Category Archives: Preschool 3-5 yrs old
Constructive Playthings Clay Center with Play-Doh Giveaway!
My review this month for Constructive Playthings is the Clay Center with Play-Doh. Since I am an occupational therapist, hand strengthening and fine motor coordination are my thing, so I couldn’t wait to review this as we gear up for “Back to School!” The Clay Center with Play-Doh comes with LOTS of items that include: [...]
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Toy Story 3 Game Review
Review of Toy Story 3 game called Woody’s Run Around Round-up. For ages 3 and up. Price: $34.95 at www.wildplanet.com .
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Constructive Playthings Hop and Learn Mat
Picking my first toy for review from Constructive Playthings was a challenge. As my experience is mainly with children with special needs, I also have an 8 month old. Those of you who know me well enough know that I like to use toys many ways with different age groups and abilities, so I chose [...]
Also posted in Elementary, Family Games, Gross Motor Skills, Toddler 2-3 yrs old, Toys, Uncategorized Tagged activity level, circle, colors, constructive playthings, coordination, cptoy, crawling, developmental toys, educational toys, following directions, gross motor play, indoor game, interactive hop and learn mat, jumping, keriann Wilmot, motor planning, numbers, recognition, shapes, skipping, toyqueen, triangle, ustoy 141 Comments
Sassy Look Book!
For a great way to introduce your child of any age to pictures and books get the Sassy Look Book! It has bright primary colors with interesting shapes and patterns for infants, where real 4×6 pictures can be added into the pages as well, making a personalized photo album. It’s soft
Also posted in Baby Registry, Fine Motor Skills, Infant 0-12 months, Self-calming, Toddler 1-2 yrs old, Toddler 2-3 yrs old, Toys Tagged calm down, calming activities, communication, communication device, dad, daily schedule, daycare, dog, family, fine motor skills, foods, friends, grandparents, infants, language, minimize frustration, mom, people, photo album, photographs, picture schedule, pictures, point to picture, preschooler, primary colors, refocusing, regroup, reorganizing, routine, Sassy look book, Self-calming, sensory integration, separation anxiety, sippy cup, soft, structure, temper tantrum, toddler, Toys, transition item, visual field, visual schedule, visual tracking, washable Leave a comment
PixOs! PixOs! PixOs!
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been reviewing PixOs, yet another fabulous arts and crafts type activity created by Spinmaster (designers of Aquadoodle, Moon Sand, Aquasand) where children create designs from a template using small colored beads that are brought to life with the spray of WATER! As an OT we have spent many a [...]
Also posted in Elementary, Family Games, Fine Motor Skills, Toys Tagged 4, academic skills, Aquadoodle, aquasand, beads, birthday gift, colored beads, communication, dispenser, dispensor, easy, english language arts, fine motor coordination, Glodoodle, handwriting, hard, holiday gift, index finger, journal, keriann Wilmot, letter formation, medium, moonsand, online, organize, Pixos, sizing, social skills, spacing, Spinmaster, sprayer, storage container, story, teachers, template, toyqueen, tripod grasp, visual spatial skills, water, written communication, www.pixos.com, xylophone Leave a comment
SVAN High Chair: ToyQueen’s Favorite High Chair
Being a full time working mom who happens to specialize in feeding therapy, I only have a few hours of the day to spend with Gavin, one of which is typically dinner. This post highlights one of my most treasured products for our mealtimes, the SVAN High Chair. When considering purchasing a high chair or [...]
Also posted in Baby Registry, Elementary, Family Games, Feeding, Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Infant 0-12 months, Toddler 1-2 yrs old, Toddler 2-3 yrs old Tagged 90-90-90 rule of positioning, allen wrench, arts and crafts, baby bjorn, beaba, chewing, core strength, dinner, Feeding, feeding seat, feeding spoons, footplate, footrest, hand eye coordination, head, head control, high chair, homework, Isis Maternity, Isis Parenting, Keri Wilmot, mealtime, neck control, plastic soft bib, playtime, positioning, posture, safety guard, scandinavian child, svan, tray Leave a comment
Isis Parenting, ToyQueen’s new home away from home!
As today is Mother’s Day, I thought I’d share one of my favorite places that all mothers, grandmothers and parents should be aware of! One week and a half ago, we were invited to several events at Isis Parenting (formerly Isis Maternity) a well known, and respected group of stores in the Boston area, to [...]
