First WorFirst Words Flash Cards (Brighter Child Flash Cards)[Cards]ds Flash Cards (Brighter Child Flash Cards)[Cards].....Brighter Child First Words Flash Cards offer children a fun and easy way to practice those first words. Featuring 54 cards that help reinforce phonics, letter recognition, and reading readiness skills with full-color illustrations. A special card also offers creative game ideas designed to reinforce learning. 

Basically you can find almost anything in the form of a flash card....animals, food, people, places, things, occupation, transport, shapes, colors.....to name a few.....

Infantino Matching Colors and Textures Puzzles          The fantino Matching Colors and Textures Puzzles help young children learn colors and first words, develop matching skills and early problem-solving, and increase sensory skills and hand-eye coordination. The 20 two-piece puzzles are sturdy and fun. One piece of the puzzle has a picture and name of a color or texture, and the second piece has a picture and name of a familiar object, such as an animal or food ............... these are very good puzzles to start with.....kids love them and they are used by speech therapist....all the toy in this page is use by speech therapists. You can have a home session with your speech therapist and have him or her show you how you can use the toys....also u can check back my language page to see how to use this puzzle via PECS communication system.....and there are atleast 5 or 6 different version of this puzzle, getting all if you can would be ideally best for your child

 Infantino 20 Word Picture Puzzle                               

colorful 84 piece puzzle, develop hand eye coordination, improves shape and letter recognition, features 3, 4, and 5 letter words with matching brightly color pictures and can be used the same with PECS communication. Perfect for moving up from the 2 piece puzzles listed above...gives more of a challenging but not too much to discourage your child....now these are not used according to age but rather according to your child and how they progress.  what i love about this is that it also encourage spelling....keeping in mind that autistic children learn best through pictures....you will be surprised that eventually the word will image in their minds.   

Infantino Animal Peek-a-Boo Puzzle

A puzzle makes a great developmental learning tool, building a child's matching and problem-solving skills. This clever puzzle asks your child to match the animal to his habitat. Once a correct match is made, pull the "magic door" tab to reveal the animal's baby. It makes a great vehicle for learning about animals, their offspring, and where they make their homes. Includes 24 pieces.                                                             Also helps with motor skills as the piece geared for pulling out to reveal the baby animals are a little bit tricky to handle...

Melissa & Doug On the Farm Jigsaw (12 pc)                  The duck’s in the pond and the pig’s in the corn in this 12-piece wooden jigsaw puzzle featuring a happy farm scene. Comes packaged in a sturdy, wooden tray for puzzle building and easy storage. This is the ideal introduction to jigsaw solving…once the corner and edge pieces are in place, the puzzle is almost finished!

there is about 5 of these 12pcs....different patterns .... under the sea etc....what i love bout this is that its easy to take their progress....after the 12 pieces moved them up to the 24 then the 48....you will be able to tell when they are ready for the larger puzzles

Melissa & Doug Shape Sorting Cube

Challenge little minds with the ultimate shape sorter! Bright and cheerful, it features 16 chunky, vibrant shapes that make a satisfying "clink" as they drop into the hardwood cube. Then open the lid, take them out, and start all over again. 

there are alot of different version to this ...... you can get like 3 to 4 more that challenges your child in different ways.

Cranium Cariboo                                                             sculpting, the makers of Cranium have instead created a game for teaching wee ones a few colors, shapes, numbers, and letters. they may also learn sharing, cooperation, and imaginative play.) The bottom of the box houses the game itself, with three chutes along the top that the balls are dropped into and three rows of flip-up panels that are decorated with various colored objects. Players draw cards, match them to a panel, flip up the panel, and hope there is a ball underneath it. Once all six balls are recovered a treasure chest pops open and gameplay can begin anew.  Can use this game to also teach choices...one of the hardest thing for an autistic child...give them an opinion of 2 ball to choose from again using your choice card from PECS communication system....so you can work on a couple of sentences before you even start the game. "i choose the blue ball" "i want to put in" "i want to put in the blue ball" use your "my turn" PECS communication card to identify who's turn it is......The face cards on the game its self can be changed as the child grows and you wish to teach then new things....it can be replaced with number cards etc easy to make ...just piece of paper....and slip into the groves of each tile.....

