Educational Toy Reviews provided by Keri Wilmot, the ToyQueen who is a mother and pediatric occupational therapist.
Just a few weeks ago when Spring began to arrive, I started cleaning out some of the cabinets at home. Gavin’s been attending daycare for 3 years, and in an effort to save some money and be a little greener, I invested in reusable snack containers with lids. While trying to organize the chaos that [...]
In my opinion, reward charts are crucial to the daily existence of toddler and preschool aged children, in terms of encouraging them to overcome challenging tasks or to encourage positive behavior. Tick Tock asked me to complete a sponsored post about their potty reward chart. Even though Gavin has made it through the hardest part of [...]
As the mother of a now 3-year-old, since the day I found out I was pregnant, I have hoped and dreamed and wished and wondered what Gavin’s future will bring. The older he gets, those wishes and dreams, though still truthfully very unknown, seem to get a little clearer, the more he vocalizes his likes, [...]
Everyday as an occupational therapist I’m teaching kids to write letters, numbers and draw pictures. For most of the children I work with who are challenged by how they hold a pencil, or the ability to pay attention, it’s a daunting task, often met with refusal, especially when I hand over the dreaded pencil and [...]
Gavin is watching more television than I’d like to admit these days, but I try my best to preview what he watches and make sure that it’s educational programming, these days anything PBS Kids or Disney Junior is fair game. He’s been fans of a variety of shows over the last year, most recently Doc [...]
What do you think about ice hockey for kids? I grew up in a hockey family. Both my younger brother and sister played on multiple teams. When I was in high school my younger brother’s team won the national title for their age group. He then went on to play Division 1 college hockey for [...]
When Gavin was a younger toddler we never left home without our booster seat for the table. With it’s removable tray, as a baby he could sit in it on the floor, or we could attach it to any dining room chair of the house we visited to play or eat, that is until he [...]
If you follow my Facebook page, you’ve probably noticed the dozens of links and comments about this new children’s book by a fellow blogger and friend, Kate Hayes, called All About Poop. We live about 15 minutes away from each other in the real world, but I first really got to know Kate at BlogHer [...]
We eat a fair amount of take-out these days, life is just to hectic and time consuming for me to cook every night. However, I don’t think we are the only family that resorts to the same type of take-out from the same places over and over. Not to mention, being that I’m always in [...]
The iPhone, iPad and Apple computer have revolutionized my life. So much so I even wrote a post about Steve Jobs the day he died on how much this forward thinking individual has done for individuals and the special needs community with these devices and innovative technology. I can’t imagine my life without them and [...]
Sometimes in the media world things happen quickly. At 4:00 p.m. one afternoon I received an email asking if I wanted to be part of a panel for the Huffington Post on a segment regarding gender neutral toys. By 9:20 p.m., myself and 3 other panelists were talking online, live, from a Google hangout on [...]
Several years ago my father had some skin cancer removed from his face. With an upcoming trip to the Caribbean he went on the hunt for large brimmed hats, long sleeved swim shirts and shorts. He stumbled upon Coolibar UV clothing online. After my Dad purchased several Coolibar suits and raved about them, they [...]
My parents have a pool and now that Gavin is a little older than bobbing around in an inflatable boat we scoured the pool stores and big box stores looking for something that would keep him safe in the pool, while helping him to develop some balance in the water giving him a little independence. [...]
After a few years on expanded cable television hiatus, we’ve finally upgraded our cable, which now includes the Disney Junior channel. At an event at Toy Fair back in February, Disney previewed all sorts of great toys that would be released throughout the year conjunction with some of their newest kids television programming recommended for [...]
Wondermind is an educational curriculum for young kids that originated in Japan. This unique concept strives to provide learning activities for toddlers and preschool aged kids through a combination of educational toys, books, DVD’s and a parenting guide that arrive in each kit through the mail. It is marketed as a summer activity kit, but [...]
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