A clean slate

Here's a fun idea that we will be doing to help the kids see their progress with the work they have to do for the day, and transition from the mindset of being able to do things at their own agenda around the house. I think they'll work much better when they see they have a list, and a finished piece when school day is done.

I got 3 metal clipboards from Office Max (one for baby too, to keep his little hands busy, when he'll stay put that is!)

I purchased wooden shapes from Hobby Lobby (a craft supply store) 2 pieces of scrapbook paper, matte finish mod podge, and magnetic strip/roll.

Cut the scrabook paper to fit the size of the wooden shapes, and secure with a glue stick. Then cover with mod podge using a sponge brush or paint brush. After they dry, take the peeling off of the back of the magnetic strip that you cut to fit and stick it on. It's a good idea to lay a heavy box on top of them over night to make sure they stiffen flat, and tightly secure the magnet strip.

We'll be using these metal clipboards, and magents for lots of things like Bingo Games, or 1-100 counting chart to demonstrate different counting patterns by 2's, 5's, 10's, etc.

But most importantly we'll be using it daily with their agenda, and a magnet will be taken down in order down the column as they are ready for another task until they have removed all of the magnets, which indicates a clean slate to be ready for the next day of school.

(yes, I know the second picture is rotated, and no matter what I did, it still uploaded it rotated like that, sorry!)