High quality children's instrument with authentic accordion sound. Two-octave range in the key of C.

Beautiful and more novel addition to your musical collection. While the children play and enjoy the sound they are also developing shoulder and wrist stability as it needs to be held away from the trunk as well as fine motor skills as they individually operate each of the notes.

WARNING: Choking hazard.
Use under adult supervision.
Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus.

The hand-held maze that changes as you play!

To set up the maze, slide the 4 red indicators left or right to match a challenge setup. You will find 16 challenges that get progressively harder on the back of the maze.

Without lifting the stilus from the path, trace your way through the maze from start to finish. As you work your way through the maze, you will discover red bars that can be pushed to the left or right to create new paths, but watch out - you may trap yourself.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 8 to adult.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Stretch it, squeeze it, make rude noises with it, bounce it, use a straw and blow bubbles with it.

Transparent putty complete with sea creature. Colours will vary

WARNING: Choking hazard.
Use under adult supervision.
Unsuitable for children under 3 years.

Stretch it, squeeze it, make rude noises with it, bounce it, use a straw and blow bubbles with it.

Coloured transparent putty complete with animal.

WARNING: Choking hazard.
Use under adult supervision.
Unsuitable for children under 3 years.

Animals and colours will vary according to stock available.

A fun twist on traditional bean bags. Kids can enjoy recognising colors and animals while playing bean bag games. Made of vinyl, they are also good for a small amount of chewing.

Each animal measures approximately 10cm and can also be purchased in a set of 6.

WARNING: Choking hazard.
Use under adult supervision.

12 Colourful, easy-grip chunky crayons shaped as animals. Non-toxic and easy to grasp. Can also be used as finger puppets.

WARNING: Choking hazard. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Use under adult supervision.

Durable and made to last, these effective hand-grip exercisers weighing 200 grams are great for building hand strength regardless of the hand strength of user.

They start out at a soft and inviting level that even the weakest hands can grasp. The harder they're squeezed, the more difficult they are to squeeze. They could eventually reach a point of compression that would challenge the hand-strength of a professional athlete.

The sticky-nature of the material makes Animal Squishies easy to catch and hold on to, however, they're not so sticky as to impede their release when thrown or tossed.

Animals will vary (frog, seal, turtle)

WARNING: Unsuitable for children under 3 years. Use under adult supervision.

The AquaDoodle Draw n' Doodle Mat requires no ink, no paints and no mess. Drawings appear when water touches the mat, just add water and doodle away. As drawings dry out, they magically disappear!

Not only does this give you a mess free way of allow kids to explore drawing activities (particularly useful for those kids who are not yet great at sticking to drawing on paper), but is also of a size that encourages it's use on the floor as laying on their stomach, propped up on elbows, helps to develop core and shoulder stability - both essential for mature fine and gross motor skills in the future.

Includes 1 doodle mat measuring 70 x 70cm, 1 magic water pen plus instructions sheet.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 2 years plus.

Hard wearing, open back waterproof polyester painting smocks are easy for children to put on and pull off by themselves. Machine washable. Colours and designs may vary. Measures 58cm L. For 2-4 years.

Hard wearing, open back waterproof polyester painting smocks are easy for children to put on and pull off by themselves. Machine washable. Colours and designs may vary. Measures 62cm L. For 4-6 years.

Hard wearing, open back waterproof polyester painting smocks are easy to put on and pull off. Machine washable. Colours and designs may vary. Measures 43cm L. For 6-12 months.

Hard wearing, open back, waterproof polyester painting smocks are easy for children to put on and pull off by themselves. Machine washable. Colours and designs may vary. Measures 70cm L.

Are you steady enough to work at this fun fruit stand? Spin the wheel, then use the jumbo tweezers to pick or place fruit.

Develops fine motor skills, especially the all important hand development stages that prepares children for handwriting. Using tweezers, such as these that provide resistance to the muscles means that the muscles of the thumb/index web space are developed ready for an open tripod grasp. Encouraging children to use just the thumb and first two fingers also encourages the development of division of the two sides of the hand.

Reinforces colour and fruit vocabulary and as a part of early social skills such as turn taking.

Includes 40 fruit counters (5 different fruits), 2 jumbo tweezers, picture spinner, and adjustable cardboard fruit stand/storage box measuring 6"L x 9.5"W x 13.75"H

Manufacturer recommends Ages 3+ for solo play or up to 4 players.
WARNING: Choking hazard.
Use under adult supervision.

Squeeze their tummies to roll out their tongue. Fun toy to develop thumb/index finger web space stability.

Bath time fun with traffic squirters.

Provides unique combination of opportunity for heavy work through the mouth (chewing) and the hand (squirting water) while providing lots of fun bathtime or water play fun.

The wooden BBQ picnic set is a good imaginative play for children with the combination of ingredients and cooking utensils provided to create a kebab and hamburger. When finished playing, everything packs up inside the BBQ pit.

The tongs are a great "tweezer" activity to develop division of the hand and thumb/index web space stability ready for hand writing or to develop the open and close pattern necessary for scissor skills; and the kebab an easy threading activity to develop visual motor skills.

WARNING: Choking Hazard due to small parts and balls. Manufacturer recommends for age 36 months plus

An extra large bead version of the more traditional iron on bead design kits. Use the template supplied (patterns & pegboards will vary) or create your own masterpiece.

Such a simple toy that can be progressively used to develop a range of fine motor skills. Start with simple pincer grasp and placement, use easy grip tweezers or fish sticks to develop division of the two sides of the hand and thumb/index web space stability. Then move onto moving a few beads into the hand (translation into the palm) and then one bead at a time onto the board (translation out of the palm). Simple toy - lots of potential!!

When finished, design may be permanently fused together by ironing (by an adult) or reuse the activity again and again.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Manufacturer recommends unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Keep hands busy as you bend, twist and twirl these colorful and flexible bands.

Provides an easily available opportunity to gain heavy work through the hands. Great for those kids who needs something to play with in their hands or benefit from some additional heavy work (proprioception) in order to maintain their attention to task in class.

CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years.

Stretch it, sculpt and snap it like a solid, roll it into a ball and bounce to incredible heights or watch it melt like ice cream.

Bionic Putty is a great stress reliever and fine motor developer. The resistance of this material gives you the opportunity to gain proprioceptive input (heavy work) through the muscles of the hand in a purposeful manner, while also providing the resistance necessary to develop the muscles of the hand, particularly the thumb which is so essential for handwriting development.

Colours will vary. Supplied in a 90gm tub.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts which can be ingested or inhaled.

These fun and easy activities will enhance your child's intellectual development, co-ordination and motor skills, language and listening skills, colour and shape recognition, and self-esteem. Includes a deck of 52 heavily laminated activity cards with illustrations.

These great ideas will enhance your child's environment and your interaction with them. They will provide both new ideas and reinspire the great older ideas.

These fun and easy activities will enhance your child's intellectual development, co-ordination and motor skills, language and listening skills, colour and shape recognition, and self-esteem. Includes a deck of 52 heavily laminated activity cards with illustrations.

These great ideas will enhance your child's environment and your interaction with them. They will provide both new ideas and reinspire the great older ideas.

These fun and easy activities will enhance your child's intellectual development, co-ordination and motor skills, language and listening skills, colour and shape recognition, and self-esteem. Includes a deck of 52 heavily laminated activity cards with illustrations.

These great ideas will enhance your child's environment and your interaction with them. They will provide both new ideas and reinspire the great older ideas.

These fun and easy activities will enhance your child's intellectual development, co-ordination and motor skills, language and listening skills, colour and shape recognition, and self-esteem. Includes a deck of 52 heavily laminated activity cards with illustrations.