Cranium Hullabaloo                                                           Hullabaloo will get the whole family moving. As kids ages four and up bounce, spin, and jump between the colorful pads, they'll learn new shapes, colors, and words. They'll also hone their listening skills --especially when they "freeze" and wait to see if they're a winner at the end. even two-year olds will want to play along. Though younger kids might not "get" everything, they'll still have a great time -- especially dancing to the "funky" music at the beginning and end of each quick-moving round. Though kids can play Hullaballoo among themselves, parents will enjoy the silliness and the exercise!  

Also the tile have food, animals prints etc....learning classification....."jump on an animal" "jump on anything you can eat" "jump on a purple tile" etc....a fun way to keeping them active... 

ThinkFun Zingo                                                                   In this fast-paced, energetic variant of Bingo, kids get a kick out of pulling the Zinger forward to reveal two mystery tiles, and then try to be the first to call out the tiles that match the images on their cards. The first player to fill his or her card wins by yelling “Zingo.” Two levels of play add zing to the competition.

Again you can use this for classification...."what can you eat" "what can you play with" "what can you wear" "what can you drive" 

you can also refer back to my language page on how to help with the "who" "what" "where" "when" questions.

Hi Ho Cherry-O                                                                 Round and round she goes. Hi Ho! Cherry-O is the counting game in which players race to be the first to have 10 cherries in their basket. A spin of the arrow determines your fate. It will instruct you to pick one, two, three, or four cherries from your tree and put 'em in your basket. That is, of course, if you don't land on the bird or the dog, requiring you to take two cherries from your basket and return them to the tree. And try not to land on the spilled bucket or--you guessed it--spill the contents of your basket or you start over.   

very good for building fine motor skills... see them struggle the first couple times to place the cherries in the tree...and by trial and error....they develop the coordination need to complete the task.

University Games Brown Bear-Panda Bear, What Do You See? Game                                                                               Eric Carle's Brown Bear-Panda Bear, What Do You See? Game is based on his wonderfully illustrated children's book. This exciting game introduces children to the magic of story creation, while helping memory and sequencing skills. After players find all the animal cards needed for their sequence, they recite the popular Eric Carle stories they created! This complete game Includes a colorful game board, 4 bear cards, 32 animal cards and instructions.....                                                           have had hours of fun playing this game with autistic children, and it can be played many ways...as they get older integrate the Eric Carle's books with the game. Again using PECS communication system... as each play tile is given to the child. eg using the one pecs sign that means "i want" then place one of the animal tile next to it, so you point to the "i want" pecs card to indicate to the child to say "i want" then point to the animal tile to indicate to the child to then name the animal...tell them if they do not know the animal just make sure they repeart it after you...remember they are visual learners...you will be surprised how fast they will learn the pecs cards once used everyday with them.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? [Board Book]    The gentle rhyming and gorgeous, tissue-paper collage illustrations in this classic picture book make it a dog-eared favorite on many children's bookshelves. On each page, we meet a new animal who nudges us onward to discover which creature will show up next: "Blue Horse, Blue Horse, What do you see? I see a green frog looking at me." This pattern is repeated over and over, until the pre-reader can chime in with the reader, easily predicting the next rhyme. One thing readers might not predict, however, is just what kinds of funny characters will make an appearance at the denouement! Children on the verge of reading learn best with plenty of identifiable images and rhythmic repetition. Eric Carle's good-humored style and colorful, bold illustrations....with this Panda Bear what do you see?. Polar Bear what do you hear? the hungry Caterpillar. there are a few more.Eric carle's books are a favor...your child will love them. 

