Elementary Classrooms are famous for being colorful, bright, and full of students' artwork. In addition to the cheerful decor making a classroom feel welcoming, the posters that teachers display in their classrooms can also accentuate and enhance students’ learning experiences within their classroom. When deciding which posters to add to your classroom, it’s important to consider what information will be helpful to your students as they move throughout the school day.
4 Classroom Poster Ideas
- Letters, Numbers and Shapes Posters are fantastic, especially for preschool and early elementary classrooms. They help students to quickly recognize letters, numbers and shapes and to remember them long term. As students apply these concepts to more complex skills like reading and math, these posters provide quick reference back to concepts they have already learned. Click this link for Letters Posters to display in your classroom.
- Classroom Schedule and Calendar Posters - Having predictable schedules and routines helps children to thrive both in and out of the classroom. Visible classroom schedules and calendars help to remind students what to expect throughout the school day as well as remind them of upcoming holidays, classmates' birthdays, and other special dates.
- Emotions Posters - When asked how they’re doing or how they’re feeling, students’ responses are often limited to words like great, fine, okay, or tired. By giving students visual representations and the corresponding vocabulary, an emotions poster in the classroom can help students to grow their emotional vocabulary and to talk about their feelings and experiences. Giving children more emotional words to use helps them to better express and evaluate their own feelings.
- Inspirational and Growth Mindset Posters can contribute to a positive and motivating classroom environment for students. Inspirational quotes provide encouraging reminders for students that are feeling unfocused or stressed. And growth mindset posters help to boost students’ confidence and motivate them to continue working hard toward their goals. This can be especially beneficial as students tackle challenging tasks. Click this link for mindset posters to display in your classroom.
When selecting posters for the classroom, it’s important to remember that students will sometimes be looking around for information to help them to complete a task and would benefit from seeing key information displayed visually. And at other times, students may have paused due to feeling frustrated, anxious, or tired and would benefit from seeing a poster that could help them to work through those feelings. Having posters that help in each of the situations can help enhance learning socially, emotionally, and academically. Click here for additional posters to display in your classroom.