These great ideas will enhance your child's environment and your interaction with them. They will provide both new ideas and reinspire the great older ideas.

The board game that inspires natural curiosity, develops spatial awareness, encourages literacy and numeracy skills and provides opportunity for physical challenge, lateral thinking, fine and gross motor skills and general knowledge.

As the players move around the board, they are faced with challenges.

Work it Out cards are designed to make children think laterally and, through special building block challenges, aid in developing spatial awareness. Eg. Use the blocks to make a tower like the one shown on the card.

Physical Challenge cards include extra fun for a broad range of development. Eg. Count to 5 whilst standing on one leg.

Knowledge cards are designed to stimulate natural curiosity and inspire children to want to learn more about the world around them. Eg What sort of musical instrument is this?

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus making it a great early board game for development of turn taking and the language for social skills.

Bubber is as soft and smooth as silk and light as a cloud, awakening creativity and imagination.

Discover the feeling of carving in a material that produces clean, sharp lines and forms. Press different objects and cutters into Bubber and be amazed by the imprints they leave. Use it to create scenes and items for imaginative play. Provides tactile opportunities and open ended fine motor and language development play.

Bubber is a non toxic compound that never dries out.

Manufacturer recommends unsuitable for children under 3 years.

How many times can you bounce a bubble? Put on your magic gloves, blow a bubble and bounce from one hand to the other.

This great tool provides you with a combination of therapeutic opportunities - and it's also just a lot of fun. The oral motor and midline stability opportunities of blowing, the visual tracking (convergence) while blowing the bubble, watching it increase in size, the fine motor and bilateral coordination skills of putting on the gloves and then the visual motor (eye hand coordination), midline crossing and motor planning opportunities in bouncing the ball either back and forth from a partner, back and forth from one hand to another or even try one with each hand.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Use under adult supervision.

Build a Garden is a simple threading activity with wooden rods and garden pieces, giving kids the opportunity to develop their grasp, placement and visual motor skills. Threading onto wooden rods as opposed to a thread makes it much easier for kids to initially develop their threading skills. Add to the benefits of this toy by playing it with an adult so the child can follow the adults directions for finding colours and shapes, or following pattern sequences.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 2 years plus.

Contains 78 pieces

Mathematical fun!

There is a picture hidden on each of the 18 pages of the block. Do the math exercises on each page. The answers are numbered dots. Join the dots and find the picture.

Detailed instructions are included in the block as well as solutions.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 7-8 years.

Colour-In Sticker Fun has 12 pictures and two pages of brightly coloured stickers. Match the stickers to the coloured shapes on each page, then complete the picture by colouring in!

Recommended for ages 3-6 years.

The drawings in this book are printed in white on a black background. Colour the white lines and spaces to create unique and colourful pictures.

Product recommends for ages 5 and up. Provides the opportunity to develop intrinsic hand muscles, those responsible for the small movements of the they color in the small spaces. Alternatively for younger children who have difficulties remaining between the lines and become frustrated over that, this provides a nice opportunity to color and enjoy the changes in a picture while not seeing "mistakes" that they have become frustrated over.

The start and finish of each maze is clearly marked with an arrow. Lead the way through 22 mazes and check the solutions at the end. A fun way to develop visual perceptual/spatial skills. Keep one in your bag or the car to keep the kids occupied when they are confined to small spaces.

Publisher recommends for ages 6 - 10 years

Colour by Symbol has 24 pictures. Colour the pictures according to the colour chart provided. Every colour is represented by a different symbol. Encouraging children to outline the shape areas before colouring helps to develop visual motor skills and as many of the sections are small it also helps to develop intrinsic finger muscle movements.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 4 - 7 years.

Colour by number to discover the 24 hidden pictures.

Publisher recommends for ages 4 - 8 years.

These small spaces for coloring allow for the development of intrinsic finger movement (the small in and out finger movements required for mature handwriting skills) and great to carry in your bag or the car, keeping them occupied in small spaces.

Colour the symbol-coded pages according to the colour chart to discover the hidden pictures. Encouraging children to outline the shape areas before colouring helps to develop visual motor skills and as all of the sections are small it also helps to develop intrinsic finger muscle movements.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3-7 years.

This book contains mazes and solutions. The start and finish of each maze is clearly marked with an arrow. Follow the arrow leading into the maze and finish the way to the exit marked by the second arrow.

Suggest using a pencil so that mistakes can be easily erased. Mazes are fun to colour too.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3-6 years.

The start and finish of each maze is clearly marked with an arrow. Find the way through 20 mazes and check your answers with the solutions at the end. A fun way to develop visual perceptual/spatial skills. Keep one in your bag or the car to provide something to keep the kids occupied in small spaces.

Publisher recommends for ages 3 - 6 years

The in and out movements of the fingers, that is intrinsic muscle control, along with many other hand development and sensory motor skills, are essential for the development of legible and speedy handwriting. It is important that children are given the opportunity to develop these underlying skills through play rather than practicing with pencil and paper.

The Cactooph toothpick holder provides a fun opportunity for children to develop division of the hand as the toothpick is held between thumb and first two fingers (same style of grasp as when holding a pencil) and then use the small muscles of the hand to push it in. The slight resistance provided by the toothpick holder enables the hand muscles to be challenged in order to gain strength.

WARNING: Choking hazard. Manufacturer recommends unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.
Use under adult supervision, this is not a toy.

A fun easy ruler option for children first beginning to use a ruler or for those that have difficulty stabilizing a flat ruler in order to rule lines. A handle, where a fisted grasp can be used provides a much more stabilizing position than having to span the hand wide to stabilize with the thumb and outer fingers.

The Chalkboard Floor puzzle that kids can draw on over and over again.

Playground Fun Chalkboard Floor Puzzle is made up of 48 extra large, sturdy pieces, this award winning puzzle is sure to be a favourite.

The unique chalkboard surface allows kids to use their imagination and draw within the artwork of the puzzle in a mess free way with the chalk stick included.

When they are done, the surface erases and is ready to be played with again and working on the floor helps to develop shoulder and core stability, particularly if they lay on their stomachs propped up on elbows. Place chalk to the side to encourage midline crossing, cut chalk into 2-3 cm pieces to encourage development of a tripod grasp and try adding a spray bottle with water and a small piece of sponge to wash away the picture when finished to help develop division of the hand and thumb/index web space stability - all hand development features necessary to gain mature handwriting.

Puzzle dimensions: approx. 61cm x 91cm

Manufacturer recommends for ages 6 years plus.

Inside the wooden box you'll find a 41/2" tall bendable boy and girl and their extensive 25 piece wardrobe of interesting mix-and-match outfits, hats, bags and other accessories in bright fun colours.

Stimulate language, play, fine motor and visual spatial skills.

Kids' lacing activities have been around for generations but Chicken Socks have worked with early education specialists and genuine young kids to brainstorm ideas for each page. They commissioned their best illustrators to do glowing, full-colour work. And, finally, hunted around to find the coolest lacing material on the planet (no boring shoelaces need apply). The result? A long-overdue update on a classic activity. A tried-and-true play pattern made better. An imaginative and beautiful lacing book. Amazing. Comes with punched, die-cut pages for easy lacing and 10 easy-to-use laces in a variety of materials and colours.

Imagine taking a regular old boring colouring book and slipping pieces of super-bumpy sand paper between the pages. Now use special sparkly crayons to do your colouring. The results are multi-dimensional, multi-cool, multi-bump crayon rubbings. Sand papers are durable plastic designed with stars, swirls, waves and other cool textures. 'Crayon Rubbings' comes complete with eight different kinds of plastic rubbing textures and 36 pages of colour-them-yourself pictures. It's art that goes bumpity bump bump, right off the page.

