Toys Archives - Play on Words

FOX Milwaukee Skype Interview Featuring PAL Award Winning Toys and Games During Shelter at Home

| Games, Language, media review, Preschool, Reading, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toy Reviews, Toys

Talking Points FOX6 Real Milwaukee Taping 4-1-20 Fun Toys and Games for Smart Family Play During Shelter at Home Background on Sherry: Sherry...

How to Write the Best Toy Review

| 10 and up, 12 years and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Strategies to Enhance Language, Toy Reviews, Toys

First of all you have to play with the toy or game to be familiar with it. When I was doing speech therapy I had a whole group of kids I could play...

Calling out the Learning in Toys

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

Those of you who know me, know that it is part of my mission to get companies to call out the learning potential in their toys and games for parents...

Best Books and Toys to Teach Animal Sounds

| Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toddlers, Toys

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...

Don’t Miss the Depth of Learning in Legos

| 10 and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Elementary School Age, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

As I am sitting at the table, blogging next to one of my grandsons, I hear "1, 2, 3, 4..." and am reminded again of the many dimensions of learning...

Toy Fair New York 2017 Toys for Special Needs

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Elementary School Age, Games, Language, media review, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toddlers, Toys

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

| 10 and up, 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Apps, Babies, Elementary School Age, Games, Language, media review, play, Preschool, Reading, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toddlers, Toy Reviews, Toys

Stepping through the doors of New York City's International Toy Fair always pumps me up, the air charged with excitement, innovation, creativity,...

Gearing Up for the Toy Fair 2017!

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Toy Reviews, Toys

I'm packing in appointments for 4 full days of exciting discoveries as we will be covering the New York Toy Fair 2017 at the Jacob Javits Center...

Boys Love Girls’ Stem Products Too!

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Strategies to Enhance Language, Toy Reviews, Toys

Okay that's a crazy title in this world of controversy about labeling toys by gender. But I can't help it. Boys DO like to play with great toys that...