Talking Points FOX6 Real Milwaukee 5-25-20
“Toys and Games for Smart Play, Extending Learning at Home”
by Speech Pathologist Sherry Artemenko from Playonwords.com
Panda’s Picnic in the Park by Peaceable Kingdom/MindWare, 2+, ($17.95)
- Panda invited you to go on a picnic of learning with your toddler
- Learn colors, shapes and matching
- Set the table with a plate for Panda too
- Reach in basket–blueberries, pasta, asparagus, choc chip cookie
- Name food and place on plate, matching shape
- Any good preschool game, can turn into pretend play!
Available here
Tinkle Crinkle Activity Ball by Baby GUND, Birth+, ($20)
- New parents want to know how to play with their babies
- Great toys invite learning, lots for parents to narrate while baby explores
- Faces, babies talk more to faces, locked on to bunny
- Talk about patterns, colors, textures, 3D features, sounds
- Tummy time
Available here.
Sago Mini box, 3+, ($19.00/month)
- Monthly subscription box with different theme, 3 make and play activities
- “Ocean Swimmer” with Fins: whale house and shark puppet, snorkel mask, ocean cleanup game
- Great STEAM activity, build toys for repeat pretend play,
- Builds language
Available here.
Chalk of the Town, 4+, ($19.95, $29.95)
- Great product for right now..t-shirts and tote bag
- Express themselves with water based chalk markers through words and drawings
- Wipe off and start again
- Want kids to name and express their emotions, building their EQ, Emotional Quotient
- Tote bag to start conversation about what they are reading
Available here
My First Big Floor Puzzle Mermaid by The Learning Journey International, 2+, ($12.99)
- Puzzles are craze these days, adults and children
- Parents often ask for toys to play with their toddlers
- Puzzles are great to narrate colors, positions, detail looking for piece
- Builds language, fine motor and spatial skills
Available here.