home4school Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Just curious! Thanks! Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpeach Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Hi, this is the size we use. It works just fine. I found a similiar deal so we make do. Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claussenpc Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 18x24 is too small for the long run....more tiles are added for each level. We are working through level 4 and are using a board that is roughly 3'x2'. We could not use anything smaller and have room for all the tiles. Mine cost about $15 at Target. Walmart also carries on this size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
home4school Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 What exactly do you do on the board aside from having the tiles there? Do they write their words or sentences? Thanks! Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 What exactly do you do on the board aside from having the tiles there? Do they write their words or sentences? Thanks! Kim If you only want to store tiles, the 18 X 24 might be fine. If you want room to work in the middle, the 2' X 3' size will be preferable. I find the tiles take up about a foot of width, leaving about 2' for working in the middle. We use the center for demonstrating concepts. My kids use hand-held white-boards to write their words and dictation (and my son uses paper for the writing station that starts in Level 3). 2' width for working might sound like a lot, but each letter tile is 1" square. With the smaller size, I think you'd find it feeling cluttered by the time you try to make words in the middle. If you already had the board I'd say try it & see what you think. Hey, you know what you could do--tape off a section on your fridge that size, set up all the tiles and then do some work in the middle. (remember to set up about an inch away from the border all around for the frame around the board--you'd actually have about 16 X 22 to work with). Anyway, see what you think that way before you invest in one or the other. Merry :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claussenpc Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 My dc do their actual writing on paper, but all the pre-writing work (manipulating the tiles) is done in the middle of the magnetic white board. (I do not allow the dc to write on this white board. The black dust would get the tiles and the board looking nasty.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
home4school Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Thanks, ladies. I stopped in WMart today and there is a HUGE difference in the size I was thinking of and the 2x3. I'll definitely go with the larger just to be safe. Thanks for saving me from an on-line goof. Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eruditio_Academy Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I found a place on eBay that sells "factory second" whiteboards. I got a 2x3 foot magnetic white board for around $45 (that was with shipping). I'm sorry, but I can't remember the name of the seller...however, that size sells for two or three times that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Thanks, ladies. I stopped in WMart today and there is a HUGE difference in the size I was thinking of and the 2x3. I'll definitely go with the larger just to be safe. Thanks for saving me from an on-line goof. Kim We got ours (2' X 3') from Walmart and it was nice and cheap. Only $15. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 A few weeks ago when I was wondering the same thing, I wanted to see it "visually". So hopefully this will help someone out. Here's our 24"x36" whiteboard with the full alphabet on (just set up for the beginning lessons though). I will see if I took a picture with all the magnetic tiles, but they definitely filled out the top and sides! Got this board at Lakeshore Learning and it sits propped up on the floor with a built-in stand as well as hangs on the wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
home4school Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Wow, thanks, Angela! That's a ton of empty space left. But, y'all are sure it needs to be that big, right? Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Wow, thanks, Angela! That's a ton of empty space left. But, y'all are sure it needs to be that big, right? Kim Well, she doesn't have all the tiles on yet :-). There are 2 sets of the alphabet (across the top), and then vowel and consonant teams on the left, and sounds of Sh, ER, other sounds, and syllable tags on the right. Plus if you keep the suffixes on (which we do)...well, it all takes up space! The tiles as laid out take up another half a foot on either side of the board. I should take a picture of just our board sometime. I have some on my blog but the kids are blocking some of the tiles, LOL! Merry :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
home4school Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 Thanks, Merry! How do you teach your two each day, together or separately? I was hoping to combine my two as much as possible, but I'm sure my older will move more quickly. Any suggestions on scheduling a day? Thanks! Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Thanks, Merry! How do you teach your two each day, together or separately? I was hoping to combine my two as much as possible, but I'm sure my older will move more quickly. Any suggestions on scheduling a day? Thanks! Kim I started off teaching my kids together, but after about 4 weeks, I realized that my oldest was really ready to go at a faster pace. Since I am doing it remedially, I wanted to let him go as fast as he could. If they were younger & I had more time, I might still have kept them together. They're about half a book apart now. There are lots of ways to do it! Here is a typical day for us: I set the timer--15 minutes for my 10 yo, 17 for my 12 yo (he can last longer than 15, but his eyes glaze over if we go as long as 20, so we settled on 17, LOL!). Daily: We review any cards in the "daily review" section. Both of my kids need additional, continual review, and I have modified the review to suit our needs--so we also review cards a few additional times before they go to mastered. All in all we spend 2-5 minutes on reviewing the cards. Then, we go into the lesson. I just open and go and teach whatever is next. For the 10 main words, you can have them practice each word first with tiles and then writing if you want to. My kids are older and I mainly use the tiles for teaching, so they just write the words on a hand-held white-board. Then we go from that to the dictation. If there are also extra reinforcement words, I do some of those words, then some dictation sentences, then some of the words again, etc... until we are done with the lesson. In book 2, it took my son 2-3 days to get through a lesson, and my daughter 3-5 days. In book 3, it usually takes my son 3-5 days, and my dd 4-7 days, to get through a lesson. The lessons are scripted just enough that it's pretty clear what to do as we go through. We spend more time on harder lessons & less time on the easier ones. HTH! Merry :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 2'x3' is a good size when you have all the tiles on the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom4 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I found a 18x24 for $8.00 also with a flannel back. Could you possibly use two of these side by side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
home4school Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Well, when I checked Wal-Mart, they have the 2x3 for $14.97. So, I guess we'll just do that. Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I found a 18x24 for $8.00 also with a flannel back. Could you possibly use two of these side by side? Good idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetfeet Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 We have a 2' x 3' magnetic white board. I found it at target for $21. We're on level 1 and it seems like overkill now, but I can see how it will be handy to have all that space as we progress and are utilizing all of the letter tiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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