Bulletin Bored? or Bulletin Boards!: K-12

by Patricia Sivak, Mary Anne Passatore

Overview

Creating colorful, inexpensive, theme-related bulletin boards will be a snap with Bulletin Bored? or Bulletin Boards! Designed with the non-artist in mind, each bulletin board idea features easily reproducible black and white designs with detailed descriptions of materials, slogans, colors, and curriculum use.

The book is organized chronologically to follow the school year. Bulletin board themes revolve around holidays, seasons, social issues, sports, the environment, reading, and more. Pages of patterns, helpful hints, and additional ideas will make implementing and personalizing catchy displays simple.

From back to school to graduation, teachers and librarians will find a wealth of ideas to revitalize their bulletin boards. Includes a selected bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810835382
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/29/1998
Series:	School Library Media Series , #17
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	8.52(w) x 10.98(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Patricia Sivak is a librarian at Greater Latrobe Junior High School in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. She has supported the need for public relations in the library through bulletin boards and displays during her twenty-seven year career as a librarian. Mary Anne Passatore has been an art instructor in the Greater Latrobe School District for more than thirty years.

Editorial Reviews

This publication also includes insightful comments on the oftentimes process of making large or small letters for bulletin boards. The book is organized chronologically to follow the school year.

Lisca

...an attractive slick-covered trade paperback about creating colorful, inexpensive bulletin boards. It features black and white designs that lend themselves to easy reproduction, as well as detailed descriptions of materials needed, slogans to use and color schemes....Any group using bulletin boards...will find the book helpful.

Sunday Tribune Review

...librarian Patricia Sivak and art instructor May Anne Passatore show K-12 teachers how to decorate their classrooms in a way that captures student interest while staying within educators' budgets, schedules and artistic abilities. Designed with the non-artist in mind, each bulletin board idea features easily reproducible black-and-white designs with detailed descriptions of materials, slogans, colors and curriculum use.

Curriculum Review

The designs are simple to reconstruct and use easily obtainable and inexpensive materials...Intended for the school library media specialist, but its wealth of ideas will revitalize bulletin boards for teachers and public librarians.

VOYA

...librarian Patricia Sivak and art instructor May Anne Passatore show K-12 teachers how to decorate their classrooms in a way that captures student interest while staying within educators' budgets, schedules and artistic abilities. Designed with the non-artist in mind, each bulletin board idea features easily reproducible black-and-white designs with detailed descriptions of materials, slogans, colors and curriculum use.--Curriculum Review

The designs are simple to reconstruct and use easily obtainable and inexpensive materials...Intended for the school library media specialist, but its wealth of ideas will revitalize bulletin boards for teachers and public librarians.--VOYA

This publication also includes insightful comments on the oftentimes process of making large or small letters for bulletin boards. The book is organized chronologically to follow the school year.--Lisca

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