Dry Erase Boards for Children
Children love to write and erase. You can take advantage of this fun activity and make it a learning experience without them knowing! The littlest one can experience scribbling on a large scale and enjoy the magic of erasing. Start to make lines and circles and have them follow. If they are ready, have them make a line from top to bottom to start the pre-writing skill. (Most letters are formed top to bottom!)
Three to five year olds will enjoy choosing an animal (character) to be part of the story and you draw while you tell a story. Or, to incorporate math, make story problems. For example, my four year old chose cats playing baseball. We drew cats holding bats and baseballs to represent the number of hits they made. So, as I told the story we had to add the baseballs and find out which team won the game. The beauty of a four year old is your story can be completely silly and they do not care! Or, you could draw ducks swimming and have some fly away for subtraction. You can extend the activity by actually writing the equation or “number sentence” on the board. Not to force the child into learning this, but to expose them to math language and symbols.
There are many ways to use the dry erase board as an educational tool at home or in the classroom and we are always looking for more fun ways to learn!
