The Preschool Homeschool

Magnetic boards are a great idea for a preschool homeschool. These boards come in all shapes and sizes, with and without added materials. The most common type of magnetic board is the magnetic whiteboard. These are great because you can use them for felt stories, to stick craft examples up, to write on and to encourage creativity by letting your child draw all over them with dry erase markers. They also make a great clay board so clay doesn’t get stuck on your floors.

Smaller magnetic boards are sold at discount and dollar stores and work great with magnetic letters and numbers. I managed to find a couple of magnetic boards at Wal-mart this summer for only $2 each. One was letters and the other numbers. The boards are very flat, more like a folder type size and come with numbers, letters, shapes, and picture magnets. My daughter absolutely loves these. Here’s a couple pics of her working with her magnet materials and a pic of the two magnetic boards:

We use the small magnetic shapes for counting, sorting, adding and subtracting lessons, which is what she’s doing in the pictures. If you can’t find magnetic boards in your area, order some magnetic letters, numbers, shapes and pictures and use your fridge.