The small muscles of the fingers are highly dependent upon feedback from the tactile (touch) system in order to function with speed and control. The additional touch feedback provided through the "bumping" of rubbing over the textured plate gives these muscles important feedback to help them develop. This in turn will help the child develop a more functional and effective grasp and fine motor skill as they develop.

What will you pop together with these amazing pop beads? A necklace? A crawly octopus? A wriggly caterpillar? A pretty puppy? The kit includes a 20-pp book, snap-on animal bodies, and an assortment of round and fancy beads. Perfect for little fingers - Chicken Socks recommends for ages 4 and over.

Developmentally these small little pops are a great way to develop strength with the thumb/index finger web space which is so important for a mature well developed pencil grasp. As an addition try hiding the little beads in theraputty then the kids can find them in the resistive material to provide a creative fun way to work the strength of the small muscles of the fingers.

Fun item to develop fine motor skills.
Use while eating, or to pick up small objects during games or activities. Great for developing index/thumb web space stability and division of the hand skills.

Fun item to develop fine motor skills.
Use while eating, or to pick up small objects during games or activities. Great for developing index/thumb web space stability and division of the hand skills.

8 different zoo animals.

Children can create an amazing clickity wave sound as they use an authentic Japanese musical instrument, "Kokiriko". Hours of fun, playing alone or as part of a musical band.

This simple toy provides an interesting opportunity to develop motor planning and bilateral coordination skills and it needs to be smoothly moved up and down in reciprocal motions of two hands. Also since it needs to be held in both hands but away from the body provide opportunity to develop the shoulder stability needed for more refined fine motor coordination.

Colours will vary.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 2 years plus.

Fun way to create a range of textures and shapes with playdough and clay. Roll a thin piece of dough, place it in and squeeze it through. Comes with a range of inserts to create different shapes in the dough extrusion.

Children will naturally develop bilateral coordination and fine motor manipulation skills as they explore and use this piece of equipment and if encouraged to position index and middle fingers of one or both hands on the cross bars while thumbs push the top it provides an additional opportunity to develop thumb/index finger web space stability - a skill necessary for mature handwriting abilities.

The perfect way to learn about electronics as you construct doorbells, alarms, flashing lights and much more using series and parallel circuits.

Pieces are colour coded and numbered to identify easily in the manual and graphics on each component show its electronic symbol to help illustrate how the current travels through the circuit you build.

Following patterns provides opportunity for development of bilateral coordination and sequencing skills, together with motor planning and organisational skills. This toy provides that harder to find engaging activity for the development of these motor planning skills while also providing opportunity for thinking and problem solving for boys and girls as they move further into their primary school years.

All components easily clip together - no soldering involved.

Requires 4 x AA batteries (not included).

WARNING: Choking hazard. Not suitable for children under 3 years. Manufacturer recommends for ages 7 years plus.

Assorted letters A-Z. Plastic beads measure approximately 1cm with a lacing hole. Use these with spaghetti lacing string (sold separately) is a great wall to develop hand division and intrinsic hand muscle development. A great way to work on letter recognition or on spelling words while also developing, bilateral coordination, hand and visual motor skills.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Insert foam dart into the croc's mouth and squeeze. The harder you squeeze, the farther the dart will fly! Great opportunity to develop proprioceptive awareness in the hand, with the distance the dart flies giving kids a clear visual example of the amount of pressure they are using. Add a target, like a container or a shape on a wall and you can add directionality to this activity which means you can also develop visual motor skills and since the use of this little guy requires you to hold the arm away from the body you can add shoulder stability development into the mix.

WARNING: Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 years plus.

Do not aim at people or animals. Do not substitute the foam darts with any other projectile.

All wooden construction includes knife and board and food items to cut.

Ideal toy for developing bilateral coordination, hand skills in particular division of the hand and shoulder/forearm stability.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus

Improve fine motor skills with these wooden push puppets. Squeeze the bottom with your thumb to make the animal dance.

WARNING: Choking hazard. Manufacturer recommends unstuitable for children under 3 years. Use under adult supervision.

The classic game of Pics & Sketches - pit your speed-sketchin' skills against the clock in this game of nail-biting fun!

Pick a card... check the options... decide how many things you fancy you can draw, then face the challenge: getting your team-mates to guess ALL in your selection! No talking, no miming, this game is all about sketching, and if you gamble on too many sketches could could end up heading BACKWARDS around the board!

A fun way to incorporate visual motor, motor planning and problem solving skills into an engaging social game.

For 4 or more players, ages 10 to adult.

What an amazing and functional poster for the kids bedroom wall. Stick it up onto the wall and let the kids colour to their hearts content. Lots of small areas to colour as well as placement on a vertical surface encourages wrist extension, positions the thumb effectively and encourages the use and development of intrinsic hand muscles (those small muscles of the hands used for mature tasks such as handwriting). Once it is all finished it looks spectacular!

Includes one super-size 60 x 86 cm black and white printed poster and 12 dual tipped, washable, non toxic markers.

Doddletops are a spinning top and texta in one. Set the spinning top in motion on a pieced of paper and watch it form spiral patterns.

A novel and engaging toy for developing hand skills such as thumb rotation and division of the hand, together with assisting in the development of hand dominance.

Non-toxic, washable.

WARNING: Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 and up.

Doddletops are a spinning top and texta in one. Set the spinning top in motion on a pieced of paper and watch it form spiral patterns.

A novel and engaging toy for developing hand skills such as thumb rotation and division of the hand, together with assisting in the development of hand dominance.

Non-toxic, washable.

WARNING: Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 and up.

Place dough inside the plunger and squeeze. Out comes stars, ridges or even hair for your models!

Provides an added dimension to your fine motor program. While children are developing their creative play and constructional motor planning through play dough these plungers provide opportunity for further development of bilateral coordination and hand skills. Encouraging children to place their thumbs on the top of the plunger helps develop thumb/index web space stability while working out how to coordinate the two pieces of the plunger together helps develop their bilateral coordination.

2 each of 4 different designs. Each plunger measures 8cm L.

How many doughnuts can you stack on the Doughnut Tower? Roll the dice to choose your doughnut and then use the tongs to stack it up on the growing doughnut tower. On every turn it becomes more wiggly-wobbly! The player stacking the most doughnuts before it falls wins the game.

That's the way the board game is played but this one provides so much more. Use it in imaginative play running a doughnut shop or serving your friends, families or teddies afternoon tea. In addition this game allows for the development of a range of underlying motor skills necessary for fine motor tasks such as handwriting and doing up buttons. Shoulder stability is developed while reaching out away from the body to place the doughnuts, wrist stability, division of the two sides of the hand and thumb/index web space stability are developed while using the tongs and visual motor skills developed while coordinating the hands and eyes to place the doughnuts.

For 2 or more players (or solo play) aged 4 years and over.

This cuddly caterpillar makes a game of getting dressed. Children will attach a Velcro strip, buckle, zip, button, tie and snap, then undo them all to gain entry into six little pockets. Great for fine motor skills, color recognition, and dressing dexterities. Ages 3 years and up. 58cm long

Pastels are a beautiful medium for children to explore - bright, deep colours with the pressure used to draw with them determining the strength of the colour, helping children to grade the pressure they use (proprioception) with visual feedback from the medium they are using. Unfortunately most pastels are thin and stain clothes however these mega size oil pastels are ideal for young artists as they use washable pigments to avoid any unwanted stains.

