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items I’ve worked with children for more than 6years now. I have my bachelors in child development and currently am going to school to become a peds occupational therapy assistant. I want to share some toy ideas that have worked for me when working with my...
There are so many ways to teach your toddler with this toy. You can target fine motor skills, receptive language, executive functioning and emotional regulation
Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Smart Stages Piggy Bank, Interactive Baby Toy
Believe it or not you can teach your toddler how to regulate emotions , build pincer grasp, work on hand eye coordination and language skills with this toy. It’s not just for older kids
Pop the Pig
Making stacking rings more entertaining. This type of stacking ring can help promote more language for your child like “ready…, set….,gooo!! Or “spin , spin, spin, STOP” your child will have endless laughter playing
Fat Brain Toys SpinAgain Baby Stacking
When I tell you this is my #1 go to puzzle with kids. So many ways to play. Place pieces on one of of a couch and the board on the other end have your child go through the “obstacle course” to retrieve the pieces based off the one you call you. Have ...
Fishing Magnetic Puzzle Game - 10 Pieces
Great toy to help build fine motor skills using pincer grasp. Also provided opportunity for speech development using words like “open”, “help”, “more”, “close” and more. Even asking child questions like “who’s inside?” “I hear meow, who is that?”
B. toys Toy Vet Set for Toddlers & Kids
Great way to help your child learn to combine multiple toys during play and sequence. Also super helpfully for parents the box turns into the train set and super easy to store inside the box for clean up.
Train Set - Gigglescape™: Wooden & Plastic Toy, Railroad Crossing Gate, Tracks, Battery-Powered, Ages 3+
Help your child development their hand-eye coordination skills along with fine motor skills using their paper grasp which both go hand and hand for pre-writing skills. The toy also can help your child learn how to identify colors and maintain attenti...
TOP BRIGHT Montessori Toys for 2 Year Old
Before your child can learn how to write it’s important they learn letter structure. These playdough mats can help your child understand how to create letters while also building their hand and finger strength for when they are ready to write. These ...
Learn the Alphabet! Dough Mats
Such an fun book especially for Halloween time. Add some silly voices for each monster and you’ll child will LOVE IT
How I Met My Monster - (I Need My Monster) by Amanda Noll (Paperback)
I know parents HATE messes but this boom is very helpful for parents to understand the importance of helping your child be creative and understand that messes are okay sometimes. Of course explain to your child mess is okay under certain conditions
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!: 9780152024888
Have a very energetic child, help your child learning how to control their body and emotions with this book that teaches children to learn to self-regulate especially in school
Clark the Shark - by Bruce Hale (Hardcover)
Help your child learn about boundaries in school and how being nice and respectful makes other children want to play with them
We Don't Eat Our Classmates: A Penelope Rex Book
The little ones LOVE this toy soo much it kept them entertained for so long. This is such a great toy for those little ones still working on building core strength and upper body strength as well. Have them sit on the floor legs apart and place the t...
Target
These cushions are great for variety of things. For those older children who have trouble sitting on a chair , place this under there feet it provided them some sensory input on their feet allowing them to focus and maintain attention to a tabletop a...
Wobble Cushions
Any type of play tunnel is perfect for the little ones to build on body strength and some sensory input as well. Place some puzzle pieces inside the tunnel and have your child retrieve them to place them back on the puzzle board. Have animals taped i...
The Play Tunnel | Crawl Tunnel for Kids & Toddlers
This is great toy to work on fine motor skills, hand eye coordination and bilateral coordination (using both hands at the same time). You tell your child to make a necklace or a long snake with the beads . Even work on creating patterns and identifyi...
Lacing Beads for Kids
This one is perfect for the little ones. Have your child work on bilateral coordination (using both hands at the same time), fine motor palmer grasp. You can have endless fun making dinosaur sounds and naming the colors of the dinosaurs to build on l...
Learning Resources Snap-n-Learn Matching Dinos
Mr. Potato head toys are one of my favorite toys to help children identify body parts and naming everyday objects. This helps work on language building and some fine motor skills
POTATO HEAD Family Set with 44 Pieces, Toddler Toy
Love these sensory bins super affordable and such great way to get creative with play. It helps work in sensory exploration, fine motor skills and some language development as well working on naming or identifying items seen in the bin
Creativity for Kids® Dinosaur Dig Sensory Bin
The kiddos love these tiles, they love to stomp on them and pushing down to make the liquid move inside. The colors provide that visual input and help promote gross motor skills as it takes some force to be able to move the liquid inside. It’s great ...
Art3d Liquid Sensory Floor Tiles 30x30cm 4pcs
These sensory mats are great to use for your tactile seeking kiddos. The sequence one was the favorite for all my kiddos. I love these for the babies during tummy time helps them explore new textures. These were also great to help with emotional regu...
Haull 15 Set Sensory Mats Textured Tiles
Matching shape sorter is so awesome to use. Works on so many areas like fine motor skills child being able to grasp the shapes and turn the whole toy to place in correct spot and hand eye coordination to be able to accurately place in the holes. Cogn...
Match and Roll Shape Sorter
I LOVE LOVE any toy that caters to obstacle courses. These stone and balance beams can be converted into so many ways to promote balance, coordination, body awareness and motor control. Place them in one line, create zig zigs or even place them for y...
Balance & Build Set
What child doesn’t love marble runs! I love to use these with the older kiddos to help work on emotional regulation and creativity. Help your child create amazing tracks and teaching your child to regulate their emotions by waiting their turn and bei...
Marble-palooza Deluxe - 62 Pieces
So much for with the littles. When wanting to have music and movement add these little musical instruments for more fun. I love how the drum can store all the instruments inside for easier clean up and great for on the go toys as well
Parum Pum Pum
SCARFS! SCARFS! SCARFS! They are so awesome to use in various ways. Add them when playing your child’s favorite songs like “Zoom, Zoom, We’re Going to the Moon” or “Peek-a-Boo”. It’s perfect for all ages. I love adding them to songs. They are great t...
Lolakee Kids Dance Scarves 12 Pcs 24x24