Congratulations #19 ~ Lauren, You Won!
Play This Way Every Day was started by Dr. Jen ~ a pediatrician AND a mom of 2 sets of twins! Talk about experience, huh? Wow, I was impressed when I read her about page!
Play This Way Every Day was founded in 2008 with the goal of enhancing interactive floor play between toddlers and parents.
We were sent the entire set {U-Play Mat Professional Edition} to review…
The 4x6 cards slide into the pockets like this…
The size is perfect, because you could easily use 4x6 photos also! I haven’t tried that yet, but think it would be a great idea, especially for family members’ photos!
Here you can see Ladybug with the mat, this photo was taken after we played together one day. She likes to collect all of the cards and hug them as you can see. I let her explore freely after we did some of the activities together.
She enjoyed our play time together but her attention span is a bit short! This will be great for working on that! The images are a tad bit unrealistic {for some of the animals especially, you can see them here in PDF form}, and this was the only problem I had with the entire kit. I tend to be a bit more Montessori minded and go for natural, life-like images when teaching names of animals and items. The images are bright and certainly cute, but the green elephant threw me a tad. Obviously Ladybug didn’t mind that at all and she was very drawn to the images. Krash liked them a lot also. So, it isn’t really a problem, but I wanted to point it out in case anyone else might want to know!
What I loved about the U-Play Mat…
- It is a great way to expose your child to different items you may have forgotten about! There are several things we talk about daily but as we used the kit I realized how many simple items I had not taught Ladybug through natural exposure.
- The mat is awesome, I LOVE the shape and the concept of the pockets to hold the cards. It is perfect for the games suggested in the little booklet that comes with the kit.
- It grows with your child. The ideas seem endless, there are so many ways to expand on knowledge using this simple tool.
- It would be wonderful for children who need extra help; whether with speech, language acquisition {ESL possibly}, attention span, and more. I can see this tool being something certain parents would really benefit from.
- The cards are thick and have rounded edges-which I love. Ladybug is able to freely explore them and they are sturdy and safe.
Overall we are very thankful to have this kit in our home and I think it will be used for many years, especially with Ladybug as she grows.
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WIN IT…
www.PlayThisWay.com is offering a U-Play Mat Starter Set to one winner!
Mandatory Entry…
Visit www.PlayThisWay.com and tell me your favorite feature of the U-Play Mat/Cards after you browse around their site a bit.
After you do that, you can gain some extra entries by any of the following, remember to leave an extra comment for each item so they will count as entries...
- If you follow @1plus1plus1 and @playthisway on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway, give yourself an extra entry. Feel free to copy and Tweet this: @1plus1plus1 is hosting a giveaway with @playthisway for a U-Play Mat Starter Set! Enter here: http://bit.ly/cEv8QI
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This Giveaway is open for USA only!
I will select a winner using Random.org, so be sure you leave a separate comment for each entry, I will also be moderating comments to check that your entries are valid-please be honest!
Contest ENDS November 30, 2010 {11am}. Winner will be announced here and emailed (your email MUST be in each comment/or enabled in blogger). Winner must reply to my email within 48 hours or another winner will be chosen.
So many things to like about this, but mostly that it was created by a mom!
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I like that the mat is curved. Seems very smart. When my daughter and I try to play memory she has to move around a lot. Seems like this would help.
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I love that the mat is curved so baby can sit in the middle and enjoy all the fun from one spot.
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I can think of so many ways to use this as my son continues to grow. I love the shape and how it reminds me of my guided reading table I had when I was teaching.
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I love that its curved, has bright colors & grows w/ the kids! Learned that it was created for interactive play not independent play!
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I LOVE so much about this! I think the card holders are really great because we have so many chewed / ripped flash cards laying around...plus the u shape is awesome!
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I like how it forces your kiddo to look around and not just straight ahead.. active game easy for them to reach.. also protects the cards
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I love the U-Shape. I also like the large variety of teaching methods and how it can be changed to meet the child's developmental stages.
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I like the 10 different exercises you can use with each deck.
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I like the pockets for the cards. And your idea of putting pictures in them. The possibilities are endless.
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ReplyDeleteThere is so much I like about the U-play mat. The number one feature for me is that it is parent lead. There are so many technical toys on the market and this is so simple yet educational and engaging for both parent and child!
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what i like is that the options are endless...we can play with it in different ways...
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I thought it was interesting that watching her child w/ a speech therapist helped spark the idea for this product. I have one child getting ready to start speech and I bet this would be a wonderful practice tool for home.
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I really like the variety of activities that can be done with the mat. Thanks for sharing this great product.
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ReplyDeleteAs a former language arts teacher, I love anything that helps to teach language! At this point in my little one's development, I would love to use it as a fun way to point out lots of different things and animals rather than just in books.
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I've "liked" Play Your Way on FB. Hope to see lots more good toys from Dr. Jen!
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I like that there are slots for the cards so they stay in place when you need them to.
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I love that the pockets are 4x6 allowing one to create unique cards.
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