Where you can find therapy services and more to foster growth, exploration and learning in the child's current stage of development.
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Tummy Time
Find items here if the child is working on:
holding their head up
reaching
visually tracking or moving eyes + head to follow an item
rolling over
pushing up on arms
turning head to a sound or voice
We love when items for baby can grow with them. This Fisher Price tummy time mat grows with baby into toddlerhood as it can turn into a pretend house for crawling, sitting, and pretend play!
This sensory cube has a variety of textures and is soft/safe for baby during tummy time. It provides tags and pull strings as well as for baby to explore.
Encourages tactile, auditory and visual exploration with crinkle sounds, squeaking tail, vibrant colors and textured scales.
Targets the visual, auditory and tactile systems. A vibrant and motivating book with each animal's tail being a different texture for the child to explore. Additionally, the pages crinkle for cause and effect play as the child develops motor skills to turn the page or watch you turn the page.
This ball develops the auditory, tactile, visual and motor systems. Roll the ball to encourage movement towards the ball; the ball has rattle and crinkle sounds for auditory development, motivating cause and effect for the child, head turning towards a sound during tummy time. Vibrant colors and various textures on the ball develop visual and tactile systems as well.
Tummy time mat that incorporates water and floating sea animal cut outs.
Bright colors + various textures make these Pip Squigz a great addition to tummy time and exploration.
Alternative to lying a child on a play mat. Put their tummy on the ball and support them at their hips to help the child develop neck, core and back muscles.
Using a wedge for your baby provides support at their trunk allow them to manipulate items with their hands as they gain neck and back strength. Wedges can then become a support when your baby is beginning to gain core strength for sitting by themselves! Remove layers to provide less sitting support as they continue to gain strength.
Using a wedge for your baby provides support at their trunk allow them to manipulate items with their hands as they gain neck and back strength. Wedges can then become a support when your baby is beginning to gain core strength for sitting by themselves! Remove layers to provide less sitting support as they continue to gain strength.
Take the panda on an adventure during tummy time, using language to describe the different activities panda does. This will help develop auditory processing, language skills, responded and moving the head towards a voice or noise and motivates baby to lift head to see pictures during tummy time.
Tissue boxes are fantastic, motivating toys for children. Develops eye hand coordination, reaching for an object during tummy time, cause and effect of pulling out an object or pushing it back in. Each tissue has a different texture and some crinkle as well for an auditory and tactile experience too.
Grasping:
Discovering + Playing
Find items here if the child is working on:
grasping + holding onto objects
picking up objects
reaching + grasping their feet
releasing objects into containers
Grasp + release the string while lying in prone, crawling or walking. Encourages grasping and releasing the shapes into their designated areas on the snail's body. Work on bilateral hand skills to open the snails shell and get out the shapes!
The perfect motivating musical toy for developing visual motor skills and grasping skills as the child makes music, hammers the balls through the holes or grasps and releases the balls back into their spots.
Colorful and motivating bath toys that can suction to the walls or floor of your bathtub/shower. Developing color recognition, visual motor coordination and hand strength.
This bin is a fantastic way to encourage grasping and releasing objects into bins as well as problem solving how to get it into and out of the bin! Pull on the stretchy colorful bans to open up a space to put the various textured toys inside. Bring other objects into the play, this bin is a fantastic toy for developing many skills: eye hand coordination, grasping and releasing, problem solving, color recognition, bilateral coordination + more.
Explore turning or shaking the toy to make music + sound. Promotes holding on to an object with one or two hands, exploring moving the hands and arms in different ways, can use as a visually or auditory soothing sensory tool as well.
Promotes development of body awareness as the child finds their feet, brings them to their mouth or holds onto their feet while exploring.
Perfect to bring along in a bag or stroller. Grasping and placing pieces into the peacock's body targets visual motor skills and bilateral skills can develop as the child holds onto the peacock body for stabilizing it and placing feathers in with their other hand.
Promotes grasp and release + visual motor skills.