Ravensburger Snails Pace Race -                                       So many children's games require an adult to help out or set things up. Not this one. The Snail's Pace Race is a simple game that proceeds at a child's pace. Everything is based on colors, including the dice, without a printed word in sight. Players roll the dice to see which two of the colorful wooden snails they'll move forward one space on the board. No matter how many children play, all six snails enter the race. The goal is to guess which snail will be the first--or the last--to cross the finish line.                                           with this game you introduce another concept, prediction ... which snail is going to win....it's a hard concept at first but with enough effort they catch on to it eventually.

iplay Diggity Dog                                                                 Adorable first memory board game for kids. Help the puppies find their bones. Press on the electronic barking dog and he will bark the number of spaces you move - 1, 2 or 3. When your puppy lands on a space beside a bone, he can pick it up using his magnetic nose. If the color of the bone matches your puppy, you get to move it to your doghouse. The first to find 3 matching bones wins. Contents: game board, 4 puppies, 1 electronic barking dog, 12 bones, game rules.

I Can Do That Games Curious George - Discovery Beach       Search the seashore for hidden treasures! Hit the beach with your favorite monkey for a seashore scavenger hunt adventure! Flip a card to reveal your challenge. Then search for sea creatures and colorful treasures hidden below five secret beach locations. Can you find a match? But watch out for waves! If the game spinner lands on a wave, shake the box and the treasures will slide and hide in new locations. Find the most treasures to win                                                 Promotes matching and memory skills                       Encourages deductive reasoning                            Inspires exploration and discovery                            encourages imaginative play

Zobmondo Entertainment The Ladybug Game                         Kids will fall in love with the characters and memorize the story of The Ladybug Adventure as they learn to count and read. The Ladybug Game uses a clever combination of colors, numbers, words, and symbols to help even the youngest kids catch on quickly. Soon they will be playing on their own, again and again, as they encounter all the adventures, challenges, and characters in the garden including the Praying Mantis, the Aphids, and the three lazy Ants.   

no dice....just cards of very simple instruction, numbers to indicate how many spaces to move. the green number cards indicates forward movement and the red number cards indicate backward movement....and if a card with a bug is pulled you get the number of bugs stated on the card. at the end of the game who has the most bugs win.

Can Do That Games Curious George Hide and Seek Zoo.    

The wild game of hiding, seeking, and zoo-keeping fun! Your favorite monkey is in charge of the zoo and everything is going wild! Grab your "walkie talkie" and get ready: The man with the yellow hat will be calling in to send you on exciting missions all over the zoo. Feed and care for zoo animals, repair fences, and clean up messes. But watch out—when you hear “THE ANIMALS HAVE ESCAPED,” it’s time to spring into action! The other players put on their animal masks and hide. It’s your job to find them. But hurry—the zoo must open on time! Join Curious George for some playful problem-solving and up-on-your-feet hide-and-go-seek fun!1 electronic walkie-talkie, 4 zany zoo animal masks, 1 game board, 25 cards and 1 school bus mover.

Knuckling Knights

It's rumbling and thumping heavily in the castle, the knights are running about inside the tower trying to find the secret door. But in the crush they all tumble out of the castle door. With some luck they won't fall into the pit. Whoever can free the most knights wins the tournament. A rumbling knights' game with 3D castle for 2 to 4 warriors.

 Great for imaginative play...very simple concept.

Lauri Toys Busy Bug Collector Magnetic Game

Play-Doh Ez 2 Do Silly Friends Jumbo Set

Crack open this playset for an afternoon filled with molding and modeling fun. Roll, pat or press a body shape using the Play-Doh compound and let the fun begin as you add eyes, ears, a nose and mouth. Or maybe it's all ears, or half animal half human. Perhaps it's a googly-eyed alien! Some accessories even double as molds for even more possibilities that are sure to unleash your child's imagination. Playset includes more than 30 mix-and-match body parts and accessories and three 5-oz. cans of Play-Doh modeling compound.

