Use a scarecrow bulletin board to introduce or reinforce concepts such as colors, numbers or shapes. For a color study, hang felt scarecrow outlines on a felt board. Cut out felt shirts, pants, hats, patches and buttons in different colors. Write directions for how to dress each scarecrow and hang next to one of the outlines. For example, "Dress me in a red shirt, blue pants, green patches and a yellow hat." Create instruction cards that focus on numbers such as, "Give me three patches and two buttons" or shapes such as, "I need square patches and triangle buttons."
Provide students with sheets of construction paper and different types of art media such as paints, crayons, markers, chalk pastels, oil pastels, wallpaper scraps or fabric scraps. Allow students to select from the art media to draw, paint or construct their own scarecrows. After students finish their scarecrows, encourage them to write poems or stories about their scarecrows. Hang artwork and stories on a scarecrow bulletin board.
Hang a scarecrow on a bulletin board and pose word problems such as, "There are four crows on the scarecrow's right arm and three crows on his left arm. How many crows in all?" Encourage students to add paper crows on the scarecrow to check their answers. Pose multiplication questions such as, "The scarecrow is watching over three rows of corn. There are five stalks of corn in each row. How many stalks of corn in all?" Allow students to hang stalks of corn in rows next to the scarecrow to check answers. After a few questions, invite students to write their own scarecrow math questions to ask the class.
Have students write acrostic poems using the words September or scarecrow. Encourage students to write poems in their best handwriting or type on the computer. Invite students to illustrate their acrostic poems before hanging on the bulletin board. Provide time for students to use pointers to read one another's poems individually, in pairs or lead a class choral reading.