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A body sock is used for intense tactile and proprioceptive sensory input. Body socks help to regulate the body by providing calming and organizing input to the entire body, all at once. When fully closed, they also reduce light and visual input which can be calming to a dysregulated child. Try out some of these ideas to get the most out of your body sock: Do yoga poses inside your body sock; try some animal walks inside; keep one inside your Calming Corner for your little one to climb into when they need a break!

Rush hour is a great game for kids who are working on their executive functioning skills, visual perceptual skills, sequencing, direction following, fine motor skills, and frustration tolerance. As if those aren’t enough, we love how small and versatile this toy is and we frequently play it on the floor while on our stomachs to get some strengthening in too!

Imagination Patterns is a great game for kids who are working on their visual perceptual and fine motor skills. Kids are asked to use colorful patterned magnets to recreate a picture on a card. Adapt the difficulty with different leveled pattern cards. Add a fine motor component by asking your child to handwrite on the white board the title of the picture! 

This game is an engaging and fun way to work on problem solving, executive functioning, visual perceptual skills and visual tracking skills. Either recreate the pattern on the cards, or come up with your own fun marble run! 

With finger crayons, your child will automatically use a perfect tripod grasp without even realizing! These crayons are great to use with 2-4 year olds, or any child learning to use a more mature grasp. These crayons are also stackable and fun to create towers or patterns with! 

We love Q-tip painting to help build pincer grasp and fine motor strength! It is also a great way to challenge visual motor skills. Grab some paint and Q-tips and let your child get messy while building pre-writing skills.

Loop Scissors are an amazing learning tool for children before they start using standard scissors. Loop scissors eliminate the difficulty of isolating both sides of the hand to cut, and allow for a more natural squeezing motion as the scissors pop back open after each cut rather than having to close and also open the scissors each time. 

Squigs are one of the most versatile toys we use at the gym! Attach them to each other with different patterns for executive functioning! Push them together to make a wobbly tower! Stick them to surfaces and pull them off to work on hand strength and visual motor skills! Want to work on gross motor skills too? Have your kiddo in high kneel, prone, supine, or on tip toes when they play with Squigs! Also- little ones love the popping sounds of these so it’s never too early to get squigs!

Theraputty is a tool that we use all the time in the gym to address hand strength, hand endurance, tactile sensitivities, and tactile discrimination. Theraputty comes in various colors (different resistance levels) so kids can work on graduating to the next color. Put some little beads, buttons, or mini erasers in the putty and have your kiddo “find the treasure”

Wobble cushions are a great way to address lots of different areas of development. If your child has a hard time sitting still and benefits from slight vestibular input during sedentary activities, place this on their chair and watch as their attention and tolerance for table top activities improves. This is also a great tool to work on postural control, postural strength and balance! Have your child half kneel, tall kneel, stand with two legs or even stand with one leg on the disc while you play games or toss a ball back and forth.

The sitting wedge is another awesome way for children to get some slight vestibular input during sedentary activities. Place this on the bottom of their chair for them to get some movement and also improve their sitting posture! The wedge also adds additional support for certain sitting or laying postures. If your child continues to W-sit, have them sit on this as it helps them feel more comfortable sitting in alternative positions like criss cross. Place this under their stomach/chest while they lay in prone and play games or complete their homework on the floor.

Lacing is an important part of development that involves visual motor skills and bilateral coordination. This activity is a fun way to address both skills with some fun cars, busses, and traffic lights that all kids are sure to love! 

This bear and honey jar set addresses fine motor skills, sorting, color recognition and shape recognition! Sorting is an important part of development for toddlers and young children. Have your child sort the bears into honey jars by color or by shape! To add a fine motor component and to increase the challenge, use the tweezers (make sure to use the proper grasp on the tweezers)!

Lite Brite is such a fun game for kids they won’t even realize that they are working on their fine motor, visual perceptual and visual motor skills! Children can either create their own images, or copy the cards that come with the set. These tiny pegs are great for promoting a pincer grasp and tripod grasp. 

Wiki Stix provide a multi-sensory approach to learning letters! For children who are tactile learners or need some variety to their regular handwriting worksheets, add some fun and color to their homework! For children who are already writing, but demonstrate difficulty with staying within the lines, add wiki stix to the lines as barriers for a tactile cue to stop their pencil where the line is!

Playfoam is another multi-sensory approach for learning letters! These cards teach the proper order and direction in which letters are formed- but we can all agree it’s way more fun with foam! 

This fishing game is a great game to work on turn taking, sequencing, numbers, and visual motor skills! With a spinner, this is a great first game to learn about sequencing board games and taking turns! Not to mention, this game will keep your little one entertained with the challenging visual motor component of “catching” fish with a magnetic fishing pole!

These dressing boards are a great way to practice zipping, snapping, buttoning, buckling, lacing and tying! This is a less stressful way for little to learn how to zip up their coat rather than when you’re late to get out the door! Because these boards are small, you can flip them upside down to simulate completing these tasks when their clothes are on (like zipping up their coat when it’s donned). Each time your little one opens the dressing board, let them put a sticker on the inside so that each time they open it they get to see all of their favorite stickers!

If your child is a picky eater or doesn’t seem to be particularly interested in meal time, this Dinner Winner turns each meal into a fun game! Have fun with putting different foods or dipping sauces in each section and watching your child win at each meal!

Food coloring is a fun way to create a fully sensory experience with shaving cream, soap, icing, yogurt, slime, or bath water! These are extra fun since they also have a slight scent to them! If your child seems sensitive to tactile input, these are a great way to encourage your child to engage with various sensations that they may otherwise be adverse to! 

Incorporate these fun mats into hopscotch, an obstacle course, or even handwriting practice! These funky mats are also a good tool for children who are sensitive to tactile input, as it simulates some of the sensations of slime, without the mess!