One of our absolute favorite fine motor toys! Develops grasp + release skills, visual motor skills, color recognition and identification, bilateral integration, crossing midline + more!
This oversized marble run lets your child explore different routes and is a motivating way to encourage grasp and release as well as gross motor movement to get the balls as they come rolling out.
Grasp + release puzzle pieces, shape and color recognition, problem solving skills to place pieces into their slots. Bonus: print pictures and trace the shapes on the picture, cut out then glue or tape into the puzzle board. Put family member faces, emotions, animals, change them out to keep the toy novel and fun!
Explore with hands, mouth and auditory input as you shake these colorful wooden egg shakers.
Sitting
with or without support
Find items here if the child is working on:
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sitting with support (hands, seat, furniture, pillow)
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sitting and lifting a hand to reach for object
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pulls up to sit with adults fingers
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retrieves a toy and remains in a seated position
Rhythmic vestibular movement is calming for kids. This rocking chair is low to the ground and helps your child gain postural control while rocking back and forth, maintaining an upright posture.
Hold the child at their hips while they sit on the ball. Rock side to side and back and forth, trying singing songs they enjoy. We love singing wheels on the bus and also bouncing up and down!
Spin, rock, turn it upside down into a chair. The Bilbo is a fun item to challenge sitting balance.
Straddle the peanut ball and have the child support themselves with their hands or reach for favorite toys and items to challenge sitting balance.
Similar to a peanut ball, Rody encourages development of postural stability and core activation to remain upright while hopping, rocking or bouncing.
Challenge the child's postural control with the sit n' spin toy. Provides sensory input as well, grade various types of vestibular input spinning slow and fast.
On the Move:
Creeping, Crawling + Cruising
Find items here if the child is working on:
weight bearing into hands + arms
propping self up on hands and knees (quadruped)
crawling + creeping
cruising along furniture
moving along floor to explore environment and get toys
Crawling is an important skill for all children as it builds strength in the upper extremities and arches of the hands for later skill development of dressing and drawing/coloring/writing.
Perfect for climbing, rolling, crashing, playing hide and seek! These mats can be used safely indoors for exploring and developing gross motor movement. Make an obstacle course or pick one piece of equipment to explore at a time.
We love that these pieces can come apart, be folded to store and bring out different parts for novelty and excitement during play. Put them all together for fun places to play hide and seek / peek a boo, crawl through a tunnel that is not entirely covered or place toys at different ends to make a game!
See through tunnel throughout for kids who dislike fully enclosed tunnels.
See through tunnel throughout for kids who dislike fully enclosed tunnels.
Have the child lay on their stomach and roll back and forth to weight bear into hands for building strength into shoulders and extensor muscles.
Coordination
Find items here if the child is working on:
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using two hands together
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eye hand coordination
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jumping, hopping, skipping
fun addition for outdoors or indoors to target visual motor skills.
fun addition for outdoors or indoors to target visual motor skills.
This new spin on Elefun Butterfly has players place flying disks into the elephants trunk then balance on one foot as the other pushes down the lever (tail) to launch the flyers into the air. Try and catch your flyer in your net before it hits the ground!
Play-doh sets are a motivating way to target a wide range of skills including bilateral coordination as you pull apart pieces, push down pieces to place into the chair, or use various tools while the other hand stabilizes.
Play-doh sets are a motivating way to target a wide range of skills including bilateral coordination as you pull apart pieces, push down levers, use various tools while the other hand stabilizes.
Motivating bath toys are a wonderful way to work on coordination with less of the mess! Exploring pouring water into these fun cups with different outcomes as the water comes down develops visual motor skills and is a fun sensory play item!
A new "spin" on the well known stacking tower. When you place a piece on top it spins to the bottom, a fun and engaging way to encourage eye hand coordination and bilateral hand use to place pieces onto the pole and watch the colors spin around.
Mini Squigz are a fun way to target visual motor skills, hand eye coordination and hand strength. Use them during play time or as a warm up to tabletop work (homework, writing practice, coloring).
