Interactive Talking Christmas Toy

From plushtalkornaments.com: PlushTalk Ornaments are talking plush stuffed Christmas themed toys designed to be played with individually or attached to the soft and cushy 24" Trimming Tree.

PlushTalk Ornaments were designed so that children may have their own interactive and safe Christmas tree and ornaments.

Your Children will love the interesting tactile features of each PlushTalk Ornaments character. Each ornament has a unique voice and expression that exemplifies it's own personality.

Find out how the PlushTalk Ornaments helped save Christmas by reading the poem titled Santa Finds His Way.

Accesible iPhone Review

This is a really thoughtful article written by a blind adult about the iphone. Although it doesn't have much of an application for a child, it does make you excited for all of the technological advances that are available, and that keep coming everyday.

Our daughter loves her ipod, and this has inspired me to try her out on my ipad. I can think of several apps that will benefit her. I will post reviews on them, and how it goes in the future.

I thought the part at the end about the color recognizing app and watching a sunset was especially cool!

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Munchkin Bed Rail on Clearance at Target

My daughter is moving into a big girl bed this weekend, and today I went to Target to get her a bed rail, and they had this one on clearance for $9. I was excited about the pockets, because my daughter tends to drop things and get frustrated looking for them when she is tired. This will be great for those mornings when she wakes up too early for Mommy and Daddy, and we can tell her to get some toys, books and even a drink of water off of her bedrail!

I am linking it from amazon to show all of the pictures and details, but it's almost four times as expensive than Target's clearance. I hope someone else can get this deal!

Melissa and Doug Toys on Sale at Amazon

Check out this post from Moneysavingmom.com about some great deals on Melissa and Doug toys.



Recently someone gave us a Melissa and Doug Caterpillar Grasping Toy
and my daughter loves it! I had seen them advertised for blind children, but didn't understand how it worked. It basically has a stretchy cord running through it, and so you can twist and turn the segments to make the caterpillar different shapes. It's almost like an action figure for preschoolers! They also make a dinosaur, giraffe and some fishies.



I also bought the Deluxe Latches Board. This is still much too hard for her, but she loves the one at our library, and I thought it would be great for fine motor skills. It was

What's Possible? Art Education for the Blind

Art Beyond Sight is a really neat organization that works to bring art to blind people of all ages. They have a great youtube channel with lots of videos on ways to do this, including how to make diagrams and help make museums more accessible.