Speech in Educational Toys

Do you know a child that may be having a speech problem making it hard for him or her to communicate with others?  First thing, the child needs to see a doctor to have his or her hearing check.  If there is a medical problem, it needs to be taken care of while you try to help them at home.

There are a lot of toys out now that will talk to your child and let them repeat back what they say.  Check out the toys that Leap Frog. They have some great toys to learn by and cuddle with too.

The Hug and Learn game is a Frog that will talk and let your child repeat what he says.  This cute little Frog will play games and teach them their alphabet, colors, phonics, reasoning, manners and phonics. On his body are pictures of the letters and numbers by touching them he will tell them what they touched. This little Hug and Learn Frog has different modes so they can search and play games too. There is a “Name Game”, “Say Please”, and “Hide and seek” game on him to play with your child. He will teach them to sing along with him using number and alphabet songs. At night turn him off and he’ll become their sleeping buddy that they can cuddle all through the night.

Toys that talk to your child can help teach them by you encouraging them to talk back.  Repeating always helps the child as well. This will give you quality time with your child as well by playing along and helping them to pronounce the words.

Making learning fun is always a plus when trying to teach someone to talk that has a speech problem. Keep them interested and not upset because they can’t say the words.  Praise them for them efforts and stick with it. The outcome will all be worth the time and effort you put into it.

When the new toy talks and speaks directly to your child, you can repeat the work looking directly at your child so they can see your mouth move to help them with the sounds. Making the right sound is very important when teaching someone better speech skills.

Hooked on Phonics Get Ready To Read is a great fun game for your child that has a speech problem. This game is filled with fun activities for the children in mind mainly for the 3-5 year age group but any one can play this to learn with.  It will teach them letter names, sounds, matching letters with picture cards, and has CD’s to sing along with to help them to learn and sing at the same time. The more talking activities that your child can get to have fun and talk will be a great help with their learning skill and help them to communicate with their friends better. 





Communication skills are important for all of us and if we have a speech problem, it makes it even harder. It takes a lot of patience and time to help someone that has a speech problem with the outcome it worth it when they smile because they made a new friend in school today.

As a parent and buying toys for your special needs child be sure to play with it before you purchase. A lot of toy stores have displays setting out so you can play to be sure it is the appropriate one. Buying one to fit your child’s needs and keeping it in the right age range is difficult. To find the right one maybe you need to talk to the speech teacher at school; your child’s teacher can help you to decide what age group to look for to keep the learning fun and educational too. The teacher may even be able to suggest a toy to help make your decision.  Checking the Internet is another step you can take to do some educational research on toys to fit your child learning needs. 

Have fun with your children and make their learning improvements fun.  You’ll be as happy as they are when they accomplish what they need to survive in the world ahead of them.