Any suggestions for appropriate Christmas gifts for a child (3 yrs) w/apraxia?

[Guest guest]

Does anyone have any suggestions for Christmas gifts that would be appropriate

and useful for a three year old boy with apraxia? Someone mentioned the Leap

Frog Tag System to help teach literacy skills. My little guy is cognitively on

peer level but has some hypotonia (trunk through facial muscles) and fine motor

difficulties. He knows his letters by sight and numbers... Santa and his elves

are looking for some ideas... help! Thanks!

[Guest guest]

Toys R Us online has a Differently-Abled section with toy suggestions. There is

a part geared to Language Development.

Most of our SLP's in EI always suggested toys with recording ability, so they

can hear their own voices. I got the Learn Thru Music and all my kids love to

hear themselves.

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> Does anyone have any suggestions for Christmas gifts that would be appropriate

and useful for a three year old boy with apraxia?

[Guest guest]

any board game is great.  it teaches turn taking as well as getting young

ones to approximate words. you, as the adult, gets to model the word, and

the kids have fun with the game and don't realize it's actually therapy!

 

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From: lisad529 <lisad529@...>

Sent: Mon, October 12, 2009 3:31:30 PM

Subject: [ ] Any suggestions for appropriate Christmas gifts

for a child (3 yrs) w/apraxia?

 

Does anyone have any suggestions for Christmas gifts that would be appropriate

and useful for a three year old boy with apraxia? Someone mentioned the Leap

Frog Tag System to help teach literacy skills. My little guy is cognitively on

peer level but has some hypotonia (trunk through facial muscles) and fine motor

difficulties. He knows his letters by sight and numbers... Santa and his elves

are looking for some ideas... help! Thanks!

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[Guest guest]

One game with that my 3.5 year old likes is Zingo. It is like bingo but with

pictures/words. It is very nice quality and has helped him with his words

tremendously. It is also fun to play to together as a family. My little guy

also really likes puzzles. We recently picked up these word

puzzle(http://www.toystogrowon.com/sku861) which he really likes and I think is

helping him to read the words. Good luck with Christmans shopping. I am really

interested in other responses to this question as well!!

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> Does anyone have any suggestions for Christmas gifts that would be appropriate

and useful for a three year old boy with apraxia? Someone mentioned the Leap

Frog Tag System to help teach literacy skills. My little guy is cognitively on

peer level but has some hypotonia (trunk through facial muscles) and fine motor

difficulties. He knows his letters by sight and numbers... Santa and his elves

are looking for some ideas... help! Thanks!

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