teaching idea: large magnetic board

I bought this large magnetic board when I just started our childcare in last October. It had been stored in  closet for several months until I found ideas to make use of it. Now we can not do without it.

Example one: Story Making
We created a story (in Chinese) with our children last week on the board. It was about a caterpillar wanted to join a birthday party with two butterflies, unfortunately, they did not reorganize it as their friend because it looked so different. Our children moved around the small magnetic objects on the board and helped me add dialogue to make it a  happy ending story. The caterpillar finally got accepted by the butterflies and had great fun with all the friends in the party. They ate and played. Finally the clock told them it was time to go home....

Creating our own stories on the board

Example two: Dress Up Game
We have played this game again and again. Our children seemed never get tired of it.

Dress up the dolls on the board

Example three: Chinese Geometry Puzzle (七巧板)
This is a Chinese traditional toy for children: simple and smart. A fun way to teach shapes and geometry. Now they can be made with magnetic.The whole set came with only seven pieces of colorful shapes, but they can be used to create objects from human, animals, boats, airplanes to trees, flowers, books, candles. The possibility is literally endless.... Our children love this puzzle very much. This puzzle will grow with children, as they grow bigger, they can learn to create more advanced shapes.

Chinese Geometry Puzzle