Large size (twice the size of large oil pastels) provides faster colouring, easy grip, extra value and durability. High pigment quality and concentration give vibrant and strong colours on paper with soft, creamy binders to give a smooth lay-down of colour. Use with a brush can also create fun watercolour effects.

Pastels are individually wrapped to provide extra strength and protection and come in a sturdy, easy storage carry case.

Non-toxic and safe for children to use from 2 years

Good quality wax crayons in a low mess wooden barrel. Helps keep hands clean and prevents breakage, perfect for children who are defensive to tactile input on their hands from messy or sticky crayons, together with those who struggle to grade the amount of pressure they use (proprioception) crayons and so often break them.

Includes 6 crayons approximately 12 cm long and a mega sized wooden sharpener.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 2 years plus.

These colourful tweezers are just the right size for little hands. Each features ergonomic depressions to guide finger positioning. Correct finger positioning encourages the development of thumb/index web space stability and as it encourages just the use of the thumb and first two fingers it also encourages the development of hand division which is an important early hand development skill in preparation for mature tripod and handwriting skills.

Build skills as children use the tweezers to pick up and sort manipulatives, counters or any small objects such as cotton balls, small blocks, nuts and bolts, lollies from one bowl to another. Encourage your child to transfer the objects from left to right which is the direction used when reading.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus.

Painting is easy and virtually mess-free with these innovative plastic bottle brushes! The chunky shape is perfect for little hands to grip and with the size and resistance of the plastic makes it fabulous for the development of thumb/index web space stability which is essential for good handwriting development. Just fill with paint, give a little squeeze and start painting!

Includes 6 bottles, brushes and caps so you paint won't dry out for next time.

WARNING: Choking Hazard due to small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus

Strenghthen those hand muscles to light up the LED torch by dynamo power.

Can also be used with batteries (supplied)

WARNING: Choking hazard. Unsuitable for children under 3 years. Use under adult supervision.

With Artzooka Elastic Band Doodle, kids can use elastics and the doodle base pad provided to create scenes and characters. Artzooka inspiration and background home-challenge included. DVD with how-to and Artzooka bonus episode also included for more fun! Watch your creations come alive!
Contains:
1 game plate and 60 plastic pins
50 colourful elastic bands and 6 cardboard eyes
Inspiration booklet with Artzooka challenge included
DVD with instruction and Artzooka episode included

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 years plus.

Open the trap doors and make the beads go around! Each trap door requires a different type of fine motor manipulation. Learn each of these simple skills with the motivation of flowing beads. The Explorer Ring works on a range of fine motor skills while encouraging tactile, auditory and visual exploration. Game booklet included with play options for all levels. Measures 33cm in diameter.

Manufacturer recommends for 3 years plus.

Children will have fun creating beautiful mosaics by inserting pegs into the pegboard. While developing their hand-to-eye coordination children can have fun inventing their own designs or follow examples shown. To undo a design turn the pegboard over and push the pegs directly back into the case. What could be easier?

Use the game further by having the children hold a few of the pieces in their hand at a time while they work. This will help them develop their division of the hand (keeping little and ring finger flexed into the palm while working or performing skilled actions with the thumb index and middle fingers) an important pre-requisite skill for developing a mature pencil grasp.

Everything is kept in one compact carry-case: pegs go inside, pegboard locks on top - easy to carry and perfect for travel.

Includes 300 pegs in 2 shapes.

Manufacturer recommends age 4+

Children can match the primary colors in the picture or create their own designs.

Fun game to develop language skills, color awareness and visual perceptual skills, together with early grasp and controlled placement skills. This version of a great product also provides the ability to set it up as an easel when playing thereby helping to develop wrist and shoulder stability.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 2 years plus.

Fantastic hand strengthener! Not since Pac Man has there been such a funny chomper!

Children build the intrinsic muscles, pincer grasp and develop the arches of hands used for good handwriting as they feed this hungry parrot.

Race a friend and see who can "eat" the fastest.

Includes 12 bright pom pom food pellets and two hungry parrots. Invent your own food with things such as marbles, cotton balls, cereal and marshmallows.

WARNING: Unsuitable for children under 3 years. Use under adult supervision.

Irresistible eyedroppers put a fun twist on water play and building fine-motor skills! Squeeze the bulb to begin early science exploration, experience cause and effect and build little hand muscles too!

Manufacturer recommends for ages 2 years plus.

Fun art at your fingertips! Your fingerprints are unique. Turn them into coloured creatures, flowers and characters. Add faces and features with rubber stamps. Create personalised greeting cards or tiny works of art. This craft kit contains 4 ink pads, 12 rubber stamps and 12 pencils. Non-toxic.

WARNING: Choking hazard. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Use under adult supervision.

Just like Twister, only for your fingers.

Take turns to use the spinner. The arrow indicates your appointed finger and coloured circle to place it on. Great social game to develop finger individuation, motor planning, and left/right awareness.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 6 to adult for 2 players.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

An old classic visual perceptual game. Try to stop your partner from achieving four in a row while you try to make your own four. Vertical, horizontal, diagonal - try to make the four in a row anyway you can.

To add an additional fine motor development challenge try standing the pieces vertically in a theraputty and then play the game using tweezers or fish stix to place them in. Fun way to develop visual perceptual and thumb/index web space stability and as with any board game provides an opening for the development of social skills turn taking.

Each of the five colorful wooden fruit and vegetables can be chopped in half displaying a realistic pattern inside. Set includes wooden knife.

Very versatile toy to assist with the development of bilateral coordination as children hold piece while cutting with the other hand, and then putting the pieces back together. Also assists with the development of division of the two sides of the hand while grasping the knife - an important pre-requisite skill for the development of a mature pencil grasp.

Hard to put down no matter what your age! This finger strengthener is simple to play. Move all the gum from its stretchy lycra channels into the clear gumball globe. Use motor-planning, tactile discrimination, and small muscles to move the gumballs into their color-coded chambers. What a blast! Tiny fingers don t even notice the work-out their muscles are getting. Teachers, therapists, and parents love the improved handwriting results and dressing skills.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Contains small balls and is unsuitable for children under 3 years.

Lay out your design on the base plate following the instructions or your own design. Have an adult cover with ironing paper and fust together with the head of an iron.

Beads can also be used as a threading (sewing) activity.

Includes:
450 beads, 1 circle base plate, ironing shee.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 years plus.

Lay out your design on the base plate following the instructions or your own design. Have an adult cover with ironing paper and fust together with the head of an iron.

Beads can also be used as a threading (sewing) activity.

Includes:
1100 beads, 1 frog and 1 flower base plate, 2 stands to display your artwork, ironing sheet and instructions.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 years plus.

Lay out your design on the base plate following the instructions or your own design. Have an adult cover with ironing paper and fust together with the head of an iron.

Beads can also be used as a threading (sewing) activity.

Includes:
450 beads, 1 star base plate, ironing shee.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 years plus.

Fun way to develop bilateral fine motor skills together with visual perceptual and visual motor skills. Children can create a great range of geometric based pictures through fun hammer and nails activities. Packs up small so is also great to take on holidays for those rainy days or use in kinder and photocopy the design for the children to take home to show the family.

Hang-sell pack consisting of corkboard (300mm x 255mm), wooden pieces, tacks and wooden hammer.

Cute and cheap little additions to your bag of developmental toys, particularly great for use in small spaces.

This small drum approximately 10cm high makes it's noise by either rotating your forearm back and forth or when held between two hands by rolling it as palms are moved back and forth.

Simple opportunity to develop motor planning, bilateral coordination and supination/pronation skills to prepare for fine motor tasks.

