Re: good toys for apraxic children?

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Blow Pens! Blow Pens! Blow Pens !!!!

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Michele

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One of our new favorite toys (and one that encourages speech and

vocabulary building) is the game Zingo. Both my daughters (ages 3.5

and almost 2) are able to understand how to play and love it! It's

basically like BINGO, only instead of numbers there are little chips

with pictures and words on them. Before taking the chip for your

card you have to say the word. The person who fills their card the

fastest wins!

Meg (3.5) is also really into Candy Land right now. We use is for

speech practice too, so Meg has to say what's on each card before

she can move her piece.

Kerri

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> can anyone recommend good toys for my 3 year old apraxic son?

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[Guest guest]

Blow Pens, are these pens that you blow into onto a piece of paper and it

looks sorta like an airbrushed picture. It has a certain type of cap, so the

kids can't suck the ink in, just blow out....they have all kinds regular,

neon, disappearing etc... The kids love them at all ages !!!

Michele

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Thanks!!!

Michele

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Can someone pls discribe what this is and what it does?

Jola

mmich5569@... wrote:

Blow Pens! Blow Pens! Blow Pens !!!!

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Michele

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You can pick up Blopens just about anywhere. Toy or drug store, Wal-

Mart, online, even through therapy sources. Where ever you

purchase them: use them in areas that are easy for quick clean up

just in case the child looks somewhere other than the paper while he is

blowing out the color! (I wouldn't let the kids use them near rugs

for example)

Description from the National Parenting Center 1999

" Color Workshop's Blopens

P & M Products UK/USA

Blopens are one of those products that recently burst onto the craft

scene as the new tool of choice. Kids love making airbrush art that

is created with the power of their own lungs. This Blopen workshop

kit is really a fun and complete artistic experience, effectively

expanding the play value of the small sets that are also available.

It comes packed with 16 different color blopens, a wonderful

assortment of stencils and paper in a single, easy-to-carry case.

The kit provides the space for your child to create soft colorful

scenes are truly amazing.

Suggested Age: 4 and Up Price: $19.99 "

http://www.tnpc.com/soa/spr99soa_e.html

here's just a few links I found quick -again can buy them just about

anywhere.

http://www.toys2wish4.com/blopens.html

http://pnwintl.com/Blopens.htm

http://www.theraproducts.com/index.php?main_page=index & cPath=6165_6266

Craft with blopen

http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/egg-blopen.html

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=63-0689825285-0

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[Guest guest]

Hi Michele,

I have six years old daughter with apraxia.Can u please let me know from where

i get blow pens.Any stores?

Regds

jyoti

mmich5569@... wrote:

Blow Pens! Blow Pens! Blow Pens !!!!

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Michele

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I have seen the Blow pens at Target, Toys R us and Walmart. I know

at Target they are in the aisle with the craft stuff (Crayola paint

sets, chalk, etc.).

Good luck!

> Blow Pens! Blow Pens! Blow Pens !!!!

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> Michele

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Barnyard Bingo

Dot to dot paints

Bubbles

Horns

Kazoos

blopens

Simon

bop em jr.

Simon Says

Magnetic Letters and Numbers

time to Sing CD

richard Scarry Alphabet DVD

Memory Games

Use starbursts, M & Ms, marshmallows as treats for rewards.

Leap Frog (check out speechville.com)

Tape Recorder with Microphone

[Guest guest]

Barnyard Bingo! What a blast from the past! I didn't jump in on

this since toys and games change so much and my kids are 9 and 11

now. But....I thought Whac A Mole was a great one for motor

planning and Tanner loved Lucky Ducks. The ball pit was great for

sensory issues for Tanner ...and for storing (what seemed like

hundreds of various sized) bouncy balls all in one place! I was

constantly in the stores searching for what could help with

therapy. Like the time I found the lollipop that talked and made

sounds in your mouth...don't even know if that one is out anymore!

And all the computer games including the Nintendo type games -the

preschool ones that improved hand-eye and gave him something to

excel in that is a " normal " kid thing that didn't require him to

speak. And 'speaking of talking' -anything that talked for Tanner -

even those things that made simple sounds like Furby -Tanner tried

to imitate or used it in a simple way to talk to us. Puppets are

another great example...but hey did you guys read The Late Talker

book since there's a list of toys in there as well as therapy

suggestions?

If not...for now here's one tip those of you who read The Late

Talker book already know:

No matter what toys come and go there are always the classics.

Which ones to buy of those and how to use them? Don't know? Then

you need the book The New Language of Toys! It can show you how you

can use ordinary toys from around your house to help your child

learn to speak. In addition you can use this book for gift

suggestions to relatives when they ask you what to buy for your

child. You can see which toys are most practical and functional

for " play " therapy learning to talk, and fun too. It step by step

shows and tells you how to use each toy is various ways for various

ages, skill levels, etc.

Hope that helps!

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