Welcome to the Wire Differently podcast where we chat all about how to best support exceptional children.

I'm your host, Holly Blanc Moses, the mom psychologist who gets it.

Today, we're going to talk about the 2019 Smart Moms Toy Box.

So I'm really excited about this because it's not just for moms too, but it's also for

professionals and teachers.

And it's not just for the holidays.

It can be all year round.

So I am excited to introduce Jennifer Huntington. So tell us a little

bit about you. Thanks, Holly. Thanks for having me. So my name is Jennifer Huntington and I own the

learning reps here in Raleigh and Carrie. And I do cognitive one-on-one brain training. So at our

center, we do a lot of activities that work on specific brain skills that support

the learning process.

So the skills you need to learn, read, remember, and pay attention.

And today I wanted to talk with you about some games that you can buy for your student

or your child that help you at home

focus on very specific cognitive skills to help build those skills.

That's really cool because, again, we want to be mindful about what we're getting them.

And if we can be really strategic and the skills that

we want to help them learn, what a great way to do it through play. Right. So it strengthens the

parent-child relationship, professional child relationship, but also helps them cognitively at the same

time. And they don't even realize they're building cognitive skills

while they're doing it. They're actually having fun. That's the best way to unplug and spend time

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