With the excitement of Christmas and the holidays past, it is fun to reflect on what toys, games and books were the biggest hits with the kids with...
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Best Books and Toys to Teach Animal Sounds
I get a lot of requests for ideas for toys for specific needs, some for speech therapy and some just for gifts to kids and grandchildren. Thought...
Best Water Table for Christmas
Sounds a bit like an oxymoron, water table in the winter, right? But my niece a asked my advice on the best water table for her toddler as grandma...
Announcing Playonwords’ Top 10 PAL Award Picks 2017, Holiday Gift Guide
We're excited to announce our Top 10 PAL Picks for 2017! These toys, games and media products have displayed the fun factor with kids and families...
New Take on Stacking Blocks for Kids
It's funny what themes hit me as I walked through the International Toy Fair in New York City last February. I tend to see beyond the obvious, STEM,...
STEAM PAL Awards Winners on FOX6 Milwaukee Today
Full STEAM Ahead with Language! The STEM/STEAM trend is really hot in the toy industry! Sherry Artemenko, Speech Language Pathologist with over...
Saying Goodbye to Old Speech Therapy Friends
It's been a year since I packed up all my therapy materials and moved to Wisconsin. Anyone who does a big move knows that it's "tedious and...
Great New Preschool Games for 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX8wxick9p8 I'm always on the lookout for great new preschool games that teach while little ones are having loads of...
New Preschool Games from Toy Fair New York 2017
As I walk through the aisles of the New York Toy Fair, I get hit with the amazing ingenuity of toy designers. This year it was evident that there...
On the Search for Toys Everywhere
My husband likes Sunday to be a day of rest (he is right) so I declared last Saturday a day of exploration. Since we moved to Wisconsin in the last...
Toy Fair New York 2017 Toys for Special Needs
I've always been a speech therapist who uses "off the shelf" toys not "therapy" toys to engage kids with special needs. They deserve to have the...
Toy Fair Trends New York 2017
Stepping through the doors of New York City's International Toy Fair always pumps me up, the air charged with excitement, innovation, creativity,...
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