A softer version of skip ball for beginners.
A favorite at our school and sensory gym! Addresses multiple skills for development of eye hand coordination, visual motor skills, bilateral coordination (using two hands together), color recognition, wrist flexion for development of a dynamic grasp and imaginative play feeding the baby bird!
Always a hit in our classroom centers or in the sensory gym! Builds on creativity and fine motor skills pushing pieces together and pulling them apart to build your own garden. Count how many flowers you can grow, make a pattern and identify the different colored flowers. We also love building a flower to use a regulation tool, "smell the flowers, blow out the candles" to teach deep breathing.
Toy Story themed miniature Mr. Potato Head, perfect for bilateral integration (using two hands together), fine motor strength and coordination to push small manipulatives into the potato. These little guys also spark lots of creativity and fun!
Encourages bilateral coordination (using two hands together), visual motor skills, fine motor strength and dexterity to place or remove parts.
This coordination targets many skills! Stooping or squatting down then up to scoop the balls and place them into the bucket. It additionally targets visual perceptual skills with color recognition and matching. As well as visual motor coordination to drop the ball into the bucket!
A fun toss and catch game to address eye hand coordination but remove the demands of catching a small ball in your hand. The velcro is an added bonus as removing it with resistance improves hand strength!
Play with a partner to work on bilateral coordination and visual motor coordination!
Fine Motor Skills
Find items here if the child is working on:
refining pincer grasp for independence in fasteners (buttoning, zippering, tying shoes)
developing a functional grasp with writing/coloring utensils
fine motor strength & coordination for everyday activities
Tabletop Activities
Find items here if the child is working on:
building up tabletop activity endurance
developing cut and paste activity skills
developing sequencing skills to complete multi-step crafts or school work
Activities of Daily Living
items to support every day activities
School Supplies
For learning at home, homework, carrying over school skills + more
Golf sized pencils are best for younger children and those continuing to develop a functional writing grasp.
Perfect for little hands and continued development of a dynamic and functional grasp pattern for writing and coloring.
Colored pencils provide resistance when writing, assisting in continued development of hand strength and feedback for body awareness of where the hand is coloring or writing for improved visual motor control. Small writing utensils additionally assist in development of a functional writing grasp.
Small sized markers for continued development of a functional grasp.
Assists in continued development of a functional writing grasp.
Best for children being introduced to using scissors. Additionally great for children continuing to develop stronger hands.
Scissors that can grow with the child - set them to a spring open feature to assist with motor planning in opening and closing scissors or as a child continues to develop hand strength. Remove the spring open feature when the child is ready to use kid sized scissors.
These safety loop scissors are best for children being introduced to using scissors. They easily cut paper but do not cut skin, hair, or clothing! Additionally great for children continuing to develop stronger hands and visual motor coordination.
Provides forearm stabilization while writing or coloring for improved distal mobility of fingers.
Alternative seating that allows a base of support for improved visual motor and fine motor coordination. Having various seating helps improve attention and participation as well.
Alternative seating that allows a base of support for improved visual motor and fine motor coordination. Having various seating helps improve attention and participation as well.
Use for seated instruction on the floor or at the table as a sensory tool for increased engagement, core activation and improved trunk control.
This balance disc simulates sitting on a therapy ball, while still allowing for stability from the chair to assist with sitting up tall. Try this for children who need more core engagement during seated work, or for those who like to wiggle while they learn!
The Adjustable Wobble Stool assists in core activation and improved posture as well as provides vestibular input for increased engagement and participation. This seat comes in various colors and parts can be easily added or removed for your child's height.
Fits on chair feet to provide vestibular input while completing seated tasks for attention, engagement and sensory input. These bouncy bands allow kids to rock side to side, back and forth and up and down.
