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12 years and up

New York Toy Fair 2016 Hot Trends for Learning Toys

| 12 years and up, 3-6 year-olds, 8 years and up, Birth-3 year-olds, Games, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toy Reviews, Toys

Every year I get so amped for The International Toy Fair in New York City--no caffeine needed--as we scour the isles of the Javits Center for fun...

$Teaching Math Vocabulary with New “Math Explosion” by The Young Scientists Club$

Teaching Math Vocabulary with New “Math Explosion” by The Young Scientists Club

| 10 and up, 12 years and up, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Games, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

When was the last time you used a "Math" game to teach language? How about today? I had a great time with first graders who I am pre-teaching...

Best New Games for Speech Therapy

| 10 and up, 12 years and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Games, Language, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Wow I realized I was a little quiet in the blogging area last week as I was buried in reviewing new toys and games for the PAL Award. It was...

Crack the Books “Seashores to Sea Floors” Review and Free Giveaway

| 10 and up, 12 years and up, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Apps, Books, Language, Speech and Language Delay

Mobile Education Store has been a treasure chest of great apps for learning language from Conversation Builder and Rainbow Sentences to Tense...

Word-finding Activities for Speech Therapy

| 10 and up, 12 years and up, 14 years and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Language, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Word Finding

Kids with word-finding difficulties are fascinating to me. Sometimes I feel like I get a peek into their retrieval process as I try to decipher what...

5 Lessons Learned From Playing Board Games

| 10 and up, 12 years and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Games, Language, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

The holidays say family time and as the snow falls and forces us inside by the fire, we have a perfect time to pull out a favorite board game to...

Playonwords.com Announced Top 10 PAL Picks 2013 Today On NBC CT TV

| 10 and up, 12 years and up, 14 years and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Games, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

https://vimeo.com/79256591 Today I shared 8 of our Top 10 PAL Picks for 2013, Holiday Gift Guide. Here are some favorites we featured on our segment...