Includes 4 drums. Item may vary from that shown

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Contains small balls. Not suitable for children under 3 years.

Here's the scoop - these kooky tools are a handy way to build the muscles needed for scissor cutting! Tools feature translucent scoops and easy-grip handles for developing fine motor skills. Holes in scoops allow for catch-and-release fun during water play.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus.

Humpty Dumpty sits on top of his wall. Use the trowel with a steady hand to carefully push out a brick but be careful, don't make him fall! Working with the hand and arm away from the body, while requiring stable direction, can help children develop shoulder, forearm and wrist stability, while encouragement to grasp the trowel between thumb and first two fingers can help support the development of hand division and a tripod grasp. All this in readiness for handwriting.

Manufacturer recommends for 1-4 players aged 5 years upwards.

WARNING: Choking hazard. Manufacturer recommends unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Use under adult supervision.

Ready to take anywhere self-contained game so you won't lose your marbles!

Come on down to the riberbank and join Veggie Potamus and Bottomless Potamus for a govvlin' good time! Get ready for the fun and frantic game that leaves everyone hungry for more.

Great opportunity for social interaction through a board game. Positioning of the hand required to use this little game helps to develop wrist stability and encourage a child to use a particular digit (in particular the thumb) and you can help develop stability within that joint.

Solo or two players recommended age 4 years plus.

WARNING: Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts and balls.

Chock full of thermochromatic fun, this tub of heat sensitive putty will change colour in the warmth of your hands. Jus mould it, stretch it, squash it, poke it, prod it and watch it change.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Manufacturer recommends unsuitable for children under 3 years.

Big Skills for Little Hands I Can Cut will help children build hand strength and dexterity by teaching them to use scissors to cut lines, curves, and shapes with these fun, colourful activity sheets. Children will create puppets, play games, and make puzzles while learning an essential skill for school success!

Publisher recommends suitable for 2 years plus.

See the words and match the pictures.

I Spy Preschool Game helps players to practice the important pre-reading skills of visual discrimination, matching, rhyming, and "reading" pictures. It also helps children learn to cooperate and follow rules. Best of all . . . it's fun! See the words! Match the pictures!

Self-correcting matching game for 1-4 players. Ages 3-6. Great game for beginners. Everybody wins! Safe for toddlers, no small parts. 5 ways to play, versions are included for beginning and advanced players.

These little wildlife creature eyes pop out when squeezed. It provides novel opportunity for heavy work (proprioception) through the hands for use as part of a sensory diet or to develop hand muscles and proprioceptive awareness in the hand.

Fits easily into a bag allowing you to use this as part of a portable sensory diet option for use when out and about or in small spaces.

WARNING: Choking Hazard due to small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 years plus.

Scoop your favourite ice-cream flavour and add it to the gigantic Ice-Cream Tower! This game provides a great opportunity for mixed play. Use it for imaginative play to make ice creams for friends and family or run an ice cream store. In addition the ice cream scoop grasp and manipulation, together with the stability required of the hand away from the body encourages the development of shoulder stability, wrist extension, division of the hand and separate control of the index finger - all of which are underlying skills necessary for handwriting and manipulation of objects like buttons.

Alternatively play it as a balance game. As each player places their scoop on the tower it becomes wiggly-wobbly. Take care to make sure your scoop doesn't fall off or you are out of the game. The last player to place a scoop of ice-cream on the tower before it crashes wins the game. Game comes with twelve different ice-cream "flavours", cone, base, and ice-cream scoop. For 2 or more players (or solo play) aged 4 years and over.

These little insects (approximately 2.4 cm) provide great opportunity to hide in theraputty or in other tactile medium such as shaving cream, rice or goo, waiting for kids to find them.

The insects legs, wings and other small parts provide fine motor opportunity to peal away the putty or other material from their parts.

The large variety also provide opportunity to stimulate language development or math skills during fun sensory activities. Each pack comes with 10 bugs.

Wind the handle for the nursery rhyme and out pops the clown at the end. Great for developing cause and effect relationships and early language skills or as a novel tool to gain social engagement.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 18 months plus.
WARNING: Choking hazard. Contains small parts. Use under adult supervision.

Pack of 12 jumbo triangular coloring pencils measuring 17mm x 10.1mm

Designed to help correct awkward or develop appropriate pencil grasps that can otherwise hinder free flowing handwriting and drawing.

Includes a bonus sharpener to handle these large penciles.

Pack of 120 jumbo triangular coloring pencils measuring 18mm x 10mm. Ideal for classroom use.

10 pencils of each of 12 colors.

Designed to help correct awkward or develop appropriate pencil grasps that can otherwise hinder free flowing handwriting and drawing.

Lyra Groove is an ergonomic, 10mm, triangular colour pencil. It allows a natural grip with off-set slide guards for the thumb, index and middle fingers, to support optimal grip even after sharpening. There is extra break resistance in the colour intensive 4.25mm lead. Suitable for both left and right hander's.

Designed to help correct awkward or develop appropriate pencil grasps that can otherwise hinder free flowing handwriting and drawing. Lyra is also a beautiful German pencil brand producing magnificent colours.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Manufacturer recommends unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Lyra Groove is an ergonomic, 10mm, triangular graphite pencil. It allows a natural grip with off-set slide guards for the thumb, index and middle fingers, to support optimal grip even after sharpening. There is extra break resistance in the colour intensive 4.25mm lead. Suitable for both left and right hander's.

Designed to help correct awkward or develop appropriate pencil grasps that can otherwise hinder free flowing handwriting and drawing. Lyra is also a beautiful German pencil brand producing magnificent quality of lines.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Manufacturer recommends unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Ergonomic thick triangular shaped blacklead pencil. The triangular shape assist children to develop a more mature tripod style grasp.

Contains 3 Jumbo Triangular Grip Blacklead Pencils and Jumbo Pencil Sharpener.

Ergonomic thick triangular shaped blacklead pencil. The triangular shape assist children to develop a more mature tripod style grasp.

HB jumbo triangular pencil measuring 17mm x 10.1mm

Designed to help correct awkward or develop appropriate pencil grasps that can otherwise hinder free flowing handwriting and drawing.

Comes in a set of 12 pencils.

Quality sharpener for large pencils including our Jumbo Triangular Grip Blacklead Pencil

See who can shoot the most frogs into the bucket, but only just the right amount of pressure (proprioceptive development) will succeed so kids get to play around with the effects that their muscle pressure has on their success. As the frogs are activated with a single finger you can also use these cute little guys to help develop finger individuation and division of the two sides of the hand.

This exciting game for up to 4 players includes 20 frogs, a lily pad cup, a score pad and a play mat. Play mat measures 60cm square.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Pit your skills against family and friends as you flick, slide and collide your magnetic pucks to score points and win games. Use the magnetic force to push, bend, repel or attract pucks to maximise your score or play hardball and use the force against your opponent's pucks. Create puck clusters to double, triple or even quadruple your score and blow away the opposition. But with each game played over three rounds anything can happen and the game is never over 'til it's over!

But remember in order to get just the right amount of force you need to have an understanding of your body and the force you exert through the muscles, that is proprioception. A fabulous game to give an immediate example of the amount of pressure you are using - and the results. The directionality also needs your eyes and hands to work together (visual motor skills) to get it in the place you want.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 6 years due to magnets and small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 8 years plus.

WARNING: This product contains magnetic components. Magnets sticking together or becoming attached to a metalic object inside the human body can cause serious or fatal injury. Seek immediate medical help if magnets are swallowed or inhaled.

