| View Larger Image | U-Play Mat, At-Home Speech and Language Development System for Toddlers & Preschoolers: Starter Set | Toyby Play This Way Every Day
| 1 New starting at: | $49.99 |
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| | Sales Rank: | 83,688rd |
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FEATURES | - 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
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Product Description
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! |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)
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Wonderful educational (and fun!) toy!! by Hilary P (Scarsdale, NY United States)  5 Stars
September 08, 2009
I have twin boys who both get speech therapy. I saw this product and watched the youtube video about it and knew I had to have it. It's even better than I thought it would be. I used to hold up various objects and have my boys repeat after me what the object was or have them tell me the object, but they would be wandering around the room and barely paying attention. With this great u-shape mat, all the cards are placed under plastic in the mat (so no card ripping!) and then I can really engage with my boys (one at a time, of course) while they have all the cards right around them. I don't need to fumble around for different toys and cards to show them. Also, there are instructions for various exercises to help with speech and generally just to engage with your child (even if he or she doesn't need speech). Great way to play with your child!
The cards are beautifully illustrated! Lots of vivid colors to attract your child's attention. And the shape of the mat is terrific so that I can sit on one side and my child on the other, yet we're not sitting on top of the play space. Really great design.
I bought the starter set with only a few cards, but definitely will be upgrading to the professional set soon. I can't wait to show it to my boys' speech therapist this week. I'm sure she is going to love it too!
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