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2012 PAL Awards
Play on Words speech and language expert Sherry Artemenko recognizes exceptional toys, games and books that encourage language, spark fun and invite creative play.
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- “Sherry, thank you so much for working with my girls for so long. Your kindness, thoughtfulness, insight and professionalism made our experience so meaningful. My husband and I appreciate all you have done for them. Let’s keep in touch. Thanks again.”
Mother of 3 and 5 year-old girls
Greenwich, CT
Category Archives: 3-6 year-olds
Toy Companies Caring About Kids With Special Needs
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
Move! Sing! Play Along and Sing! CD’s for Therapists and Parents
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
New Playmobil Sets for Language Learning
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
Dogs Helping Out In Speech Therapy
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
Draw And Tell App For Speech Therapy
“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
BBQ Blitz for Speech Therapy
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
PAL Award Winners from Thinkfun For Speech Therapy
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
anamalz Characters Great for Speech Language Therapy
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
Lego Creative Sorter Wins PAL Award, Speech Therapy Tool
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
Creative Cakes by DUPLO Fun for Speech Therapy
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






