Helen and I have a series of posts about how to use everyday toys to promote and work on language targets. I love finding new toys and thinking about how I can use them in therapy! You can read our other posts about how to use a ball, a box, a train, bubbles and a […]
With Christmas only 31 days away (eek!), we thought we would start getting in the Christmas spirit with a Christmas toy review! Orchard Toys very kindly sent us a copy of their new game – Christmas Surprises to review. Although I was provided with a free copy of the game, the review and opinions are my own. […]
Helen and I LOVE the Orchard Toys games. I have so many of them I have lost count. It’s always great to see their new products and releases. One of their new games is called Can You Guess and involves acting out or making sounds for a range of different things or actions. I am really […]
Helen and I love finding new iPad apps. When I first bought my iPad, the children (and I) were so excited we would spend whole sessions using it! However, I now see it as another tool in my ‘speech bag’. It is often offered as a reward – well the child sees it as a […]
I have just come across this fantastic game called Dobble, and I wanted to let everyone know! I was in a lovely little games shop in Aldershot – “The Games Shop” – and the very nice man who runs it showed us this game. Now you can get Dobble from Amazon and other online shops, but […]
Helen has already reviewed the fantastic new Colour Match game from Orchard Toys this week. You can read her review here. I had another new one – Catch and Count game, very kindly sent to us from Orchard toys. This game is designed for children aged 3 and over and for 2-4 players. It is […]
We have put quite a few app reviews on this blog, and many of them are really great apps which I love. If you have an iPad which you ever use in therapy, make sure you read this review as we both absolutely love this app! Elizabeth and I were lucky enough to be contacted […]
Since it’s half-term this week, we thought it was time to post some more reviews of products we love. This is the first of three reviews this week of products we have been lucky enough to be sent to review. Today, the Colour Match puzzles by Orchard Toys. This is a very simple set of […]
Helen and I have been very lucky recently and have been sent some fantastic products to review – It’s a hard life being a blogger! Lucy Sanctuary very kindly sent us some examples from her speech resources books plus some soon to be published examples. You can find Lucy’s current 3 work books, “Playing with […]
With Easter just around the corner and some fantastic ideas out there, we thought we would have an Easter therapy ideas round up this week! Colour matching eggs I found this idea via pinterest from pink and green mama. A simple idea that can target both comprehension and expression of colours and at a simpler […]
