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Harmonica Learn/Play

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The complete harmonica starter kit supplies hours of educational fun for kids of all ages. The complete package includes a professional style 10 hold diatonic harmonica, a 32 page instructional songbook and an audio CD. With a little time and effort you or your child can be plaing a variety of songs and having a great time doing it!  Fun for all ages, the Firt Act Harmonica Kit requires no previous musical knowledge and is well suited for anyone to experience the joy of music.

No Spill Bubble Bucket

Editorial Review

We had bought this for ds for the summer time and it is great. We got a lot of bubbles from one wand, when blowing slow and steady. If we blow too hard, or shake the wand too fast then we only get a couple small bubbles. These wands are the perfect grip for my 2 year old, meaning nice and thick. The only problem I have is that so much solution gets on the wand, that the solution drips all over the place and on clothing. My son has no problem sticking the wand in the slots and pulling it back out. This is a lot better than letting little ones use the jug of bubbles, or the handheld no spills ones that normally get tipped over and leak everywhere.

Mouth Madness: Oral Motor Activities for Children
by Catherine Orr

Book Description
Most activity books provide games for the hands or the body. Mouth Madness provides games for the mouth. As a welcome alternative to speech articulation drills, these activities provide oral motor practice by requiring that children imitate and plan new oral motor movements. The games are motivating, and the exercises are fun. The activities in this helpful 135-page manual-written by Catherine Orr, M.A., OTR, BCP-can supplement occupational therapy, speech therapy, or education programs where oral motor coordination and skill is a goal. Mouth Madness contains activities in four sections:

1. Oral Action Plays - simple "finger plays" done with the mouth. The plays are presented in three sections-lips, cheeks, and tongue-matching the body part that is most active in the play.
   
2. Mouth Games - contests and short cause-and-effect activities. The games are organized by the primary action that is required to participate-either blowing or manipulating lightweight balls, empty soda bottles, and other materials.
   
3. Silly Snacks - funny ways to eat food without using the hands. The activities create a motor planning connection between eating and moving the mouth in new ways.
   
4. Alliteration Songs - simple tunes with lyrics that match specific consonant sounds with vowels in a variety of combinations. A game or an action holds the children's interest as they sing each song. The games and activities are designed for children as young as three and up to age eight, with oral motor development level of at least one year. The activities are appropriate for children with articulation or phonological disorders, dysarthria, dyspraxia, or hearing impairments where speech acquisition is a goal.

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