Magnetic Playboard

Magnetic Playboard

Look at a picture card and then recreate it, piece by piece, on the Magnetic Playboard. The set includes a magnetic easel white board. The legs that hold up the board are made of plastic and did not take long to break, even though we were not hard on it. My suggestion would be to keep it in the box when not in use, which I did not do. The pictures range from easier to more difficult so you can grade the activity and work on it over time. There is a storage drawer, which you can see in the image above, that pulls open for storing the original pieces and cards. There are a number of additional sets (model cards and pieces) that you can buy separately including sports, buildings, animals, and landscapes.

For more activities of this type, check out my blog What's in Your Therapy Box? Pattern Blocks Edition.

Try this:

• Put the first piece on the board. Sometimes it can be hard to know where to start when faced with a large white space.
• Prop the card on the board so the individual can see it next to their work while they are building.
• Cue the individual to only look at the pieces of the color they are looking for, instead of looking at each and every piece.
• Put a piece in the individual's hand or on the table in such a position that they have to turn it in-hand to position it for placement.
• Mix the needed pieces within the pile to work on figure ground.
• Turn the pieces on the table so that they are upside-down or sideways so that the individual will have to recognize them in different orientations.
• Model the correct placement of a piece and then take it off the board and hand it to the individual for placement if he is struggling with orientation.
• Work on spatial relations, visual memory, figure ground, visual discrimination, in-hand manipulation, eye-hand coordination, manual dexterity, visual closure, visual form constancy, executive function skills, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation
  
  
  In the box: An easel white board, picture cards, plastic pieces
   

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