Cheap Kid O Cursive Magnatab (Lower Case)

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I have a very reluctant writer in an AMI Montessori school, where they learn to write lower-case cursive letters first. With so few products out there for cursive these days, I had to try this one when I saw it. My son likes it well enough. I think he likes the tactile nature of a board like this where the ball barrings jump up to meet the magnet in the stylus, but it's really not the best tool to help him with his writing. Because the magnet in the pen/stylus is pretty strong, it can pull up the ball barrings in other parts of the letter even when he has not properly traced over it, but simply put his pen near it. He gets preoccupied with "resetting" the board by pushing down each ball barring all the time. It's a novelty and a game, but not real aid to learning to write. A chalk board or paper and pencil are still better practice for him.

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KIDS GOT BORED WITH IT QUICKLY. THEY COMPLAINED THE LITTLE BALLS GOT STUCK AND DID NOT FLOW SMOOTHLY, IT WAS OKAY.

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My kids have a lot of fun with this. When you drag the "pen" along the cursive letters, little magnetic balls pop up and stick to the surface. You release them with your finger (not recommended if you want to keep the whiteness of the board) or the side of the pen. The pen is not attached, so it is not for small kids but my 4 year old and 6 year old can play with it. This is one of the best cursive activities I have found.

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I saw this in a magazine (and since advertisement is meant to sell a product) and I was sold. It bored my kids within minutes. I wish it hadn't. The kids are more interested in the magnetic capabilities then the learning. It would be cheaper and just as effective to buy the dry erase books where you trace the letters and merge to eventually writing the letters yourself on lined paper. The lines show you dimensions. I really hoped this would be a wonderful addition to my daycare but really is just a costly gimic. My apologies to the creators of what appeared to have real potential.

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My first Lower case Magnatab was defective. Some of the metal balls would not stay in the letter "i " and in the letter "o". It appeared that the holes were slightly too big. I returned it. Our second Lower Case Magnatab works fine.