Category Archives: 3-6 year-olds

Toy Companies Caring About Kids With Special Needs

Posted on April 29, 2012 by sherry

I am going to be blogging periodically about companies that are listening to the special needs community of parents, educators and kids, to develop and adapt products to benefit ALL kids and listen to their needs. Today I want to … Continue reading →

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Move! Sing! Play Along and Sing! CD’s for Therapists and Parents

Posted on April 26, 2012 by sherry

I learned about this wonderful set of CD’s created by music therapist and educator, Margie La Bella, when she submitted them and won a PAL Award.  According to her website, “Her CD series Move! Sing! Play Along and Learn! is … Continue reading →

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New Playmobil Sets for Language Learning

Posted on April 23, 2012 by sherry

I just awarded two new Playmobil sets with the PAL Award because they generate such rich pretend play and language for learning. “My First 1.2.3 Knight’s Castle” is right in the toddler’s sweet spot. The chunks of castle turret easily … Continue reading →

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Dogs Helping Out In Speech Therapy

Posted on April 15, 2012 by sherry

Some days I am a tasty treat of smells when I come home to my golden retriever, Duke. He sniffs me and my bag with delight because I have seen so many dogs in a day! Thankfully all of them … Continue reading →

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Draw And Tell App For Speech Therapy

Posted on March 28, 2012 by sherry

“Draw & Tell” by Duck Duck Moose is a wonderful tool for speech therapy. First you select your background paper from colors, stripes, polka dots, checkers and more. Tap the paint brush to choose your medium–stickers, dots, paint, colored pencil … Continue reading →

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BBQ Blitz for Speech Therapy

Posted on March 27, 2012 by sherry

One of the hoppin’ booths at this year’s Toy Fair in New York City was Educational Insights. It wasn’t just that they were stuffing your bags with free games, but that the games were fantastic! One of their new games, … Continue reading →

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PAL Award Winners from Thinkfun For Speech Therapy

Posted on March 22, 2012 by sherry

As I was leaving to go do speech therapy the other day, I glanced down at my bag and had a quick thought that the boxes looked the same. Yes, indeed, I was off to play with kids with all … Continue reading →

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anamalz Characters Great for Speech Language Therapy

Posted on March 19, 2012 by sherry

As speech therapists, we appreciate toys with several props along a theme. Kids start thinking within a category and have several characters to interact in the jungle, on the farm, or in prehistoric times. Anamalz provides darling animal characters with … Continue reading →

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Lego Creative Sorter Wins PAL Award, Speech Therapy Tool

Posted on March 13, 2012 by sherry

Here’s a multi-use lego DUPLO  bucket for loads of therapy fun. Spread the word to your OT and PT friends too because there is a lot of fine motor planning and execution in this toy. I have worked on verbs, … Continue reading →

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Creative Cakes by DUPLO Fun for Speech Therapy

Posted on March 12, 2012 by sherry

Don’t we love DUPLO lego products for getting the language learning going in speech therapy? Recently, lego  introduced several new products covered in pink that are aimed at getting girls interested in building. I look forward to reviewing “Olivia’ House” … Continue reading →

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