Turn a simple piece of paper into something totally amazing, from the exotic parrot to the beautiful star box to the hopping frog (he really hops). Includes: clear, step-by-step instructions for 10 origami classics, and 80 sheets of custom-designed origami paper.

Work on their motor planning, visual motor and visual spatial skills while creating some great designs.

The 10 best paper airplanes you've ever folded and flown! These are high performance, blow-the-competition-away flying paper machines! The book features 10 designs and 40 sheets of full colour, flight-ready paper.

Following plans and planning your moves with these activities provides great opportunities for developing motor planning, visual motor and visual spatial skills while creating some great planes.

Klutz recommends best for children over 7 years.

A fresh new spin on a classic drawing activity. This book's four sturdy plastic drawing wheels make it remarkably fun to create perfectly swirly spiral designs. Use the included colour-changing gel pens to add depth to your spirals, giving them a uniquely 3-D look. The book is packed with draw-right-on-the-page ideas and cool craft projects to do with the spectacular spirals you make. It will have you going around in circles -- and loving it.

A creative way to reinforce appropriate pencil grasp as the hand receives the extra feedback of the bumpy vibrations, while also developing motor planning and visual motor skills as you aim for the smooth rhythmic movements you need to get your designs.

This is a book of mazes, mazes, mazes and mazes! Do them all with just one finger, so you can do them again, again, again and again! Fantastic mazes created by artists.

Mazes are a fun creative way to develop early thinking skills while also working the visual motor and tracking skills.

Create fabulous fuzzy masterpieces! Inside the covers are fantastic velvet art pictures ready to burst to life with the touch of a marker. Velvet Art is super-easy - the fuzzy velvet guides your pen and absorbs any mistakes, making it simple to colour even the most detailed picture. Use your coloured art to make a tactile maze, a picture frame, greeting cards and more. Eliminates the frustration for children who are perfectionists or upset when they cannot colour within the lines.

Includes 10 coloured markers.

Includes 2 laces with easy threading wooden ends and 24 wooden animals. Set packs up into a clear plastic jar with handle lid.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus.

Fun and simple way to develop a range of skills - visual motor, bilateral coordination, sequencing, color skills, hand development. This set comes with a hard wooden end to assist with the initial development of skills, much easier than a flexible string.

Square bead measures 3cm x 3cm.

Includes 14 beads and lace with wooden threader. Great for developing children's fine motor skills, visual motor skills (eye hand coordination) and bilateral coordination. Having the beads with specific colours and pictures also allows this simple threading activity to be expanded into games and activities to encourage colour recognition, sequencing, language development, pre-reading and story telling skills.

Each bead measures minimum 3.5cm.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus.

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100 piece set. Develop counting, sequencing and colour recognition skills with this set of jumbo plastic beads. Includes four different shapes in six bright colours and six coloured laces. Cube measures 4cm sq. Storage tub included.

Manufacturer recommends for 3 years plus.

Help children develop their fine motor, bilateral coordination and sequencing skills together with kinesthetic awareness. Lacing through a board results in children more actively using their small hand muscles (intrinsic muscles) as it reduces the likelihood of them placing the item on the lace rather than pushing the lace through the object as often happens with lacing beads. The large card when compared to a bead also means that they cannot visually see one hand thereby helping to develop their kinesthetic awareness (knowing position by feeling rather than seeing), an important skill for self care skills such as doing up buttons or academic skills such as handwriting.

These wooden castanets produce a beautiful clapping sound. Great for developing early open/close patterns of the hand - a pre requisite skill for scissors skills.

No ink, no mess! Use the water pen provided and watch the colours in your farm-themed placemat appear . Leave to dry and the colours will disappear ready for next time.

Placemat measures 45 x 37cm.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Magnetic Color Cubes provides the opportunity for endless patterns and designs. Make tessellated patterns, pictures out of colours or copy others patterns - either the ones that come with the activity or ones made by a friend.

Great to use with our Easy Grip Tweezers and Fish Sticks.

Includes 100 1.25cm square wooden cubes with attached magnet and suggested patterns in a metal tin.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 years plus.

WARNING: This product contains magnetic components. Magnets sticking together or becoming attached to a metallic object inside the human body can cause serious or fatal injury. Seek immediate medical help if magnets are swallowed.

Bring a puppy or a fish to life with this easy to use mosaic art set. Sparkling magnetic foam blocks are easy to handle. Use one of the 20 reusable templates or create your own unique design.

There are 4 ways to create your picture. Templates are marked with either coloured numbers, coloured alphabet, coloured or plain shapes. Use the magnets to match up to the pattern or create your own and best of all being magnetic you can use them over and over again.

Try using the small shapes with our easy grip tweezers or chopsticks - farm or vehicle - to add the development of fine motor skills - division of the hand and thumb/index web space development.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 4-99 years.

WARNING: This product contains magnetic components. Magnets sticking together or becoming attached to a metalic object inside the human body can cause serious or fatal injury. Seek immediate medical help if magnets are swallowed or inhaled.

Great opportunity to develop visual spatial skills and fine motor co-ordination, together with colour recognition and matching.

Ready for a real challenge? This fast-paced construction game is great fun for the whole family! In this game the players are locked in a race to be the first to complete the tower shown on the card.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 8+ years however game variations can be played with younger children either solo or in a group of up to 4 players.

Contents: 20 wooden bricks, 2 wooden tongs, 80 double-sided building cards, 1 transparent card holder.

Mandalas for the young artist. These Mandala Designers feature basic templates and a thick marker so young children can create their very own Mandala designs.

The simple stencils allow younger children to develop their visual motor, shape drawing, bilateral coordination and consolidate their pencil grasp skills. Then as the child gets older they can develop their planning and sequencing skills not to mention exploring their pattern creativity.

Includes 1 drawing station, 1 template, 10 sheets of paper, 1 felt tip pen, and 3 colouring pencils.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 4 years plus.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Join intrepid explorers Max, Millie and Mojo the dog on their round-the-world maze adventure! Navigate the trio through each maze, spot the hidden objects and complete mini games along the way. Will you be able to escape the pesky pirates, climb the Statue of Liberty, paddle along the Amazon river, walk the Great Wall of China, survive a safari in Africa and make it back home again? This exciting activity pad is full of fun games for the intrepid puzzle adventurer!

Explore and be an adventurer while the developing visual motor and visual perceptual skills. Problem solve and plan your way through the mazes.

Simple twisting hand drum. Twist the drum and the arms swing against the drum heads.

Provides a rhythmic opportunity to develop motor planning, bilateral coordination and hand development. Working with the hands away from the body helps to develop shoulder,elbow, forearm and wrist stability. With this simple toy providing consistent sound only with rhythmic movement provides an opportunity for motor planning and bilateral coordination with clear sound response as to your success.

WARNING: Choking hazard.
Use under adult supervision.
Manufacturer recommends unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts and small balls.

Mega markers- the widest washable markers known on the market. Made with sink proof tips specially designed and virtually indestructible and thick barrels for comfortable grip and easy control in young hands. The width helps support children as they begin to develop the ability to use the thumb and first two fingers to control the marker (as opposed to the whole hand) together with supporting the thumb/index web space open to help build the muscles stability which is needed in later development to create rounded fast movements when writing. Perfect for children just beginning to explore the world of drawing or for those who have low muscle tone in their hands and so require some additional support while they develop their muscle control.

Non-toxic, water-based washable ink.

Left the lid off overnight - simply add a tiny amount of water to the bottom of the lid and stand the marker upright to restore.

Manufacturer recommends unsuitable for children under 3 years.

Push, jump n fly! Mega Jumpz can jump 10 times their own height, up to 1.5 metres. A fun engagement and fiddle toy.