Games
a motivating way to target:
fine motor skills (grasp, strengthening, coordination)
bilateral coordination (use of two hands working together)
visual perceptual skills
sequencing
force grading
This anticipatory game is motivating way for kids to work on sustained attention as they don't want to miss who the shark will pop up for! Use the fishing poles or pincher fingers to pull out different sea animals from the sharks belly, targeting visual motor coordination while scanning for different colored sea animals represented on the playing cards or an adult can call out color names.
Headbandz is a motivating executive functioning game working on impulse control (don't call out what the other players are!), ask questions that will lead to clues of what character you have, turn taking skills and more!
Match the letter to the beginning sound on the board and be the first with 5 in a row! This game works on directionality skills, letter recognition, turn taking and more. This game is also easy to adapt and add rules such as writing the letter or a word that starts with your letter card for more points!
Match your animal card to one on the board to be the first with 4 in a row! This game works on directionality skills, visual perceptual skills, turn taking and more. This game is also easy to adapt and add rules such as animal walks, writing or drawing the animal for more points!
A new take on a classic board game. Using a magnetic wand players manipulate the wand working on motor planning to bring pieces through a tricky maze. Don't bump the walls though... or the wand will buzz! This new version is great for kiddos who are skill developing fine motor skills and are not quite ready for the version with tweezers.
A twist on the classic game replacing gemstones with animals. Mancala targets many skills including executive functioning and in-hand manipulation skills.
Work on mature grasp patterns and fine motor strength/control while creating colorful and bright pictures!
Work on fine motor control and wrist extension as you use the magnet to feed the birds different colored worms.
This fast-paced fishing game is a fun way to work on visual motor skills, color recognition, fine motor strength & control, and frustration tolerance. Try playing in a tall kneel to add an additional challenge and some strengthening!
Targets fine motor and motor control to place beans onto the bucket without being the one to make them spill. Try the challenge of in palm translation by rolling a dice then putting that many beans into your palm and bringing them out one by one using only that hand and fingers! This is a hand skill that will generalize to dressing, dynamic pencil grasp and more.
Pop Up Pirate is a great way to target bilateral coordination, pinch grasp, and in hand manipulation skills!
Setting up this game targets a TON of skills - bilateral hand coordination, fine motor strength, frustration tolerance. Use a dry erase marker to put letters, numbers, then tap the ice cubes in sequential order while taking turns. This game also targets gradation of movements for kiddos who press to hard or light when completing tasks.
Target fine motor skills, opening and closing hands to grasp and release objects. This is the foundation skill for scissor skills!
Work on fine motor strength and coordination while using the dog tongs to fill your dog bowl with bones! Also works on counting/number skills.
Work on fine motor strength and visual motor control as you use the Squirrel tongs to move acorns to your tree. Also works on color matching.
This old school game is ultimate fine motor game!! The tweezers work on a pincer grasp and motor planning to open and close which helps with scissor skills, buttoning, pencil grasp.
A fun version of the game "Clue". Fun problem solving riddles to solve to figure out which cat different different "crimes" - who ate the shoe? who broke the flower pot? Use executive functioning skills to figure out who is the culprit with different clues provided on the challenge cards.
A fun version of the game "Clue". Fun problem solving riddles to solve to figure out which dog different different "crimes" - who ate the shoe? who tore up the homework? Use executive functioning skills to figure out who is the culprit with different clues provided on the challenge cards.
Sensory + Sensorimotor
Find items here if the child is working on:
sensory discovery - introducing sensory experiences for the first time
sensory regulation - tools to aid in co-regulation + continuing to build skills for self-regulation
sensory processing - tools to aid in integrating sensory information + complete home exercise programs from therapists
sensorimotor - developing and integrating the sensory systems through obstacle courses and gross motor play
Using a straw targets oral motor input, a type of sensory input that registers as calming input to the brain. Straws can also be used for oral motor seekers (chewing clothing or non-food objects, humming) as the resistance of a straw causes the oral motor muscles to work hard!
Include these stepping stones and short balance beams in a sensorimotor obstacle course. They are great for an added balance challenge in an obstacle course, standing on one leg to step up and onto them, and more.