Any Play-Doh set is good for strengthening thier little hands and helping their motor skills

Hasbro Scatterpillar Scramble

Watch Scatterpillar wiggle and dance to the music in this fun race of fast-paced marble placing. He's all hands, so be careful as you put your marbles on his row of hands in front of you. Race to place your colored balls from the bottom row up to the top row to win. The 1st player to set all 8 marbles in Scatterpillar's hands wins. It sounds easy, but this scatterbrainest of caterpillars and is constantly dancing and grooving. So, make sure that along the way, you don't lose your marbles!                            excellent for fine motor skills ...learning to use the thongs will strengthen their hands....best played though with the scaterpillar off when now starting...and when all the marbels are in play you turn it on and do a victory dance.

Educational Insights Design and Drill Activity Center  

Children love using the Design & Drill Activity Center to create their own designs, or following the set's activity cards to make pictures and patterns, from trains and boats to flowers and fish. Just snap any one of the drill bits into the power drill or the screwdriver handle, grab a handful of big bolts, and turn on the learning fun. Twenty activity cards (10 make-a-picture cards, 9 follow-the-pattern cards, and one make-your-own card) provide young learners. with tasks from simple to challenging.

Again really good for developing fine motor skills need for writing and drawing.....being able to hold the drill in place to get the screws in...then let them use their finger to get the screws out....as well as the additional components....learning to watch an copy a design as well as design their own.

Melissa & Doug Train Engineer Role Play Costume Set

Don't let the train leave the station without fully equipping your little engineer-in-training! Wearing this machine-washable overall smock and hat, complete with the requisite hammer and wrench, train schedule, walkie-talkie with sound effects and a name tag for personalizing, your child is ready for adventures on the rails!

Great for imaginative and role playing games.....can also teach them bout different occupations... available: fireman, police office, doctor, nurse, teacher, hair dresser and more... 

LeapFrog Scribble and Write

Light the way to early writing with Scribble & Write! Children trace the lights to get practice drawing simple shapes and pictures, then graduate to learning upper- and lowercase letters with step-by-step guidance. Fun learning games help reinforce letter recognition and pencil control skills. Best of all, Scribble & Write uses a single retraceable surface for ease of use and portability. Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog® Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning

Vtech - KidiJamz Studi

Kids can rock to their own beat with Kidijamz! KidiJamz is an interactive music station that lets kids record their own songs and music and play it back on a detachable music player. These toys make music mixing a snap with 20-kid friendly tunes. To find their own beat, kids can choose from 10 different musical instrument sounds, five musical stylings, and three rhythm buttons. KidiJamz toys will have kids singing to their hearts content with the included microphone and digital voice effects. The toy's musical scratching disc and light-up keyboard round out the fun.

Ravensburger Mystery Garden - Children's Game

Randomly place the 48 picture cards face down around the game board. The youngest player begins by picking up any one of picture cards, being sure not to show it to any of the other players. This picture card shows an exact picture of an object on the game board. The other players try to guess the object by asking "yes" or "no" questions. After each question, the single playing piece is moved along the path in the mystery garden. The player who correctly guesses the object shown on the picture card keeps that card and draws another one from around the game board. Then the questions begin again. If no one has guessed the object by the time the playing piece reaches the castle, the player answering the questions keeps the picture card and draws another one and the questioning starts over. The player with the most picture cards at the end of the game wins. In addition to providing hours of entertainment, this fun game teaches recognition, association and deductive reasoning.

Lauri Toys Early Learning Center Kit-4-Step Sequencing        Our Early Learning Center kits focus on the skills kids need to learn before starting kindergarten. They combine quality materials with an organized and convenient storage box that provides easy access and helps keep everything together when not in use .

Soft foam picture tiles fill in the blanks of the sequencing cards depicting multicultural children's everyday lives. Kit includes seventy 1 1/4 foam tiles, 26 sequencing strips, organizational box, and activity guide.

excellent for teaching sequence....plus get the normal sequence board game as well.