Letting Kids Choose Yearbook Themes
December 12th, 2008
Even in elementary school, students can come up with some fantastic ideas for yearbook themes. As the editor of the yearbook, it`s your job to ensure that they feel comfortable airing their thoughts and encourage the students to come up with their own ideas.
Yearbook themes often have a lot of pressure to be incredible. They often fall short of this goal, but that doesn`t mean you should reject the ideas coming from the students. They probably have a far better idea of what type of yearbook theme would be acceptable to their peers than you do.
For many younger students, their ideas may not be very well formed. If they can give a general inkling of what they are thinking, it is then your job to help them develop the best idea and turn it into something that can actually be used as a yearbook theme.
Just because you work with younger students doesn`t mean you shouldn`t let them have a say in the yearbook theme. Open your mind and let the kids join in.
