PAL Award Winners – 2014
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
Miss Pink Star and Blanket by Corolle
This set is a perfect baby gift that will grow with your child. Soft and tiny (9 1/2"), Miss Pink Star is huggable with plenty of spots to hang on...
Vibrobot by Thames and Kosmos
Thames & Kosmos Vibrobot is a fun, stimulating toy that delivers across multiple layers. Basically, it develops scientific observations (eight...
Modular Toys 3D Racetrack Kit
The popularity of construction and car/train track sets continues in the toy industry as does mash potatoes and dressing on the Thanksgiving table....
Marie Kruse Paris Stylista by Kaethe Kruse
Little girls love to dress dolls so what could be even more exciting? To make the clothes that you dress your doll in! As a seamstress and doll...
Nickibaby Striped by Kaethe Kruse
Nickibaby Striped loves to tag along with babies as their little fingers can easily grip his attached stocking hat or lightly stuffed limbs. He can...
Enchanted Meadow Towel Doll by Kaethe Kruse
Babies loved this sweet, soft first doll with a precious face and soft towel to easily grasp as a lovey. Perfect for teething, this soft cotton...
DIY Dream House by Hape
Hape’s new DIY dollhouse is a dream come true for little interior decorators! With three floors of moveable props as well as wall accessories, this...
Lyla Tov Monsters-Charlotte
Sometimes we just need a little friend to keep the monsters of the dark away. Enter Lyla Tov Monsters. They captured my heart as I walked the aisles...
SMARTMAX Home Sweet Home by Smart Toys and Games, Inc
Kids are so intrigued by magnets and love the quick click as they start their construction. The new Home Sweet Home set includes 3 open and shut...
GAMES
Noodle Speedoodle by Peaceable Kingdom
"Noodle Speedoodle" will have you racing against the clock, not one another, to draw a specified word for the gang to guess. Spin first for one of...
Say the Word by Peaceable Kingdom
"The Repeat-After-Me Silly Story Memory Game!" says it all. In Peaceable Kingdom's new cooperative game, everyone is the story teller, adding on a...
Gone Shopping Game by Galt Toys
Kids loved searching the four market stalls arranged by category--toys, food, clothes and the bakery--to make a match on their shopping list....
Zingo! Word Builder by ThinkFun Inc
Zingo™ is back! First it taught us matching pictures, then sight words and now spelling and reading. Something about sliding that red device back...
Last Letter by ThinkFun, Inc
The “Last Letter” is just what you listen for in this fast-paced classic word game of calling out a word that begins with the last letter of the...
Move and Groove by ThinkFun Inc
Get out those dancin' shoes and move and groove with the toddler set! Roll the multi-colored cube and flip over a matching colored card. 48 pictured...
Tiggly Stamp Interacting with Tiggly Shapes by Tiggly-Kidtellect, Inc.
"Got a story about us? Now is the time to tell, says the raccoon." Tiggly Stamp with Tiggly Shapes is all about assembling fun scenes that lead up...
BOOKS / MEDIA
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