term.
No Bullying In School – The message is by no means new, but creating a bulletin board with I ♥ No Bullying T-shirts is a new way to communicate this important rule.
Make copies of your I ♥ No Bullying T-shirt for every child in your class.
Advise students that writing their names on their I ♥ No Bullying T-shirts is a promise to never bully and to notify an adult if they see bullying in school or on the playground.
In an age-appropriate manner, instruct students to write ways that they can help prevent bullying on the backs of their I ♥ No Bullying T-shirt sheets.
T-shirts for teaching come in more designs here. Read on…
Staying on task fits you to a tee can be a reminder or a reward for paying attention.
Staying on task fits you to a tee! – As a new school term gets underway, help kids learn to stay focused and on task in class with this attention-getting T-shirt design.
Use this T-shirt as a bulletin board design, posting T-shirts with every student’s name on a colorful classroom space.
Kids love T-shirts! Invite them to design one for learning this year.
Counter unwanted behavior or reward paying attention by printing copies of this T-shirt design as an activity sheet for class distribution.
Staying on task fits you to a tee! is a gentle but clear enough message to share when kids seem distracted.
The same message can also be a note of congratulations for paying better attention in class.
T-Shirts Designs for Learning – Teachers have curricula to follow, but what do our students WANT to learn this term?
Tape or glue a blank white T-shirt to a sheet with a header that reads, “What’s your design for learning this year? Decorate your own T-shirt to show it.”
Distribute copies; ask kids to write their names, design and color the T-shirts.
Post students’ work on a bulletin board with a header that reads, “T-Shirt Designs for Learning This Year.”
Being Smart Fits You to A Tee! –
Reward students with a T-shirt design that applauds being smart.
What better way to reward students than to publicize their good work.
When your class has achieved an academic milestone, distribute copies of this T-shirt design. Ask kids to write their names and color the T-shirts with LIGHT colored crayons so as not to cover the print.
Post students’ work on a bulletin board with a header that reads, “My Smart Students.” Well deserved praise fits all kids to a tee.
Remember, you don’t need to be a magician to work magic in any instructional setting!
Please send comments about ways you’ve used T-shirts for teaching.
Talk with you again soon,
Barbara ♥ The Lovable Poet
