Double-Sided Magnetic Letter Board with Tracing Arrows

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Uppercase on one face, lowercase on the other, and a magnetic stylus that pulls beads to the surface with a click. Nothing to spill and nothing to run out of.

$21.99

Price and stock are held by the partner store and can change at any time.

Both alphabets are printed with numbered arrows, so a child learns the order of the strokes rather than copying a shape by eye.

The stylus lifts hidden beads into the groove with an audible click, which gives the hand immediate confirmation that the line landed.

Push the beads back down with the pen or a fingertip and the board is blank again. The beads never leave the panel.

ABS throughout, with no ink, no dust and nothing that dries out between uses.

At 12.59 by 9.8 inches it sits on a tray table, which is why it tends to live in a bag rather than on a shelf.

Specification

Age

3 years and up

Faces

Uppercase and lowercase

Guides

Numbered directional arrows

Size

12.59 x 9.8 inches

Material

ABS, magnetic beads and stylus

Why we made it this way

Tracing boards work because writing is a motor skill before it is a literacy skill. A child who has run a stylus along the same arrow fifty times has built the movement, and recognising the letter afterwards is comparatively easy.

Having uppercase and lowercase on opposite faces keeps the two alphabets apart. Children generally meet capitals first, and flipping the board is a clear signal that the second set is a new job rather than more of the first.

This is the one item in our catalogue that reaches past the first two years, and the only one that comes back out once a child is in a classroom. It is also the board visitors see first when they open our storefront.

Bring it home

Magnetic letter board is stocked by our partner store, which handles delivery, returns and any replacement part. $21.99 at the time this page was built.