U-Play Mat, At-Home Speech and Language Development System for Toddlers & Preschoolers: Starter Set

Cheap U-Play Mat, At-Home Speech and Language Development System for Toddlers & Preschoolers: Starter Set Review

I purchased this product because my daughter only speaks 5 words plainly and clearly. The rest of her vocabulary consist of baby gibberish. Her pediatrician refused to write a referral for speech therapy because he said that she was just fine and on track for development, but I disagreed. I didn't want to get sucked into the Your Baby Can Read program because I really don't want her watching DVD's. Therefore, I'm being more proactive and doing speech therapy myself. The shape of the mat is great. My child will interact with me and look at the cards and point to the correct ones. Its great b/c the cards stay put and no more running off taking the cards everywhere in the house. She has other flash cards that we were using and she ran off while we were going over the foods cards. She brought back her ABC cards and put them in the extra pockets and pointed at the apple card she had and the one that was already there. I was like EUREKA! We just a AHA moment. I praised her and she clapped her hands and gave me a big hug. She tried to pronounce the words and that was a huge improvement. I will not be purchasing the other card decks because the .00 cards that I purchased before hand fit nicely into the pockets and the Baby Einstein cards do also.Alphabet Flash Cards I can even get the parts of the body deck of cards from the school supply store I will write another review at 24 months and tell you how successful this program has been.

U-Play Mat, At-Home Speech and Language Development System for Toddlers & Preschoolers: Starter Set Feature

• CREATED BY A PEDIATRICIAN WITH TWO SETS OF TWINS AND A SPEECH THERAPIST
• HOME-BASED SPEECH/LANGUAGE EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL TOY FOR TODDLERS & PRESCHOOLERS; GREAT FOR PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, GRANDPARENTS AND EVEN OLDER SIBLINGS TO ENGAGE IN INTERACTIVE PLAY
• CONTAINS: U-PLAY MAT, TOTE, TWO THEME-BASED DECKS OF 30 CARDS (U-ANIMALS, U-FOODS) AND A FABULOUS INSTRUCTION MANUAL
• CHILD SITS INSIDE U SHAPE WITH CAREGIVER ACROSS; FABULOUS FOR EYE CONTACT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
• PEDIATRICIAN AND SPEECH THERAPIST DESIGNED INSTRUCTION MANUAL WITH TEN FUN AND EDUCATIONAL EXERCISES PER CARD DECK WHICH CAN BE PREVIEWED ON OUR WEBSITE

U-Play Mat, At-Home Speech and Language Development System for Toddlers & Preschoolers: Starter Set Overview

This is an incredible, patent-pending, pediatrician created educational toy designed to foster language and communication development at home with parents/caregivers. The U-Play Mat is a U-shaped mat with 15 clear pockets on its surface. The mat is 4 feet wide, and 3 feet deep. The innovative "U" shape allows the child to sit inside the opening of the "U" with full access to the 15 pockets. The child has full visual and tactile access to the whole surface, without having to crawl atop the mat. Child-safe see-through pockets allow fifteen theme-based cards to be secured to the mat surface. This patent pending design allows for the caregiver to sit across and engage the child in ten amazing speech and language exercises using the adorable theme-based card decks. The pockets are designed to be slightly larger than the cards, allowing for the cards to be placed and removed easily. The U-Play Mat comes with an accompanying tote bag. There are eight pockets allowing for all available card decks to be easily carried with the U-Play Mat in the tote bag. The tote is lightweight, surface washable and (if we do say so ourselves) absolutely super-cute! Each deck of U-Play Mat cards has 30 cards, containing 15 pairs of theme-based images. The cards are 4 inches x 6 inches, have rounded edges (no poking!) and are of a thick and durable card stock. There are ten different exercises per card deck described in the accompanying book "How To Use Your U-Play Mat". There are a total of eight theme-based card decks available for use with the U-Play Mat. Two decks (U-Animals and U-Foods) come with the U-Play Mat Starter Pack. The additional six decks are available in packages of three. All eight decks come with the PROFESSIONAL EDITION of the U-Play Mat. Visit our website to see the full collection of U-Play Mat cards!



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