Homeschooling is not all books and the kitchen table for most of us.
For my family we love being creative and hands on working!
Helping our pre-k daughter and Kinder son with writing is a lot of fun! We are always looking for ways to keep it fun! This time we made our own light table.
We used a clear storage bin, put tin foil inside on the walls and floor, then we put an led holiday rope of lights inside as they do not get hot.
Then we put wax paper under the lid and closed the bin and plugged it in. It was a night light that was not blinding, perfect. I put a container of salt, about 6 cups, on the top bin. The lid has a small ledge to help keep the salt on top.
The best part of this bin top is that it has three indents in it that some of the salt settles into making great lines for our kinder son to use for writing letters! When they want to start over we move the salt around gently with hands and then gently shimmy the bin to make the salt flat again. This does not work with flour! We are going to try though with rice soon!
I was surprised at how long the whole family, husband included spent playing with this. Our 18 month old even enjoyed it and she was the only one to get salt on the floor! Our 4 year old was so so careful to not spill any salt as she adored the project. We played games with it and had a wonderful time. I think next time we pull this out to use with salt, we will use more of it!
Getting the salt into a plastic baggy was a fail however, most of it hit the floor! I hope to get a smaller container to fit in the bin to hold the light table objects like salt so I can just dump the salt into that and unplug it, tuck the cord in, and close it up ready for next time!
That’s a really cool idea! Thanks for sharing, I’m going to have to do this with my 6yo daughter!
That is so awesome!! What a great idea.