This game has three different levels - a single gross motor movement, a combined movement and a combined movement while completing a task. A motivating way to incorporate in obstacle courses or as part of a sensory diet.
We love that the connectors can be removed to make the hopscotch set shorter or longer depending on the child's current skill level. Target balance and coordination of standing and then hoping on one foot. Develop motor planning skills in planning and executing a pattern of one foot then two feet to jump and hop. The rings can be re-arranged in all different patterns for jumping targets and proprioceptive input.
Include these stepping stones in an obstacle course, use the spinner for a color matching game or play along with the gross motor movement cards included with these stepping stones! These turtle backs are great for an added balance challenge in an obstacle course and have texture to provide tactile feedback while walking on them.
Include these stepping stones and short balance beams in a sensorimotor obstacle course. They are great for an added balance challenge in an obstacle course, standing on one leg to step up and onto them, and more. They also have texture to provide tactile feedback while walking on them.
Can be used indoors or outdoors! We love this wooden jungle gym as the pieces can be moved around or used individually. Turn the rockwall over to make a bridge to walk across, flip the curved ladder over and put a blanket in it to rock back and forth in a boat. The sensorimotor movement options are endless with this.
These mats come in five different colors and can be used in sensory diets, in obstacle courses or for self-regulation breaks. They are perfect for indoor sensorimotor movement and allow the child to be creative to design their own obstacle course, sliding, climbing, crashing, rolling safely inside.
These mats come in five different colors and can be used in sensory diets, in obstacle courses or for self-regulation breaks. They are perfect for indoor sensorimotor movement and allow the child to be creative to design their own obstacle course, sliding, climbing, crashing, rolling safely inside.
This doorframe swing comes with two different types of swings - lycra (like a body sock) and a trapeze swing. Both will provide linear vestibular input for calming input. The trapeze will additionally develop grip and shoulder girdle strength in the child. Try sitting in the lycra swing or lying on belly to walk on hands for proprioceptive and weight-bearing into hands, arms and shoulders.
Our most used item! This trampoline is the best we have found for vestibular and proprioceptive input. It has bungee cords instead of springs which provide increased resistance and limit injury.
Provides vestibular and proprioceptive input for kids with high arousal sensory systems this can calm their bodies and those with low arousal sensory systems this input can wake up their system!
Provides vestibular and proprioceptive input for kids with high arousal sensory systems this can calm their bodies and those with low arousal sensory systems this input can wake up their system!
Try including these in your animal walks for motivation. When that animal is knocked down walk like it back to the start to bowl again! To incorporate vestibular input have the child face away from bowling bins then bend at the waist to bowl between their legs!
To incorporate vestibular input have the child face away from bowling bins then bend at the waist to bowl between their legs!
This Breathing Ball is a great visual cue to utilize during deep breathing as you expand the ball with a deep breathe in, and contract the ball with a deep breath out. It can also be used as a calming, predictable visual and tactile sensory tool.
This hedge hog stuffed animal offers calming input as it is weighted and has sequins on the back for an additional tactile experience!
This soft weighted (5lb) lap pad offers a calming effect for relaxation or cool down time at your home or in school. This can also be used for sensory input during seated tabletop tasks!
Lycra is a resistive material that provides proprioceptive input. This input is registered as calming input in the brain. Crawling through a lycra tunnel is a wonderful way to calm a sensory system down. Include it in an obstacle course or use it by itself in a sensory diet.
Lycra is a resistive material that provides proprioceptive input. This input is registered as calming input in the brain. Crawling through a lycra tunnel is a wonderful way to calm a sensory system down. Include it in an obstacle course or use it by itself in a sensory diet.
Prewriting + Handwriting
Find items here if the child is working on:
Coloring & drawing skills
Pre-writing strokes
Uppercase or lowercase letter formation
Writing skills (writing within boundaries, spacing, use of lines, etc)
Functional grasp patterns
Writing pressure
Motivating way to practice writing skills with a set writing prompt and amount of time. Get the adult journal and make it a routine together with your kiddo for even more motivation!
