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Gifts/Toys: Therapist Recommended!
December 12, 2022
Therapist Recommended Items/Gifts
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We have compiled a list of some items that our therapy team thought could be useful! Most of these items support gross motor, fine motor, and/or speech development in some way or another. You may recognize some of these items!
Related to Speech/Communication:
- Fishing Pole Magnetic Fishing/Model language: Great for labeling (color, labeling, in/out) and turn taking. ( age group:3-5)
- School Bus/Model environmental sounds: Great for pretend play, taking about routines ( age group: 3-6)
- Ice-Cream Play Set/Pretend play: Great for turn taking, model language (age range: 3 yrs+)
- Cupcake Party/Direction following: Great for pretend play, turn taking, and modeling language (age range: 3 yrs+)
- Beware the Bear: Great for turn taking and modeling language (age range: 2 yrs+)
- Jumping Jack Rabbit: Great for turn taking and modeling language (age range: 2 yrs+)
OT Related:
- Pretend Kitchen Set: Great for grasping and putting things together (age group: 4-6 yrs)
- Play-Doh Dino Crew Crunchin' T-Rex: Helpful with fine motor skills (age range: 2 yrs+)
- Memory Game: Great for hand mobility, helps with handle muscles
- Jigsaw puzzle: Great for sorting, comprehension (age group: 2-5 yrs+)
- Mickey & Friends Fire Truck & Station: Great with improving fine motor skills (age range: 4 yrs+)
- Zenimal/Sleep device: Helpful tool for children that have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep (age group: 4-8 yrs)
Related to PT:
- Operation: Helpful for fine motor skills (age range: 6 yrs+)
- Clamp Bee to Hive Matching Game: Great for improving fine motor skills (age group: 3-5 yrs)
- Bop It: Helps with coordination/active comprehension (age range: 8 yrs+)
- Turtle Step Stones: Great for gross motor skills development (age range: 5 yrs+)
- Hula Hoops: Great for gross motor skills (age range 4 yrs+)
- Sensory Pad Matching Game: Great for gross motor, moving around (age range: 4 yrs+)
The Zones of Regulation consists of four colored zones: Blue, Green, Yellow and Red. Each zone provides a visual for different kinds of feelings and energy levels. Organizing emotions into four simple sections can be a helpful visual for children, allowing them to communicate their emotions by simply pointing to one of the color blocks that hold the emotions they are feeling.
Did you know that swinging can have a major impact on a child's vestibular system? The vestibular system is a sensory system in the inner ear that helps with balance and spatial orientation. Learn more about difference types of sensory swings including: bolster swings, ladder swings, cuddle/cocoon swings, hanging pod swings and platform swings.
Feeding therapy is a specialized type of therapy that can be performed by occupational therapists and speech language pathologists. Feeding therapy is most commonly utilized for babies and toddlers, as feeding and swallowing problems usually present early in life.
What is Torticollis?
Primitive reflexes are reflexes that a baby is born with that typically go away(integrate) within the first year of life. However, there are times when these primitive reflexes to not integrate on their own and require the successful implementation of exercises.
Recreational classes (specifically tumbling classes) are fun, social movement opportunities for children of all ages to play in a safe and secure space. But tumbling and gymnastics classes offer so many benefits, including: physical fitness, cognitive development, social skills, confidence and injury prevention.
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