Magnet Boards

I went back to Dollar Days today and found cookie pans to use for magnet boards in the car and also for some fun more educational specific boards. I made four different boards, one for numbers, one for colors, one for shapes, and one for compound words. Each one uses words and pictures and can be used at different age levels. Once the glue is dried on these you can just rub off any excess glue. (I did it on some but waiting for others to dry)

For the shapes and the color magnet boards I glued on the words and left the colored shapes in a baggie so that they can be placed on the board above each word. Ex: The blue shapes are put above the word blue or the triangles are put above the word triangle. For younger kids you can tell them what the words say and help them find the shapes/colors to match, for older kids they can practice reading the words on their own and then matching the shapes/colors up.

On the number magnet board I glued down the pictures. I'll have The Prince put both the spelled out number, and the actual number above each picture. I also included a place to do simple equations. I glued down the plus and minus symbols so that The Prince or I can just put the numbers in and the equals sign.

On the compound word board I decided not to glue any of them down. There were too many to fit on the board and several interchangeable ones. So I will do this one with him until he gets the concept enough to do it correctly on his own.

Each of these boards cost $2 to make except the shapes and colors ones which use the same magnets so those cost $3 for the two boards. A very affordable learning tool! And it's fun and portable! :)