Sensory Needs and Fidgets:
- Tangle (there are many types) and other fidgets
- Specialty sand (Kinetic sand, or sand by Brookstone)
- Building toys (Legos, blocks, Tinker Toys, etc.
- Games that involve manipulation of small objects
- Maze toys
- Puzzles
- 3D Feel and Find
- Sensory balls (all types)
- Boogie Board writing tablets
- Balancing boards and balancing balls
- Magnetic Mighty Mind
- Bubbles
- Pop Toobs
- Pop up tunnels & tents
Language Problems:
- Sensory balls
- Boogie Board writing tablets
- Tobbles Neo
- Toys that pop out balls
- Peanut Ball
- Specialty sand (Kinetic sand, or sand by Brookstone)
- Books of interest (for language exposure)
- Scoot-type riding toys
- Jumping beans
- Books with seek-and-find activities
Social Skills:
Fine Motor Delay:
- Paper or wooden dolls to dress
- Toys with small pieces to manipulate
- Building sets
- Hot Dots pen
- Blocks
- Boogie Board writing tablet
- Craft sets, such as weaving, beading, or sewing
- Magformers building sets
- Rainbow scratch paper
- Basketball hoops and crayons for the bathtub
- Juggle Bubbles
- Pop Toobs
- Oball Rainstick Rattle
- Simple sports sets (bowling, T-ball, etc.)
- Gyro wheel
- Bean bag and other toss games
- Trunk Show
- Infinite Loop
- Play Foam
Developmental Delay:
- Matching games
- Piano Mat
- Lacing cards and beads
- Plasma Car
- Rush Hour Game
- Puzzles with handles or large pieces
- Bean bag and other toss games
- V-Tech Laptop or other toys
- Duplo and other building sets
- Simple craft sets
- The Gears! Gears! Gears! Lights & Action Building Set
Need more ideas? See the ToysRUs Toy Guide for Differently-Abled Kids, the guide at SpecialNeedsGifts.com, and links on Assistive Technology Corner.
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