Perfect to pack for car rides, bus rides, trips to the beach or out to eat. Motivating way to develop reading and writing skills.
Perfect to pack for car rides, bus rides, trips to the beach or out to eat. Motivating way to develop pre-writing and writing skills.
This is a fun and motivating way to work on handwriting while making silly stories to read after filling in different adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.
Scratch & Solve Hangman: Sports Edition is a motivating way to work on school readiness skills for the sports lover. Scratching the letters on each page targets fine motor skills and visual motor skills, write the letters in the code box and sound out what the word may be!
Scratch & Solve Hangman is a motivating way to work on school readiness skills. Scratching the letters on each page targets fine motor skills and visual motor skills, write the letters in the code box and sound out what the word may be!
We LOVE this motivating way to practice handwriting skills. The journal has little prompts on every page for a dad to write a message to his son and the son writes back, vice versa.
We LOVE this motivating way to practice handwriting skills. The journal has little prompts on every page for a dad to write a message to his daughter and the daughter writes back, vice versa.
We LOVE this motivating way to practice handwriting skills. The journal has little prompts on every page for a mom to write a message to her daughter and the daughter writes back, vice versa.
We LOVE this motivating way to practice handwriting skills. The journal has little prompts on every page for a mom to write a message to her son and the son writes back, vice versa.
This easel is double sided, including a chalk board and a white board! This is a great way to work on pre-writing or writing skills, while strengthening the proximal upper extremity for fine motor development.
This game is excellent for pre-writing skills, representational drawing, and fostering creativity. It can also be upgraded or downgraded easily depending on the child's needs.
Handwriting Starter Kit - includes a mini chalkboard, chalk, small crayons and pencils (perfect for little hands & grasp development!), and visuals for capital and lowercase letters!
Use scratch art to target pencil / writing pressure, while creating colorful & fun drawings and messages!
Use this fun vibrating pen to work on pre-writing shapes, tracing letters, or writing words!
Executive Functioning
Find items here if the child is working on:
pretend play
problem solving
flexibility
time management
task initiation
Visual Perceptual Skills
Find items here if the child is working on:
mazes + connect the dots + puzzles
copying pictures + patterns
matching + sorting
identifying when an item is a different direction (b + d, p + q)
differentiating between in + out, over + under, left + right
copying from one place to another
finding an object in a crowded or busy environment
Books
for kids or adults
This book provides a coping strategy for every letter in the alphabet. Use it for teaching regulation strategies.
We love this book to help children identify and recognize feelings by the sensations that their body may feel. It includes "practice" activities to help the body feel certain sensations (Ex: feel your heart after jumping up and down 5x).
One of our most recommended books! Promotes regulation strategies and mindfulness - listening to your body, learning how to breathe, managing emotions
For the kid who is having trouble with bowel movements on the toilet. This book is great for the kid who withholds stool and helping understand going on the toilet and their body signals.
A book that introduces the steps of toileting in simple language along with parent tips on each page to support toilet learning.
Written by an occupational therapist to build on regulation skills through a guided muscle relaxation story.
A fun and sweet book for teaching letter recognition.
Do you have an angry ninja in your house? Does he/she sometimes get so frustrated they are unsure what to do with their bodies or emotions? Angry Ninja meets up with one of his friends in this clearly written and illustrated book who teaches him a few strategies to try in order to relax his body and mind before reacting.
Drew has a pet dragon who sometimes can become angry or frustrated during the day. Join Drew in teaching his dragon different strategies to use and then try them yourself!
Join Drew on another adventure with his pet dragon this time about disagreement, emotions and emotional regulation.
Perfect for the older kid who continues to be unsure of pooping on the toilet.
Another Drew and his pet dragon adventure! This time he teaches his dragon how to deal with change, instead of avoiding change he learns to adapt, anticipate and enjoy a new experience.