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Learning Resources Hand Pointers, Set of 3

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I started to order these and found out you can get them for a dollar a piece at the dollar store. I think it's kind of a rip off for what they are.

It is a very fun way to help emergent readers follow along what you are reading to them. Also, the rule for using the pointers is that they can only use it to read; and you can belive me when I say that they love using the pointer and at the same time you make reading fun for them.

These are high quality and a great tool for the classroom. We use them on a daily basis and my students absolutely love them. They are just the right length for students to easily maneuver and use to track print on the walls around the class. They are not the cheap imitation pointers that you sometimes see, they will easily last for many school years to come. I will definitely be buying more of these, and will be recommending to teacher friends.

My daughter is in kindergarten and her teacher uses these pointers. These were my daughters #1 request for her birthday. There is nothing special about their construction, but they seem to be able to hold up to child's play. Although they have no educational value themselves, they encourage kids to pretend they are teaching. My daughter loves these pointers, and I enjoy sitting through her lessons on letters and numbers.

I bought these hand pointers as my elemetary age children asked for them to play teacher at home. They were trying to imitate their own teachers. I liked that such a simple toy caused my 6 year-old to be excited to review her spelling words that are posted every week on my refrigerator. They feel sturdy enough for rough play and due to the fact that it is a stick one must supervise children when playing with the pointer.

I purchased one of these at my school's book fair several years ago. I was looking for a tool that would help students to use the Smartboard interactive white board. Sometimes students cannot reach the upper part of the board, making it impossible to activate the pull down windows. Also, I wanted to be able to use the board without standing in front of it or creating an obstruction (me)for students sitting to the right or left.
This works perfectly!! Students love using it and feel in control when they have the pointer. It's a great motivator when you hand it to a student and give him/her the chance to 'strut their stuff' in front of the class. I keep it atop the white board so it will always be available. It's an inexpensive, but unique way of keeping students engaged

I teach kindergarten and use this as my pointer when doing calendar and weather. The children love this toy and want to play with it constantly. The length and weight are great; it is very light and has a good grip. I would recommend this for any teacher. Many teachers have a hard time finding durable pointers and this is the solution!

These work well for teaching my four-year-old how to read. Keep in mind that they are very long (about 15 inches), so they are not ideal for pointing to letters in books with small print.

I ordered a set of these pointers for use with our interactive whiteboard (an Eno board with a stylus, not a touch-screen SmartBoard). When we have children as "Song Leaders", and they need to point to words as we sing, or when I am teaching calendar, pointers are easier for kids to manage, longer in extension than the stylus (which means my body less in the way), and they're FUN for them. Since it's not a touch screen for fingers, the pointer doesn't activate any movement the way the actual stylus would, which is perfect :) They seem durable, even with threes and fours.

We got these for our girls (ages 3 and 7) about six months ago. The two things that most surprised me about these pointers are:

1) The kids still love playing with these things. It seems they never tire of playing school and the pointers are always at the center of the action. When the friends come over to play, it seems they also gravitate to playing with these pointers.

2) None of them are broken. Naturally they should not break from playing school but the other thing they like to do with them is play three musketeers (thankfully there are three). That means sword play, smacking each other, and all other sorts of good fun. I mean, my girls really beat the heck out of these things and they are still solid as the day we got them.

These things are great!