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.

Computer Learning System

Cheap Computer Learning System Review

I bought this for my twin daughters' first birthday, and they absolutely love it, even now at 16 months. It holds up well to both playing on it at the same time...tossing it on the floor, and yes, even standing on it. Needless to say, it's very durable. The programs are great as well. The first level, that just pops up random animations whenever a key is pressed is always fun, and the images are so cute. Plus, they love the music!!! The second level, is probably the weakest, and not as engaging as the other two, but it can still help teach numbers, letters, and shapes. But, the third level is my favorite. It's almost a story-like atmosphere, where the action follows your child's typing, and then the program asks your child to input another specific key to make something else happen. It's pretty fun. My only complaints would be that I wish the keyboard actually attached to your keyboard instead of just sitting over top of it, and I wish it had an auto-off feature to close program after a period of inactivity. Now he asks if you're ready to leave after a few minutes of inactivity, and the music and sound effects in the background when you try to change diapers or put down to sleep children get a little older and then for some time.