It’s almost International Literacy Day! No one understands how critical literacy is to academic success more than teachers do. That’s why we’re sharing nine effective literacy center ideas targeting everything from oral language, letter shapes and sounds, and word building, to sentence and paragraph construction! Plus, all these center ideas incorporate learning magnets, making […]
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The first day of school gives us all the feels! ❤️ Teachers and students alike may be feeling excited, nervous, shy, and even a bit silly. Fun and engaging activities that help your students learn about each other – and about you and your expectations – go a long way toward making everyone comfortable […]
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Making Literacy Easier – With Magnets! Whether children are ready to begin constructing letters, words, sentences, paragraphs, or essays, magnetic literacy manipulatives and related tools can help them master the critical concepts of reading and writing. When paired with student-size magnetic lap boards , magnetic letters and words support students as they practice handwriting, phonics, […]
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What do best-selling collectible toy line Fungus AmungUs, hot holiday hit Zoomer Hedgiez, and Dowling Magnets have in common? They’ve all got the same, award-winning, product development expert behind them! Yup, it’s true! We’ve managed to snag veteran product developer John Fertig to lead our development team. With 15+ years of toy and game development […]
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It’s still officially January so there’s still officially time to commit to some serious (and some not-so-serious) teacher resolutions for this year. So, if you’ve already fallen off the fewer-trips-to-Starbucks, workout-5-times-a-week wagon, join us for a few resolutions we know you can keep, like: Packing a Lunch Eating lunch – and we mean […]
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