Conversation Hearts

• Conversation hearts are a traditional Valentine's Day treat, so use these as inspiration for your February bulletin board theme. Use pastel colored paper to create heart-shaped cutouts to mount on the board. Then, inscribe typical conversation heart words and phrases like "Be Mine" on the front of the hearts. To make the hearts more personal, write the names of the students in your class instead of the Valentine's Day words and phrases. Mount the hearts on the board, and then write something like "Our class is the talk of the town" or "Giving our school something to talk about" across the top of the bulletin board.
  
  

The Letter "V"

• Enhance younger students' verbal skills with a bulletin board focused on the letter "V" for Valentine. Decorate the background of the board with Valentine's Day colors including red and pink, and then embellish it with things like doilies, lace and paper heart and cupid cutouts. For the centerpiece of your board, mount a large, paper cutout of a "V." Then, either write or hang cutouts of various words that begin with the letter "V." For older students, challenge the class to create different alliteration sentences that focus on the letter "V" or have the students write poems that incorporate "V" words. Hang these on the board around the large "V."
  
  

Mailbox Board

• A staple Valentine's Day tradition is to allow the students in your class to exchange Valentines greetings on the big day. Create a bulletin board for the month of February where you can hang personalized "mailboxes" for each child in the class to give and receive valentines in an organized fashion. Take some class time to decorate white envelopes that will serve as each student's personal mailbox. Provide decorating materials like markers, glitter and stickers for each student to include his name and personalize the mailbox. Mount the envelopes on the bulletin board, and then use it on Valentine's Day as the valentine delivery center.
  
  

Love Language

• Create a bulletin board that has an international focus. Look up different ways to say "I love you," in a variety of languages from all over the world. For the base of the bulletin board, use a world map or use paper to make your own representation. Use pink and red string and pushpins to mark each location you plan to include. For instance, if you are going to write the phrase in French, choose a country or countries that speak French to mark on the map using the string and pushpins to connect the location to the written phrase.