Toys & Activities
ACTIVITIES TO DEVELOP EYE-HAND COORDINATION, PLANNING AND VISUAL-SPACIAL AWARENESS:
Birth – 3 Years:
- Shape Sorter
- Large Knob Puzzle
- Pound-n-Play
- Stacking Blocks / Cups
- Cause & Effect Toys
- Musical Table
- Musical Instruments
3 – 7 Years:
- Oreo Matching Middles
- Mr. Potato Head
- Memory Game
- Operation Brain Surgery
- “Fishin’ Around” Fishing Game
- Don’t Break the Ice
- Charades for Kids
- Cranium Games
- I Spy Game
- Rush Hour, Jr.
- Barrel of Monkeys
- Connect Four
- Hidden Pictures
- Mazes / Dot-to-Dots
- Honey Bee Tree
- Pick Up Stix
- Puzzles
- Legos
- Wedgits
- Tangrams
8 Years & Up:
- Bop It
- Jenga
- Perfection
- Kerplunk
- Operation
- Twister
- Simon
- Rush Hour
- Memory Game
- Cranium Games
- Hidden Pictures
- Mazes
- Puzzles
- Balance Buddies
- Topple
- Musical Instruments
- Wedgits
- Tangrams
ACTIVITIES FOR FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT AND WRITING:
Birth – 3 Years:
- Pegboards
- Large Knob Puzzles
- Blocks
- Jumbo Crayons
- Finger Paint
- Large String Beads
- Pull String Toys
3 – 7 Years:
- Play-doh
- Silly Putty
- Crayons
- Paints
- Light Bright
- Legos
- Sand Art
- Squiggle Pen
- Lacing
- String Beads
- Scissors
- Pop Beads
- Magnetix / Magz
- Aquadoodle
- Magna Doodle
- Easel / Chalkboard
- Wikki Stix
- Tricky Fingers
8 Years & Up:
- Modeling Clay
- Etch-A-Sketch
- Pictionary
- Trouble
- Magnetix / Magz
- Zoob
- Mazes
- Paints / Art Kits
- Easel / Chalkboard
- Tricky Fingers
ACTIVITIES FOR SENSORY MOTOR DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION:
Birth – 3 Years:
- Sit-n-Spin
- Rocker
- Swing
- Push and Ride Toy
- Bubbles
- Taggies
- Crinkle Toys
- Teethers
- Slides
- Cause & Effect Toys
- Baby Gym
- Musical Table
- Musical Instruments
3 – 7 Years:
- Play Tents
- Tunnels
- Swingsets
- Slides
- Hammock
- Sit-n-Spin
- Mini Trampoline
- Jumpolene
- Ball Pit
- Exercise Balls (large)
- Blopens
- Whistles
- Ring Toss
- Bowling Set
- Moon Shoes
- Hopscotch Pad
- Hippity Hop
- Basketball Hoop
- Tricycle / Bicycle
- Bubbles
- Foam Soap
- Snow Powder
- Squishy Balls
- Plasma Car
- Wobble Deck
8 Years & Up:
- Swingsets
- Slides
- Monkey Bars
- Basketball Hoop
- Hammock
- Heavy Balls / Yoga Ball
- Mini Trampoline
- Jump Rope
- Balance Board
- Exercise Balls (large)
- Scooter Board
- Bicycle
- Snow Powder
- Squishy Balls
- Plasma Car
- Wobble Deck
ACTIVITIES / ITEMS TO HELP WITH ORAL MOTOR:
- Whistles
- Balloons
- Straws
- Bubbles
- Lollipops
- Freeze Pops
- Sour Spray
- Chewy Candy
- Chewy Tube
- Party Horns
- Pinwheels
ACTIVITIES / TOYS TO ENCOURAGE MOVEMENT:
- Bubbles
- Bowling Set
- Elefun
- Balloons
- Inflatable Bouncer Toys
- Musical Instruments
- Phlat Ball
- Launchers
- Swings
- Hulahoop
- Tunnels
- Jump Rope
- Balls
CAUSE & EFFECT TOYS AND ACTIVITIES:
- Fisher Price Spiral Race Track
- Fisher Price Gumball Machine
- Whistles
- Jack in the Box
- Fisher Price Poppin’ Pals
- Light Toys
- Fisher Price Turtle
- Bells
SIT DOWN TOYS AND ACTIVITIES:
- Books
- Mr. Potato Head
- My Little Pony Ferris Wheel
- Balls
- Little Linguist
- Water Play
- Hammer Toys
- Puzzles
- Dolls
- Blocks
- Animal Hospital
- Plastic Food
- Shape Sorter
- Chico Circus Carousel
- Pretend Playground
- Rice / Beans / Pasta
- Pretend Farm
- Pretend House
- Zoo Animals
- Farm Animals
- Dinosaurs
- Thomas the Train
- Cookie Monster
- Fishin’ Around
- Candy Land Castle
- Lucky Ducks
- Play-doh
- Markers
- Threading / Stringing Set
- Flashcards
- Music
- DVDs
- Board Games
ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER CHILDREN:
- Simon Says
- Hullabaloo
- Whistles
- Hot Potato
- Red Light Green Light
- Memory
- Guess Who
- Go Fish
- Uno
- Sherades
- Scattegories
- Taboo
- Twister
- Rhyming Games
- Sequencing
- Books
- I Spy
- Hidden Pictures
Most items listed above are available from the following stores and websites:
- Toys R Us (www.toysrus.com)
- Wal-Mart (www.walmart.com)
- Target (www.target.com)
- Therapro (www.theraproducts.com)
- Highlights (www.highlights.com)
- Abilitations Integrations (www.integrationscatalog.com)
- Therapy Shoppe (www.therapyshoppe.com)
- Constructive Playthings (www.constructiveplaythings.com)
- Southpaw Enterprise (www.southpawenterprise.com)
- Discovery Toys (www.discoverytoys.com)
- Pocket Full of Therapy (www.pfot.com)