Hold Jumpz between your thumb and index finger either side of their head to operate it while also helping to develop thumb/index web space stability.

Using a surface like a table, floor or your other hand, compress your Jumpz body and release to watch them fly. Fun little opportunity to develop motor planning and bilateral coordination.

Six different characters to collect.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Unsuitable for children under 3 years. Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 years plus.

Place the monkeys in the palm tree one by one, it's a balancing game that's lots of fun!

Carefully hang the monkeys on the palm tree. The more monkeys that hang, the more chance that the palm tree will fall and the monkeys will scatter.

Working with your arms away from the body to balance the monkey's helps develop shoulder stability and muscle grading. The colours and positional changes also means an opening for language development.

Suitable for solo or up to four players and as with any board game that has multiple players provides an opening for the development of social skills turn taking.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 plus.

MOON SAND is a new sculpting medium that never dries out and can be re-used over and over again. Moon Sand not only repels water, but can actually float! Therefore, enabling you to incorporate water into your scene without any damage to the sculpture.

With the use of a household oven, Deltasand can be transformed into a synthetic like stone and becomes an ideal carving material. Once cool the material acts like a soft marble. After carving it becomes sand again.

Set includes 6 molds ideal for making castles, houses and other architectural buildings and 2 carving tools. Largest mold measures 12cm L x 9cm W.

Let's kids learn about 3 dimensional shapes, develop their creativity through sculpture or for the longer children develop their hand skills (division of hand and thumb/index web space stability) as they push the plunger to extrude the material or slice the material into pieces with the knife.

Also available separately: Deltasand Starter Set, Deltasand 2.7kg and Sand Molds Lower Case.

MOON SAND is a new sculpting medium that never dries out and can be re-used over and over again. Moon sand not only repels water, but can actually float! Therefore, enabling you to incorporate water into your scene without any damage to the sculpture.

With the use of a household oven, Moon Sand can be transformed into a synthetic like stone and becomes an ideal carving material. Once cool the material acts like a soft marble. After carving it becomes sand again.

Set includes:1.1kg Moonsand, Laptop tray and Castle Moulds. Measures33 x 33 x 7cm

Let's kids learn about 3 dimensional shapes, develop their creativity through sculpture or for the longer children develop their hand skills (division of hand and thumb/index web space stability) as they push the plunger to extrude the material or slice the material into pieces with a knife.

Also available Moon Sand Castle Molds, Moon Sand 2.2kg and Sand Molds Lower Case.

Manufacturer recommends not suitable for children under 3 years.

MOONSAND is a new sculpting medium that never dries out and can be re-used over and over again. Moon sand not only repels water, but can actually float! Therefore, enabling you to incorporate water into your scene without any damage to the sculpture.

With the use of a household oven, Moon Sand can be transformed into a synthetic like stone and becomes an ideal carving material. Once cool the material acts like a soft marble. After carving it becomes sand again.

Let's kids learn about 3 dimensional shapes, develop their creativity through sculpture or for the longer children develop their hand skills (division of hand and thumb/index web space stability) as they push the plunger to extrude the material or slice the material into pieces with the knife.

Also available separately: Moon Sand Starter Set, Moon Sand Castle Molds and Sand Molds Lower Case.

Manufacturer recommends not suitable for children under 3 years.

Help your kids develop their pencil grasp while they eat!

My First Cutlery has molded handles that encourages an appropriate grasp. This not only assists with the development of cutlery skills but also with general hand development. Developmental hand skills such as division of hand and palmar arch stability which are essential for mature and functional pencil grasp and general fine motor coordination can all be stimulated through the use of appropriate grasp on cutlery.

Let your imagination take flight with a fantastically satisfying new colouring book concept. Mosaics of angles, curves and patterns come alive in each of these original designs. You explore their potential by choosing how to colour each shape. Experiment with markers, crayons, pencils or pastels, or mix and match tools, intensities and techniques for marvellous effects.

The small spaces encourage the use of the intrinsic hand muscles to colour, the same muscles necessary for handwriting. These books also give interesting colouring opportunities for older children.

This unique round "bulb" handled short brush is ideal for small hands or children having difficulty grasping a standard paint brush. This bulb provides a wider surfaces to encourage the thumb/index web space to remain open.

Each pack contains three paint brushes.

Paint stampers sold separately.

Large 16cm diameter paint pads in blue, red, yellow and green. Filled with non toxic, washable paint and ideal for use with paint stampers or finger painting. Great for use with a variety of paint stampers, as well as no preparation finger or hand painting.

Paint and art smocks are recommended for use with this item.

Manufacturer recommends for use by children 3 years plus.

The paint stampers provide a wooden handle for easy grasp in a horizontal position with a 40mm diameter sponge. Simply stamp onto the paper.
These stampers provide an easy grasp paint option for children and adults who have significant grasp difficulties.

Made of robust plastic and ideally suited for small hands for classroom and home use. Stampers measure 80mm high and have a stamp diameter of 60mm. Ideal for use with our Paint Stamper Pads.

A lovely way to explore paint and paper or to add farm animals to a landscape before kids have the skills to draw or paint their own and as these stampers require only a fisted grasp they are a nice option for children with limited grasp skills or who are just beginning exploration of painting tools.

Set of 6

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus.

Made of robust plastic and ideally suited for small hads for classroom and home use. Stampers measure 80mm high and have a stamp diameter of 60mm. Ideal for use with our Paint Stamper Pads.

A lovely way to explore paint and paper or to add transportation to a picture before kids have the skills to draw or paint their own and as these stampers require only a fisted grasp they are a nice option for children with limited grasp skills or who are just beginning exploration of painting tools.

Set of 6

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus.

Pattern Play will help to develop hand/eye co-ordination and fine motor skills whilst placing the small coloured cubes in the grid to create great pictures using their imagination or one of the 22 illustrations in the picture book proviced.

Includes over 490 pieces all contained in a storage case with sections for individual colours. Pattern Play can also be used with our Fish Sticks or Easy Grip Tweezers.

WARNING: Choking Hazard due to small parts. Unsuitable for children under 3 years.

This short but fat pen provides a non slip area to grasp with the added width supporting an open web space to promote intrinsic muscle movement and thumb rotation.

Ultimate comfort! The overall shape as well as the detailed contours are perfectly engineered to follow the anatomy of the hand. You don't have to grip this material, it grips you. Weighing only 11 grams means less mass, less inertia and more comfort.

Colours will vary.

The Butter Grip is specially designed to promote proper finger positioning during writing tasks. A proper grip not only encourages fine motor development, but it also improves handwriting legibility. The round shape of the Butter Grip serves as a tactile cue for the fingers to grasp. With the fingertips below the grip, it also provides support to the web space and finger muscles during writing and coloring activities. Perfect for both left and right-handed individuals, the Butter Grip can be used with standard pencils, most pens. Vibration can be added by using with ARK's Tran-Quill Pen and Pencil sets. At a diameter of 1 inch, this grip is recommended for children and young adults

Sold in a combo pack of 1 purple and 1 blue grip.

This rubber pencil grip can be used by left or right handed children or adults on all standard pencils or pens. It provides a guide as to finger positioning to encourage a tripod pencil grasp and to help position fingers an appropriate distance from the pencil tip.

Pencils not included.

This rubber pencil grip can be used by left or right handed children or adults on all standard pencils or pens. It provides a guide as to finger positioning to encourage a tripod pencil grasp and to help position fingers an appropriate distance from the pencil tip.

Pencils not included.

Set of 20 grips - colors vary

The Crossover Grip uses a revolutionary applied technology that works with the body's natural physiology to gently place fingers in the proper position for gripping. It uses the same great design as The Pencil Grip but has added wings to prevent fingers from crossing over each other.

