Magnetic Wall

I love Shannon's Works for Me Wednesday posts. I find such cool information and tips there to use. If you've never checked it out, you should.

Anyway, I've been meaning to post this for awhile now, but haven't for whatever reason. Now that our house is up for sale, I thought I had better do it before we leave.

One thing I like to do with the girls is take them to the library (usually once every two weeks). Aside from storytime and all the books, there is a particular spot we love. In the corner of the kids' section is a sofa, rug and lots of toys to play with. My girls love the magnetic wall. I believe it's here that E first learned to put words together (well, there and the bathtub with foam letters). I would tell her to spell C-A-T, then H-A-T and so on. She had the best time searching for the large magnetic letters to put on the wall.

Because my girls enjoyed that wall so much, I was determined to have one in my house. I researched magnetic paint and found out it was sold at Michael's here in town. I, then searched for magnetic letters (after realizing I didn't have the patience to make my own). I found the letters here.

I came home and in one afternoon painted our magnetic wall in the basement and then painted a red frame around it.

This is such a great tool to teach children to identify letters, numbers and put words together. Works for me!

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