Magnetic Poetry Kids Story Maker

by Magnetic Poetry

Product Features

• Noun Phrases (blue) the old king, a spaceship, hot dogs
• Verb Phrases (red) laughs out loud, finds the treasure, wakes me up
• Prepositional Phrases (yellow) down the road, under the bed, at the zoo
• Conjunctions, Adverbs, Connecting Phrases (green) very softly, where we can, unless
• Fosters proficiency in speaking and writing

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.8 x 1.2 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0009314KS
• Item model number: 3385
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 - 14 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,419 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Word play can ignite a love of language in general, which is essential in a lifetime of reading, writing, and higher level thinking and learning. Parents, teachers and most notably kids of all ages are grabbing hold of this great learning play tool--and they aren't letting go! In a non-threatening, playful fashion, Magnetic Poetry entices children to recognize and relish the vast possibilities of our language. Kids Story Maker throws kids a spontaneous opportunity to show their stuff--it frees up a brain clogged with intimidation, perception and cliche and provides a breath of fresh fun. Encourages reluctant writers and increases the quality of writing for more advanced students. Children manipulate sentence parts on color-coded tiles.

Product Description

This kit contains over 150 word and phrase magnets. You can make all sorts of exciting stories or put together something silly. The magnets are color coded: purple tiles are nouns, red tiles are verbs, orange tiles are prepositions and green tiles are other things, so you learn language skills as you compose. Even better, you can create sentences just by puting together a few magnets. Who knew creating a story could be so easy and fun?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Create a place to create, May 13, 2007

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M. J. Mann "celtic whistler" (Vermont) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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I work with four kindergarten classes each day, and one of the teachers has Magnetic Poetry Kids Story Maker magnets on a file cabinet in her room where they are accessible to all of her students. These magnets make it enjoyable for the students to create thoughts, poetry, messages and short stories. I love to begin a poem before I leave the class and see how the students will complete it. I enjoyed using the story-starter magnets so much, I bought myself a set and combined it with the Poets magnet set. I am able to use these magnets in grades K-6 to encourage students to write and I use them frequently to challenge myself to extend my own writing.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars wrong tense, June 22, 2011

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Kevin M. Kelley (San Antonio, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Magnetic Poetry Kids Story Maker (Toy)

I'm really disappointed in this product.
The tense of the verbs conflicts with the rest of the sentence structure.

They should use a similar idea as their "In Other Words" collection where you can flip the magnet over... and the tense of the verb changes to match the subject case.

Great conceptual idea, but the finished product is junk.

Back to the drawing board guys!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for fun sentences, September 25, 2010

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happy - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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My son enjoys making crazy sentences with this toy. The different colors make it easy to help him get all the parts of the sentence. I marked less durable because the magnets could be easily snapped in half by a younger child. For an older child it would last for quite a while.