Language Development

Wacky Links are comprised of 15 multicolor, supple, silicone straw-length tubes and 20 multicolored hard plastic multi-pronged connecters that serve double duty as “charms”.  Wacky Links players are encouraged to cut the tubes to different lengths in order to create a variety of craft items such as bracelets, necklaces, rings, back pack charms, belts, anklets, headbands for themselves or to trade with friends and family. Wacky Links are offered in several themes, including "Rock 'n Roll Forever", "Safari Adventure", "Winter Wonderland", "Ocean Adventures" and many more.

Every feeling has a face! Magnutto Make-A-Mood is a creative way to help participants identify, process, and react to feelings and emotions. Make-A-Mood is a laminated cardboard box that converts to a colorful easel with two blank faces. The box contains over 100 foam magnetic pieces of facial features, accessories and scenic elements that participants and / or facilitator uses to create faces on which to base discussion or role plays.

The Worry Eaters are soft, plush toys with zipper mouths designed to devour a child’s worries that the child has written down and / or illustrated on a sheet of paper and inserted into the toy. The Worry Eater is intended to serve as conversation starter in order to process the “worry” with a parent, facilitator, or members of a play / therapy group. The Worry Eaters are available in 18 varieties, varying in physical appearance characteristics and sizes, bound to appeal to a diverse set of tastes.

Comprised of 18 large, interchangeable block pieces, children are able to assemble six characters representing familiar professions.  In addition, two-sided stand-up cards are provided for more play variety and learning. One side provides the name of the profession in six languages and a photograph of a child in the matching “uniform”, the other side provides one section of mural of a town with the profession’s matching work environment. A “More Ideas to Play” brochure is also provided for developing thoughtful conversations about possible career paths.

Weplay’s Icy Ice building blocks consists of 28 - 9” and 28 - 4” hollow yet sturdy plastic snowflake-shaped pieces in blue, green, white and orange. The blocks can interlock along their edges, allowing players to click the pieces together in three dimensions to create abstract designs or more recognizable objects as simple as a flower or a butterfly, to a ferriswheel or mama duck and her ducklings. Illustrations are provided for inspiration or for players to replicate; the design possibilities are infinite!

Find It! is a closed ended clear tube filled with multi-colored pellets and forty small objects “hidden” among them. The hidden items are related to the tube’s central theme (Dinos, At the Beach, Glitz & Glamour, Discover America, Pirates, Starry Night, Kids, Wildlife, Mythical Creatures, Made in Washington, Eww Gross, and Original), and are listed on the tube end cap. Players shake, roll and twist the tube to uncover and identify the objects.

“A Different Little Doggy” is an illustrated children’s book all about a dog who is a little different from the rest. The storybook focuses on Taz, a dog who turns his differences into his strengths. Page by illustrated page, Taz informs the reader about everything that makes him unique, and how they are all positives that he would not change one bit. The story is written by Heather Whittaker and illustrated by Scott Alberts. In addition to the illustrated story, there is a separate classroom curriculum available with 10 activities for further exploration of the topic.

The Ready Set Go Superhero Play Therapy Bears are plush friends who help children overcome feelings and emotions. Bright in color and soft to the touch, each bear is complete with clothing and accessories to enhance the learning experience. The bears use the “Ready Set Go” system, which represents the following: get ready to overcome your fears, set your goals high, and go out there and be the best you can be. The bears come in two models: Brian and Brianna, as well as superhero versions of the bears. 

Soapets are a bath time companion for kids! This collection of plush animals can get wet time and time again, and are made to hold kids’ soap, making bath time more of a play time. Each Soapet comes equipped to be used with bar soap and liquid soap, depending on preference. To use the bar soap, simply place it in the Soapet’s pouch, and for liquid soap, simply pour it onto the included Soapet sponge. Soapets come in 7 friendly and colorful options, ranging from Fefe the Dragon to Dyno the Dinosaur.

Catch Up is a card game that revolves around getting to know one another. Played by a minimum of two players, the point of the game is simply to roll the die and get through the entire deck of cards, while answering the question prompts along the way. The die dictates which questions get asked with the options of easy, hard, all, or choose.