Bright & Beyond activities help children to explore and learn about themselves and their environment throught play. Speech Therapists who work with children with special needs, such as language and speech impairments, autism, cerebral palsy, and Down's syndrome, have expressed that the variety and adaptability of included activities have been particularly beneficial for these children.
Bright and Beyond activities are multi-sensory, interactive, and highly adaptive to the child's abilities - aspects that set the stage for learning, social growth, and a sense of achievement. Allowing a flexible definition of success helps avoid the frustrations that can aggravate a child's sense of social isolation.
Each title of "Smart & Simple" activities in this set contains 52 quick and creative idea 3" X 4.5" cards. Illustrating learning ideas on cards mean short, simple instructions, easy sorting, and quick visual cues to understand the activity. The front of each card contains the illustrated idea and the back contains the associated activites.
Sample Cards:
Age 1 - Car Ramp – Observation & Discover, Imagination
Place a large piece of cardboard on an angle from a low table to the floor. Gather your child’s toy cars and truck and encourage him to roll them down the ramp. Talk about how far they roll and which one was faster. Try placing the ramp at different angles to see what happens.
Age 2 – Muffin Tin Toy Sorter – Sorting , Motor Skills
Gather groups of your child’s small toys, such as thee small building blocks, thee clothespins, three crayons, etc. and put them all into a plastic bowl.
Place an empty muffin tin (with standard or large-sized muffin cups) in front of your child and help her sort the items from the bowl into the individual muffin cups.
Preschool – Silly Basket – Listening Skills
Cut a piece of paper into ten or more 1� X 4� strips, and write an action on each one. For example, “Wiggle and Jiggle!� “Stand on one foot!� “Count to ten as fast as you can!� or, “Sing a silly song!�
Fold up the pieces of paper, place them in a small basket, and let your child select one. Read it to her and let her be silly! Then she can choose again!
Playful learning is learning that lasts. Leave your card decks out where you can see them. When kids are restless, look through some of the cards. The illustrations alone should get you off and running on a fun activity.
Also look through your "Bright & Beyond" card decks the night before and pull out the activities you are interested in doing the next day. Gather up any materials you will need so you'll be ready to go.
For two-year-olds and up, try letting a child look through the illustrations from one deck and select the activity card that she/he wants to try. You can help by describing a little bit about what is going on in the illustration.
Bright & Beyond Baby Activites (0-12 months) BB410 $9.99
Bright & Beyond Age 1 Activities (12-24 months) BB411 $9.99
Bright & Beyond Age 2 Activities (24-36 months) BB412 $9.99
Bright & Beyond Preschool Activities (Ages 3-5) BB413 $9.99
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