Lakeshore Learning Magnetic Story Board

Children can tell their imaginative stories with these magnetic words and punctuation marks. They are colour-coded by part of speech! This sentence building board allows children to create sentences and entire stories. The 30.5 cm magnetic board comes with 190 magnets (including blank make-your-own tiles), and an activity guide-all in a handy storage pouch. Each magnet measures 3 cm high. Suitable for children ages 5-11 years.
This Magnetic Story Board is a dynamic literacy tool designed to develop sentence structure, grammar knowledge and creative writing skills. With 190 colour-coded magnets grouped by parts of speech, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, punctuation and blanks for custom words, students can physically build and deconstruct sentences with ease. Whether used independently or in small groups, this board provides a tactile and visual way to explore language, encouraging experimentation with word order, grammar and storytelling. The included activity guide supports educators and carers with lesson ideas and literacy games, making it a versatile addition to classrooms or home learning environments. It is particularly effective for kinaesthetic and visual learners who benefit from hands-on interaction. Easy to use and store, this board supports daily literacy practice and allows children to build skills progressively through structured play.

Educational Benefits:

• Reinforces knowledge of sentence structure, grammar and punctuation through tactile learning.
• Encourages oral language development and creative thinking through storytelling.
• Supports visual and kinaesthetic learners with colour-coded, manipulable parts of speech.
• Enhances vocabulary and writing skills by enabling sentence experimentation and word substitution.

Classroom Ideas:

• Use during guided writing sessions for sentence construction warm-ups.
• Create daily sentence challenges or story starters as a class activity.
• Allow small groups to build and edit each other's sentences for collaborative learning.
• Integrate into literacy centres for self-directed sentence-building games.

Safety & Information:

• Ages: Suitable for children aged 5-11 years.
• Measurements: Magnetic board measures 30.5 cm; magnets are 3 cm high.
• Safety: Contains small parts. Use under adult supervision; not recommended for children under 3 years.
• Storage: Comes in a durable, portable pouch for easy classroom organisation.