Friday, August 10, 2012

Designing a Girl & Boy Friendly Classroom


Photo courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net

'Tis the season to get back into the classroom. 

I have been searching the internet for ideas for my first grade classroom. 

There is a lot of really CUTE stuff out there.

Although these cutsie displays are appealing to me,

I wonder how appealing they are to others,

particularly the boys.


When I googled "boy friendly first grade classrooms,"

I found this article by Kathy Stevens from the Gurian Institute

It talks about how to create "boy friendly", "girl friendly" and "coed classrooms".


I am still pondering

how to treat the blank canvas of my classroom. 

I will post pictures of what I come up with. 

In the meantime,

How do you create girl and boy friendly classroom environment? 

I would love to hear your thoughts.

No comments:

Post a Comment