Toys to improve Bilateral Coordination  

1. Mr. Potato Head 2. Squigz 3. Large beads & string 4. Pop Beads

a. Jumbo Pop Beads for toddlers 5. Putty/Play Doh 6. Animal popper 7. Zoom Ball 8. Pop up Pirate 9. Pretend cutting food with velcro pieces and play knife 10. Sticker books 11. Linking color rings 12. Lacing cards

Toys to improve Grasp/FM skills 1. Easel to encourage wrist extension/ upper extremity strength & distal

control

2. Games with tongs: Fruit pie sorter, Avalanche fruit stand, Sneaky

Snacky Squirrel, Mini Muffin Matchup

3. Feed the “Monster” cut a mouth in an old tennis ball and squeeze to

open and place pom poms/beads inside

4. Lite Brite

5. Ker Plunk/Honey Bee Tree- encourages wrist extension and tripod

grasp to hold the small sticks and place in

holes.

6. Bath time- use squirt toys, pour water into

cups, use bath crayons, fishing game

7. Melissa and Doug construction set in a box

8. Wind up toys

9. Peg Boards

Toys to encourage visual motor integration: 1. Piggy bank toy

2. Stacking monkeys

3. Pop beads

4. Squigz

5. Mr. Potato Head

6. Shape sorter bucket

7. Puzzles- peg and interlocking

8. Fantacolor junior pegboard set

9. Melissa and Doug beginner pattern blocks and boards

10. Magnatiles-copying a pattern

11. Create and design drill kit

12. Follow directions building kit

13. Geo Stix

14. Dot to Dot & Maze books

Toys for sensory seekers: Vestibular: seeking movement

● Mini trampoline ● Rody the hopping horse ● Hippity Hop bal l/exercise ball ● Jump rope ● Sit and spin ● Scooter board ● Swing

Proprioception- seek crashing/pushing/pulling, etc

● Wagon ● Play shopping cart or stroller ● Tricycle/Bike ● Body Sox- stretchy lycra material allows for the

stretchy push/pull feeling these kiddos seek ● Crash pad ● Monkey Bars

Oral input: ● Vibrating toothbrush ● Chew Stixx pencil toppers ● Silly straws- require extra sucking when drinking ● Chewelry necklaces ● Whistles

 

Sensory toys continued Tactile seekers:

● Shaving cream- practice shapes, letters, or just for messy play!

● Kinetic Sand ● Finger paint ● Water Beads

Auditory or visual input seekers: ● Melissa & doug music set-

tambourines, maracas, xylophone, drum ● Pop Tubes ● Rain stick ● Rainbow liquid sensory viewers ● Lava Lamp/ fish bubble lamp

Olfactory (smell) seekers:

● Scented markers ● Scented putty/Play Doh ● Scented stickers

    

  

Toys to develop self care skills 

1. Button size sorting box 2. Crazy cereal scooping game 3. Melisa & doug Latch Board 4. Practice panda 5. Zip snap and button dressing frames 6. Buckle toys 7. Pretend cutting food with velcro pieces and play knife 8. Shoe tying forms

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Sensory Processing Literature 1. The goodenoughs get in sync 2. The Out of Sync Child 3. The Out of Sync Child Has Fun 4. The Zones of Regulation 5. Sensational Kids- Hope and Help for Children

with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) 6. The Color Monster 7. Listening To My Body 8. Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive

Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Processing Issues

    

  

Toys/games to encourage visual perceptual skills

1. Spot it 2. Perfection 3. Following Directions Building Set 4. I Spy eagle eye game 5. Memory match games 6. Pancake pile up 7. Tangrams 8. Rush hour 9. Highlights hidden picture books/Where’s

Waldo? 10. Step by step drawing books