Friendship board ideas

End of the year closing board! "We came as strangers we leave as friends". Handprints of each resident with their signature next to it. Residents emailed me their photos and I put them up all over. I even put up our hallway sign from orientation week.

How is it possible that January 2017 has already come and gone? How is your focus on that one little word helping you? Mine is hope; here's what spoke to me today. I like the idea of being joyful in hope. And our nation is going through some turbulent times, so I connect with being patient in affliction and faithful in prayer. Tonight, a quick post, to express my gratitude for this uplifting visual display. Here's how this beautiful bouquet came to be: I saw a variation of this as a door…

This friendship board is a perfect way to start the year and connect #classroombookaday to social emotional learning. Download the free bulletin board template to connect picture books with traits of a good friend.

In the interest of transparency, I have to tell you that I was asked to review this book - Friendship is Like a Seesaw. It is a book in the A BIG HUG series by clinical psychologist and author Shona Innes. For my USA readers - we call teeter-totters 'seesaws' here in Australia. You can find these books stocked in the USA HERE I didn't have to think twice, I didn't need to be convinced and I didn't need to go and buy the book! It was on my shelf already (you may have noticed that I shared it…

Friendship bulletin board ideas for kindergarten/preschool - good friends theme