Magnetic Board

I absolutely love this magnetic board I saw in a TK classroom!  I had to take pictures, it's so genius!  The teacher had lots of different manipulatives and had everything organized so well.  There were 2 magnet areas for students to build and explore.  A picture on the right reminded students how to clean up the area.

 

 Students could build words, unifix cubes, or interlocking gears.

All the bins were labeled with pictures to help students put all the pieces away properly!

The pipes were my favorite!  All the pieces had magnets on the back of them.  Students used the pipes and connecting pieces to build a tunnel, then they dropped a marble to travel through.  Students were working together to build little marble mazes, so fun watching them collaborate and problem-solve!







Talk about STEAM learning!  I would love to have an exploration area like this in my classroom!