A list of toys that I recommend as a Paediatric Physiotherapist. These will help your child develop
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Toys for Fine Motor Skills
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Sensory Toys
Toys for Fine Motor Skills
These are my favourite recommended toys that will help your child with fine motor skills
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This door bell house is fantastic for children to practice their fine motor skills. It has different locks and keys as well as door bells with different sounds. The bells help to encourage pointing. It also comes with some dolls for role play. It's a...
Wooden Doorbell House | Pretend Play Houses
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Best jumbo know puzzle on the market that's perfect for 1 year olds. The know is chunky, making it easier for children to grasp and pull out or put in the puzzle. Ideal for children with hypotonia and hypertonia. Children are also introduced to shape...
First Shapes Jumbo Peg Puzzle - 5 Pieces
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The different locks are a great way to help children use the muscles of their fingers and improve finemotor skills
Lock & Latch Board
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Spike is a great toy for finemotor skills recommended by both physical and occupational therapists. This toy srimulated your little one's hand eye coordination and fine motorskills, as they put in and pull out the quills from spikes back. I also use...
Build Up Hand Muscles with Spike the Fine Motor Hedgehog
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This set is ideal for a clinic or classroom. You have multiple tweezers, scoopers, and droppers, which help to strengthen the small muscles of the fingers. Prepares children for skills like cutting with scissors and writing. Very popular tools that a...
Helping Handsâ„¢ Fine Motor Tools Classroom Set
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This is ideal to teach children how to handle zips, buckles and buttons. Each piece can be used seperately, so ideal for when there are 2 or more kids. Both the OT and I love using this in our clinic
Basic Skills Puzzle Board
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This barn is perfect for toddlers who love animals and need to practice their finemotor skills. It comes with barn animals and each door has a different latch. Perfect ice breaker in our clinic
Latches Barn
Sensory Toys
As a Paediatric Physiotherapist I also treat children with sensory processing disorders. Here are my favourite items that help children with these needs
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These non-slip tiles are great for encouraging movement. The kid's in my practise love to jump on them to see the liquid move. The babies love to crawl and look at the colours as well as try to me the liquid move
Sensory Gel & Light Up Floor/Wall Tiles
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The kid's can't get enough of this!! Children who need some Vestibular input find this chair great to help regulate themselves
Spinning Chair
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These bubble lamps are great for kids with autism and sensory processing disorder as it helps to calm.them down. One of our favourite pieces in the sensory room of our clinic
Fish Bubble Lamp
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Pluffle has a great feel to it. It's not sticky, so kids with SPD love it. Th best thing about is the way it moves in slow motion when poured out from a tub or moved