Gifts/Toys: Therapist Recommended!
December 12, 2022
Therapist Recommended Items/Gifts

Looking for the Perfect Gift?
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+)

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