For visual learners, illustrations and pictures convey meaning very effectively. For an illustrated bulletin board, you want to include pictures of children close to the ages of the students you are working with. The pictures should show the children listening to an adult, with their mouths closed and eyes focused on the speaker. Also, include a large picture of an ear with a phrase that reads "Listening in more than just hearing."
Mnemonic devices, acronyms or sentences that allow children to remember concepts more easily, are also useful for teaching listening skills and would be a suitable addition to a bulletin board. For example, you could post the acronym SAFE as a mnemonic for conveying listening skills. The acronym stands for Silent, Attentive, Focused, Engaged. The listener should be silent while the speaker is talking, attentive to the words that the speaker is saying, focused by looking directly at the speaker and engaged by asking relevant questions or making appropriate comments.
Funny or poignant phrases work well for teaching listening skills. You can post phrases such as; "Listen with your ears, not with your mouth," "Listen like you mean it," or "Stop. Look. Listen, " onto your class bulletin board. Additionally, you can ask your students to come with catchy, memorable phrases about listening skills.
You can turn the creation of a bulletin board about listening skills into a class project. Direct each of your students to design a contribution to the board by writing a poem about listening, making a drawing or painting about proper listening skills or any other type of creative work that the students wish to add. The students will learn about listening as they are working and can even teach each other listening skills.