Also posted in Baby Registry, Feeding, Fine Motor Skills, Infant 0-12 months, Self-calming, Toddler 1-2 yrs old, Toddler 2-3 yrs old, Toys, Uncategorized Tagged arlington, Baby Registry, boston, breastfeeding supplies, brigham and women's hospital, brookline, car seat, cpr, estate planning, feeding chair, first aid, Greater Boston, groups, infant, infant carrier, Isis Maternity, Isis Parenting, jelly jam babies, language, lectures, maclaren, motor skills, movement, multiples, music, nanny, needham, neonatal intensive care, pacifier, parenting, photographing infants, postnatal, preconception, prenatal, prenatal yoga, preschooler, prudential center, sleep support, social skils, the stork fund, toddler, Toys, yoga Leave a comment
ToyQueen’s Celebrities of Toy Fair 2010
It’s been a few months since Toy Fair and for as quickly as it came and went, on this nice spring day I was thinking about the whirlwind that it was, as we searched for all sorts of new toys and gadgets that our children will love and learn from. While most people searched the [...]
Also posted in Baby Registry, Elementary, Family Games, Fine Motor Skills, Infant 0-12 months, Self-calming, Toddler 1-2 yrs old, Toddler 2-3 yrs old, Toys, Uncategorized Tagged baby genius, baby's favorite songs cd, carla schneider, cd, circle of education, dvd, go, international playthings, iplay games, jim engle, Keri Wilmot, keriann Wilmot, larry balaban, little kids inc, lullaby, New York City, no spill bubble container, nursery rhyme, peter smith, red light green light, stop, toy fair 2010, toyqueen, wild science, wubbanub Leave a comment
Easter Basket Toy Ideas!
Being that it’s Gavin’s first Easter, for the first time in forever I was up and down the Easter aisle at Target, searching for his very own basket. What I was so excited to see where many toys that would be awesome additions to your child’s Easter basket for children of all ages for only [...]
Also posted in Fine Motor Skills, Infant 0-12 months, Toddler 1-2 yrs old, Toddler 2-3 yrs old, Toys, Uncategorized Tagged basket, bubbles, bunny, chicken, Doodle Pro, Easter, Fisher-price, Leap Frog, Little Kids No Spill Bubble Tumbler, Pixos, Play-Doh, Spinmaster, Springtime Suprise book, Tag Jr. Leave a comment
Leap Frog Zippity Review!
The Zippity by Leap Frog is a plug and play, video game style learning system for children ages 3-5. Children learn to follow directions while they simultaneously develop coordination and strength by jumping and dancing with their favorite characters including Mickey Mouse, Pooh Bear, Handy Manny and the Little Einsteins. When a game begins, the [...]
Also posted in Family Games, Gross Motor Skills, Toys Tagged bopper, cars, color matching, console, Disney, game cartridges, handy manny, hop, jump, Leap Frog, Learning Path, left/right discrimination, letter recognition, little einsteins, mickey mouse, motor planning, move, movement, multi-step directions, play mat, pooh bear, princesses, siblings, turn taking, video game, zippity Leave a comment
Hasbro ToyFair Event New York City
Today we had the pleasure of being invited to the Times Center in New York City to preview Hasbro’s newest products for 2010. Though I always knew that Hasbro represented a multitude of brands, seeing them all under one roof and in one room was exciting to think about all the fun to be had [...]
Also posted in Elementary, Family Games, Fine Motor Skills, Infant 0-12 months, Toddler 1-2 yrs old, Toddler 2-3 yrs old, Toys Tagged babies, baby, Candyland, Educational, family, Family Game Night, gloworld, infant, Life, monopoly, Mr Potato, New York City, NY, play, Play-Doh, playschool, preschool, Times Center, toddler, tonka, Toy Fair, ToyFair, toyqueen, Toys Leave a comment
SpinMaster’s Glodoodle Review by Toy Queen
SpinMaster’s Glodoodle Review by Toy Queen
Leap Frog Post Holiday Sale
Just found out now through January 14th, ALL software is at least 25% off at leapfrog.com. That means every book for Tag and Tag Junior, every game for Leapster2 and Zippity. Some titles are even discounted as much as 60%. And clearance items are now up to 80% off. More than 50 toys, platforms, and games, [...]
Also posted in Elementary, Family Games, Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Toddler 1-2 yrs old, Toddler 2-3 yrs old, Toys Tagged clearance, Leap Frog, leapster2, sale, software, Tag, tag junior, zippity Leave a comment
Back to School: Crayola Crayon & Marker guide by age!