Our friend and local mom is the creater of these awesome Chalk Board placemats. They have a fun design for kids to draw "what's for dinner" or practice math or writing letter and words. Parents can interact with their kids giving them fun math problems to solve as they wait for dinner or help them learning to write without any paper waste! What a fun way to get back into school routine.
These are available online through UncommonGoods.com
http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/place-setting-chalkboard-placemats
http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/education-chalkboard-placemat#