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Things I Love: U-Play Mat (and a giveaway!!)

A few weeks ago I was searching Amazon for toys or games that would help me work on speech therapy with Sophie at home, and I stumbled across the U-Play Mat. And I knew instantly that I HAD to have it for her.  I checked out the website for Play This Way, makers of the U-Play Mat, and discovered from there that they were on Twitter.  AND that I was already following them!  So, a few tweets later, and I had the opportunity to review the U-Play Mat Starter Set. I was totally stoked!   And, I would like to say, my expectations were totally met and exceeded. This is a FABULOUS and fun tool.  Sophie and I have been having a great time with it!

So what IS the U-Play Mat, anyway?  Well, it’s too simple.

U-Play Mat
U-Play Mat Starter Set

The mat’s U-shape makes a nice place for your kiddo to sit in the middle while you sit across from him or her and ask questions about the cards that come with the mat.  The starter set comes with two decks of cards, and you can do 10 exercises with each deck.  You can purchase additional decks or you can purchase the Professional Set, which comes with everything.  I received the starter set to review, and loved it so much that I have already ordered Sophie all the additional card sets (ok, fine Grandma ordered them for her birthday, but I ASKED her to!), so I think the Professional Set is a good investment!

Sophie and I are really loving playing with the U-Play Mat together.  Not only is she having fun, but we are working on goals that her speech therapist has set for her AND we are spending precious time together! She is always excited when I tell her it’s time to play with her U-Play cards!

The U-Play Mat can also be used with family photos, and I’m ordering up a bunch of our family snapshots to help Sophie work on her pronouns, and answering “who” questions.  That way I can ask her questions (and get answers!) about what the people she loves are doing in the pictures. Sophie LOVES to look at family pictures so I think this will be a lot of fun as well.

If you are considering purchasing the U-Play Mat, you should watch the video of it’s inventor, Dr. Jen, a Pediatrician and mom of two sets of twins, demonstrating how to use it.  It’s what sold me!

But first, you can enter to WIN a U-Play Mat starter set!!  I am so excited to be able to give one of these away to our readers!  Here’s how to enter.  Please note you MUST do one of the first two methods to have a chance to win.

1) “Like” Play This Way on Facebook and leave them a comment saying “I want to win a U-Play Mat from Mommin’ It Up!”

2) Follow @PLAYTHISWAY on Twitter and tweet “I want to win a U-Play Mat from @PLAYTHISWAY & @jennyitup & @momminitup!”

optional additional entry:

3) Leave a comment on this post telling me why you want to win a U-Play Mat!  (Remember you MUST enter by either method #1 or #2 for this extra entry to count!)

One winner will be chosen at random on Wednesday, October 20th. GOOD LUCK! I am so excited already for whoever wins!

I’m linking this post up to Things I Love Thursday at the Diaper Diaries.  Go visit to see what things everyone else is lovin’!

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I solicited and received a U-Play Mat starter set from Play This Way to review.  All the opinions on this post are my own!

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83 Replies to “Things I Love: U-Play Mat (and a giveaway!!)”

  2. My son just started speech therapy at school and I think this would be a great way to work on it at home also!

  4. i would love to win because my 3 year old has a 1 1/2 year speech delay and i think this would be great to add to the things we do at home to supplement the speech therapy he does at school.

  5. What an awesome giveaway! I’d love to have this for my almost 2 year old son. I liked them on facebook, but couldn’t write on their wall.

  6. Liked this on FB,but can’t leave a comment?? This tool is a great idea. My 2 year old is struggling with speech and I am looking for any tools that can make working on it more fun!

  7. I would love to win because I have a 10month old and I am excited to begin language and communication development!

  10. I’d like to win this because I have a 3 year old who’s too old for this, I guess, but I also have a year old and one on the way, so I’m sure this will come in handy!

  11. I’d love to have this to work with my 2yo daughter. She babbles a lot but says very little real words. This would be a great tool!

  12. I would love to win a U-Play Mat to help my son with his language development. After 6 months of speech therapy he still isn’t talking much – and he’s 27 months old. I think this would a great learning tool – and fun as well!

  15. I am a part-time private practice speech therapist and this would be a great addition to my therapy materials.

  17. My son loves flashcards so I know he would love this and I’m planning on homeschooling for everything so this would be great to start him sitting still for awhile! I liked this on FB and left a comment! Thanks!

  18. I would love to win this for my children. I have six children but I it would be great to use on the two younger ones.

  19. I like Play this way on facebook and posted the comment on one of their posts. Can’t post directly on their wall.

  20. I would love to win this because I think it would be a great educational tool to play with my 1 and 3 year olds.

  21. I would love to win this play mat for my son. He is 2 and really struggling with his speech, and is about to start therapy. This looks like a great tool to use with him at home, this would also be fun. Thanks for having the giveaway!

  22. As you know, Emmaline has Down syndrome and a speech delay. This may would be awesome for me to use with her at home. She is making great progress in speech therapy and this would definitely help continue that progress at home. I hope I win!

  26. I love the family picture idea . . . as grandparents, cousins are TOO far away to see often. My kids love looking at pictures and it will help them be more familiar with their extended family.

  27. I liked them on Facebook, but like the other’s, it won’t let me leave a comment. (won’t even let me send a message.) So…here’s my comment! I want to win a U-Play Mat from @PLAYTHISWAY & @jennyitup & @momminitup!

  28. I would love to win, because my 3 year old has begun to be interested in learning toys. She loves to “play” school (until she realizes we’re actually doing school, hehe) and I would love to expand her knowledge.

  29. My son has some speech delays and I think this would be a great way to help him to work on it while still enjoying himself. 🙂

  30. I like Play This Way on FB and since I wasn’t able to leave them a comment on their wall (I didn’t see where anybody could) I left it under their most recent post (along with many other people.) Thanks for the giveaway 🙂

  31. I want to win this because it gives you the use of cards, like flash cards, but without them spilling all over or the kids being able to tear them apart or get lost. They’re all laid out infront of them and the pockets are perfect. This is great!

  34. This would be the perfect way to help prep my nieces and nephews for preschool and kindergarten! Please help me be the coolest aunt ever!

  36. I liked Play This Way on Facebook & left a comment. I would love to win this because I think it would be a homeschool tool to use with my 3 year olds. She’s been having trouble pronouncing words & the U-Play Mat would be fun for her.

  39. I would love to win this mat. My 3 yo son is autistic and we could work on play skills and language at the same time.

  41. My 3.5 yo son was in speech therapy and still needs some work on thigns and my 2 yo daughter is just starting speech therapy. This would be a great tool to have for both of them.

  42. I “Liked” Play This Way on Facebook and left them a comment saying “I want to win a U-Play Mat from Mommin’ It Up!”

  43. I would love to win this for my friend Janine! Her sweet little boy just started speech therapy at preschool this year, and she would totally love this!!

  44. I would love to win this set to work with my 17 month old daughter, who is slightly speech delayed! What a genius idea!

  45. I want to win a U-Play Mat from Mommin’ It Up! for my #1 grandson. He’ll be 2 in December and I think he would really enjoy this product.

  47. My oldest has some slight speech issues and with a newborn in the house, my brain is too mush to think of creative ways to keep his interest peaked to work on his speech. This would help SO much!

    thanks!

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