Talking Points FOX6 Real Milwaukee Taping 4-16-20
Toys and Games for Smart Play, Extending Learning at Home
Silly Spaghetti by Hape, 3 years and up ($19.99)
- Brought you breakfast today
- Bend and twist the pasta for good fine motor strengthening-handwriting
- Snap on 11 pieces of food
- Kids imitate their everyday experiences, elevates language
- Make a face, add conversation, pretend play and dialogue
Available here
My First Rush Hour by Thinkfun/Ravensburger, 3 and up, ($23.99)
- New preschool version, element of pretend play
- Cars, garbage truck, school bus, different properties on how they move
- Problem solving, logic, spatial orientation
- Free up a route for Red Hero Car to exit down ramp and win
- Levels of play easy, medium, hard
- Safety Officer and Hero car for pretend play
Available here
Splurt! by Gamewright, 10 years and up, ($9.99)
- Think fast and answer first!
- Answer has to meet criteria–categories, letter placement, syllables, and word length
- Problem solving, deductive reasoning and mentally search for words that match linguistic requirements
Available here
Corolle’s Baby Bath Calypso, 18 mo and up, ($40)
- Kids love water play so here is best companion for tub, pool or ocean
- Little beads inside her so she floats and dries easily
- Sits, eyes shut for sleep, can suck her thumb
- perfect for acting out pretend play, easy to grab and take along
Available here
Go! Go! Cory Carson Freddie’s Firehouse by VTech, 2 and up, ($14.99)
- Based on the Netflix series of Cory Carson’s adventures
- Comes with sister Chrissy and Freddie Firetruck
- Race down slide to answer the call, activates the PlayZone for chat as well as another spot at the Firehouse door for auxiliary characters to activate
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