5 quirky, easy classroom book corner ideas…

<h2>These simple&comma; fantasy-inspired classroom decorating ideas will entice students of all ages to pick up a book and read for fun&period; <&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h3>Wonderful &amp&semi; fantastical book-world signposts<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"626127772402982912" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These can be created using cardboard &lpar;or real wood for those of you with woodworking skills&rpar; but Miss Phillips here used wrapping paper with a timber effect to add some pizzazz to her cardboard book signage&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Trees and nature-making<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>There&&num;8217&semi;s a heap of &&num;8216&semi;tree-inspiration&&num;8217&semi; out there for reading nooks and classrooms&period; Some schools with FLEs may even have outdoor areas for reading and working&comma; but in lieu of that&comma; here are some magical-looking creations that are inspiring young readers around the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a data-pin-do&equals;"embedPin" data-pin-width&equals;"medium" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pinterest&period;com&sol;pin&sol;514043744951595697&sol;"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a data-pin-do&equals;"embedPin" data-pin-width&equals;"medium" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pinterest&period;com&sol;pin&sol;425027283575352122&sol;"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Chalkboard quotes and book reviews<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Encouraging students to write reviews of books they&&num;8217&semi;ve read in the reading corner is a great way to encourage conversation and incite peer reading&period; You could also use the board to write quotes&comma; trivia and jokes that will get your students thinking about authors and stories they may not have heard of yet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a data-pin-do&equals;"embedPin" data-pin-width&equals;"medium" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pinterest&period;com&sol;pin&sol;278801033165591635&sol;"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a data-pin-do&equals;"embedPin" data-pin-width&equals;"medium" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pinterest&period;com&sol;pin&sol;687643436830203220&sol;"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Home reading happy snaps<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Encourage parents to send teachers photos of their child reading at home &&num;8211&semi; with those photos earning pride of place in the reading nook of the classroom&period; Other shoutout ideas could include matching student names or photos with their favourite books or authors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a data-pin-do&equals;"embedPin" data-pin-width&equals;"medium" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pinterest&period;com&sol;pin&sol;391602130094892963&sol;"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a data-pin-do&equals;"embedPin" data-pin-width&equals;"medium" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pinterest&period;com&sol;pin&sol;346284658843025698&sol;"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Quirky storage for a quirky classroom<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;re looking for some book nook ideas that don&&num;8217&semi;t take up a lot of space in your classroom&comma; here are a few interesting ideas we found online from teachers thinking outside the &lpar;shelving&rpar; box&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a data-pin-do&equals;"embedPin" data-pin-width&equals;"medium" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pinterest&period;com&sol;pin&sol;158470480612539569&sol;"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a data-pin-do&equals;"embedPin" data-pin-width&equals;"medium" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pinterest&period;com&sol;pin&sol;278801033163356880&sol;"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Do you enjoy creating classroom displays and crafting unique learning environments&quest; Send us your photos and ideas&excl; We&&num;8217&semi;d love to feature them&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3> <&sol;h3>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;

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Rosie Clarke

Rosie is the managing editor here at Multimedia Pty Ltd, working across School News New Zealand and School News Australia. She has spent 10+ years in B2B journalism, and has spent some time over the last couple of years teaching as a sessional academic. Feel free to contact her at any time with editorial or magazine content enquiries.

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