I really enjoyed being a guest on Laura Mize's Podcast today for "Teachmetotalk" on the topic of "Great Toys From Play On Words." She is a pediatric...
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Female Entrepreneurs Creating True Alternatives For Girls in the Toy Industry
Several of my PAL Winners are not only outstanding in their delivery of creative play to build language but also promote healthy models for young...
Rorys’ Story Cubes MAX Helps Kids With Special Needs
Speech therapists, parents and kids have enjoyed Rory's Story Cubes for building storytelling skills as players use images on dice to trigger ideas...
Toobers and Zots and Sandzini Dough for Speech Therapy Activities
New PAL Award winner, Toobers and Zots, by Little Kids, Inc. is great for speech therapy activities. Designed for 3 years and up, I brought my tub...
New Collaborative Games for Speech Therapy
I love to discover new toy companies that provide beautifully designed, fun, educational games. I was introduced to Peaceable Kingdom at the Toy...
ASTRA Marketplace 2012 Best New Finds to Build Language
I thoroughly enjoyed my first ASTRA (American Specialty Toy Retailing Association) Marketplace Convention this past week in Baltimore. I moved from...
More Preschool Speech Therapy Ideas
This week, I blogged in response to a question I got from a fellow SLP asking for ideas to keep preschoolers engaged in a speech and language...
Speech Therapy Ideas for Preschoolers
One of the joys of having a blog is that I hear from people literally all around the world. Some are parents seeking advice for their children who...
anamalz Characters Great for Speech Language Therapy
As speech therapists, we appreciate toys with several props along a theme. Kids start thinking within a category and have several characters to...
Lego Creative Sorter Wins PAL Award, Speech Therapy Tool
Here's a multi-use lego DUPLO bucket for loads of therapy fun. Spread the word to your OT and PT friends too because there is a lot of fine motor...
Creative Cakes by DUPLO Fun for Speech Therapy
Don't we love DUPLO lego products for getting the language learning going in speech therapy? Recently, lego introduced several new products covered...
Great Speech Therapy Ideas for Articulation to Autism
I've been wanting to blog about great sites that give therapy ideas for speech therapy sessions so I will begin with Heidi Kay and her PediaStaff...
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