PAL Award Winners – 2013
Exceptional toys, games and books / media that encourage language, spark fun and invite creative play.
PAL Awards
Established by respected speech and language expert Sherry Artemenko, the PAL Award recognizes exceptional toys, games and books that, through their design, content, quality, and character, promote play that advances language. PAL winners in the hands of kids spark fun and creative play with lots of talk!
TOYS
K’Nex Robo Creatures Assortment
K'Nex Robo Creature series offers junior builders, architects and designers a next step in their trek among the many building sets that have dazzled...
Tinkertoy Pink Building Set by K’Nex
Princesses, castles, and animals of your own imagination await you inside the box of this Tinkertoy Pink Building set. Created to stimulate play...
Doc McStuffins Get Better Checkup Center by Just Play
Flip over the Doc McStuffins sign because the Doc is "in!" Kids couldn't wait for the Checkup Center to be assembled as they started their pretend...
Backyard Safari Walkie Talkie
“Come look at what I found behind the swings! Over,” came through my walkie talkie while playing in the yard with my 6 year-old, adventure-loving...
Gingerbread Cottage Playhouse by Win Green
Girls need a little privacy for a tea party, I was told, as they skipped into Win Green's Gingerbread Cottage Playhouse and closed the curtains....
Nancy B’s Science Club Moonscope and Star Gazer’s Activity Journal by Educational Insights
How can a kid travel through space at the speed of light without either a rocket, NASA training or parental supervision? With Nancy B's Science Club...
Nancy B’s Science Club’s AquaScope and Underwater Wonders Activity Journal by Educational Insights
Nancy B's AquaScope is part of a family of science tools by Educational Insights, designed to interest young girls, 8 years and up, in science. Kids...
Nancy B Science Club Microscope and Activity Journal
Kids literally jumped with excitement when they saw the new Nancy B Science Club Microscope and Activity Journal. It was clearly linked to special...
Animal Patterns Puzzle by BigJigs
Animal Patterns Puzzle by BigJigs is a beautifully designed puzzle that motivates children to learn and match animal designs and patterns, linking a...
GAMES
Bear In Underwear Backpack Adventure Board Game! by The Haywire Group
Kids reached for "Bear In Underwear" when I said the name--what fun playing with bears in their underwear! Players travel around the 3-D game board,...
Animal Soup The Mixed-Up Animal Board Game! by The Haywire Group
Just setting up this game got lots of giggles going as kids looked at the pictured math showing the sum of a tiger plus a rhinoceros equals, of...
Qualities by SimplyFun
SimplyFun's game "Qualities" is a natural language catalyst and a creative way to get to know and be known by friends. Claiming a Platonic heritage,...
Rhyme Out: The Triple Rhyming Game by Educational Insights
Kids and adults loved Rhyme Out as everyone raced to produce the three rhyming words to match the clues given. Players alternated being the Rhyme...
Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game! by Educational Insights
Kids love the opportunity to be sneaky, but need a little help at 3. It doesn't take long for them to realize that their favorite spot on the...
BOOKS / MEDIA
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