The idea for the dry-erase board pictured below came from one of the home school e-lists I am on. We've had it for at least a couple of years now and would be lost without it. It's simply an 8' x 4' sheet of wall panel that we purchased at either Lowe's or Home Depot. It was inexpensive and offers plenty of space for writing, drawing, etc. We've placed ours on a wall in the dining room where much of our written schooling is done. It happens to fit perfectly between the ceiling and floorboard but could have been cut-to-fit if needed.

I wrote the sentence on the board for Jeremy to copy for copywork. He is holding the paper on which he wrote, but it's too light to see in the photo. Jeremy drew the picture at the bottom as part of his "An Island Story" narration.