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Educational Toys–The Best of New York Toy Fair, 2009
I wanted to share some observations I made as I viewed my favorite booths, specializing in educational toys, books and games for the birth-8 year...
New Educational Toys, Books and Games at the Toy Fair
Wow! Talk about a kid in a candy store--try spending the day at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, being captivated by all the new toys...
New Award Winning Books from ALSC
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) presents several awards to new books, including the Newbery Medal that honors the author of...
Free Kids’ Valentines–For Home or Therapy
I will admit that Valentines Day was not my favorite holiday when my three boys were growing up. Guys just didn't look forward to ""making"...
Designer of Playmobil Figures
Call me crazy but I find the obituaries in the New York Times each weekend fascinating. There is a special story behind the people who shape our...
Valentine’s Day, Knights and Kisses
Here's a fun book for preschoolers to early elementary students to enjoy. David Melling's The Kiss That Missed has the spunk and silliness that gets...
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems
Wilbur doesn’t get it. He loves fancy clothes. Why do naked mole rats have to miss out on dress up? Who made the rules? Scooped up by his colony...
Video Chat to Keep in Touch with Kids
On Sunday, The New York Times ran an article, Living Apart for the Paycheck, about the challenges of commuter marriages. One dad who is profiled...
Picture Books Build Social Language
I love to go to our children's library and browse through the books. I use good children's literature for all the kids I work with, whether they are...
Speech Therapy for Nasality
Throughout my career as a speech pathologist I have worked with children with varying degrees of nasality. Some were purely functional and responded...
Kids’ Poetry–Laugh and Learn Language
Poetry is a wonderful way to enrich and build your child's language. For the preschool gang, hearing the rhyme and rhythm sets the stage for...
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