There’s much that a top-quality writing medium like a whiteboard wall can do to encourage independent play and original thinking. In the homeschool setting, children will repeatedly return to a wall on their own accord because of its open, inviting quality and unlimited creativity possibilities. Being such a large surface, there is no fixed way to engage with it, so children are naturally drawn to play more, explore more, and experiment more, thus learning and discovering more in the process. Based on researchers’ observations of children who used vertical surfaces such as whiteboard walls for writing and drawing, some of the essential skills that can be developed are as follows.