The Pencil Grip sits with the narrow end closest to the pencil tip. It is shaped to allow the fingers to sit naturally into position but in addition the widening out towards the top of the grip helps support the slightly flexed (bent) position of the thumb joint which you are after for handwriting as if the thumb is held straight you cannot achieve the rounded shapes involved in writing. The crossover grip then places additional wings to stop the thumb wrapping over the index finger while the thumb/index web space develops greater stability.

The Crossover Grip uses a revolutionary applied technology that works with the body's natural physiology to gently place fingers in the proper position for gripping. It uses the same great design as The Pencil Grip but has added wings to prevent fingers from crossing over each other.

The Pencil Grip sits with the narrow end closest to the pencil tip. It is shaped to allow the fingers to sit naturally into position but in addition the widening out towards the top of the grip helps support the slightly flexed (bent) position of the thumb joint which you are after for handwriting as if the thumb is held straight you cannot achieve the rounded shapes involved in writing. The crossover grip then places additional wings to stop the thumb wrapping over the index finger while the thumb/index web space develops greater stability.

The Pencil Grip is a revolutionary applied technology that works with the body's natural physiology to gently place fingers in the proper position for gripping. Allowing over a 90% surface contact with its soft comfortable gripping surface, The Pencil Grip sets the industry standard in ergonomics. Suitable for left and right handed people.

The Pencil Grip sits with the narrow end closest to the pencil tip. Right handers place their thumb on the side marker with an R and left handers on the side marker with an L. The Pencil Grip is shaped to allow the fingers to sit naturally into position but in addition the widening out towards the top of the grip helps support the slightly flexed (bent) position of the thumb joint which you are after for handwriting as if the thumb is held straight you cannot achieve the rounded shapes involved in writing.

The JUMBO Grip uses the same revolutionary shape as The Pencil Grip to place fingers of both left and right handed users in the correct position for gripping. The JUMBO Grip is about 40% larger than The Pencil Grip providing extended comfort and support up to the second knuckle. The JUMBO Grip offers Big Time Comfort for everyone from students to seniors.

The Pencil Grip sits with the narrow end closest to the pencil tip. Right handers place their thumb on the side marker with an R and left handers on the side marker with an L. The Pencil Grip is shaped to allow the fingers to sit naturally into position but in addition the widening out towards the top of the grip helps support the slightly flexed (bent) position of the first thumb joint which you are after for handwriting as if the thumb is held straight you cannot achieve the rounded shapes involved in writing. The JUMBO pencil grip is then larger and wider which allows it to support the second thumb joint as well. This helps to maintain an open thumb/index web space which allows the small muscles of the hand to perform the fast in and out movements necessary for mature handwriting, rather than depending upon the muscles of the wrist or forearm.

The JUMBO Grip uses the same revolutionary shape as The Pencil Grip to place fingers of both left and right handed users in the correct position for gripping. The JUMBO Grip is about 40% larger than The Pencil Grip providing extended comfort and support up to the second knuckle. The JUMBO Grip offers Big Time Comfort for everyone from students to seniors.

The Pencil Grip sits with the narrow end closest to the pencil tip. Right handers place their thumb on the side marker with an R and left handers on the side marker with an L. The Pencil Grip is shaped to allow the fingers to sit naturally into position but in addition the widening out towards the top of the grip helps support the slightly flexed (bent) position of the first thumb joint which you are after for handwriting as if the thumb is held straight you cannot achieve the rounded shapes involved in writing. The JUMBO pencil grip is then larger and wider which allows it to support the second thumb joint as well. This helps to maintain an open thumb/index web space which allows the small muscles of the hand to perform the fast in and out movements necessary for mature handwriting, rather than depending upon the muscles of the wrist or forearm.

The Pencil Grip is a revolutionary applied technology that works with the body's natural physiology to gently place fingers in the proper position for gripping. Allowing over a 90% surface contact with its soft comfortable gripping surface, The Pencil Grip sets the industry standard in ergonomics. Suitable for left and right handed people.

The Pencil Grip sits with the narrow end closest to the pencil tip. Right handers place their thumb on the side marker with an R and left handers on the side marker with an L. The Pencil Grip is shaped to allow the fingers to sit naturally into position but in addition the widening out towards the top of the grip helps support the slightly flexed (bent) position of the thumb joint which you are after for handwriting as if the thumb is held straight you cannot achieve the rounded shapes involved in writing.

The CLAW is a fun, affordable and effective way to teach people how to hold their pencil, pen, crayon, felt tip pens correctly, one finger/thumb in each hole - simple. It also allows a therapist to assist in the positioning of fingers away from the tip of the pencil while children learn.

When using the C.L.A.W., students can focus on good handwriting rather than the mechanics of holding the pencil. The result is an efficient pencil grasp and improved handwriting!

The C.L.A.W can also be used on eating utensils.

The Large Writing C.L.A.W is suitable for most adult males.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Not suitable for children under 3 years.

The CLAW is a fun, affordable and effective way to teach people how to hold their pencil, pen, crayon, felt tip pens correctly, one finger/thumb in each hole - simple. It also allows a therapist to assist in the positioning of fingers away from the tip of the pencil while children learn.

When using the C.L.A.W., students can focus on good handwriting rather than the mechanics of holding the pencil. The result is an efficient pencil grasp and improved handwriting!

The C.L.A.W can also be used on eating utensils.

The Medium Writing C.L.A.W is suitable for most 6 year old children upwards and female adults.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Not suitable for children under 3 years.

The CLAW is a fun, affordable and effective way to teach children how to hold their pencil, pen, crayon, felt tip pens correctly, one finger/thumb in each hole - simple. It also allows a therapist to assist in the positioning of fingers away from the tip of the pencil while children learn.

When using the C.L.A.W., students can focus on good handwriting rather than the mechanics of holding the pencil. The result is an efficient pencil grasp and improved handwriting!

The C.L.A.W can also be used on eating utensils.

The Small Writing C.L.A.W is suitable for most 3-5 year old children.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Not suitable for children under 3 years.

There is much ado in the penguin colony. The iceberg shakes with all the commotion. All the penguins want a place on the iceberg, but only those who can keep their balance can avoid the icy water below!

Steady hands and careful planning are needed to balance all your penguins on the slippery iceberg. If you succeed before the other players, you win the game but if the penguins fall, you must start all over again. The need to work with the hand/arm away from the body, while keeping a steady hand can help in your program to develop children's shoulder, forearm and wrist stability. Add a pair of tweezers to increase the motor planning challenge while also develop thumb/index web space stability and hand division.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 years and over for 1-6 players and as with any board game provides an opening for the development of social skills turn taking.

WARNING: Choking hazard. Manufacturer recommends unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Use under adult supervision.

Squeeze piggy's belly to launch the flying balls. The harder you squeeze, the further it shoots - up to 20 feet! Air powered and safe for both indoor and outdoor play.

Includes six soft foam balls and carry net.

WARNING: Unsuitable for children under 3 years. Choking hazard, contains small balls. Manufacturer recommends for ages 4 years and up.

Capture your image with full dimension. Place hand, face or other item into the PinPoint Image Maker for a 3 dimensional replica.

Size: 5 x 7 inches.

Exciting sensory experience for children to explore their body from a tactile (touch) perspective and gain a greater body image of themselves and others. Reproduce a hand, an elbow, a foot - fun for adults and children alike.

Snap together jewellery is fun to make and wear. This 500-piece jar includes 12 rings and 6 bracelets, beautiful fashion coloured beads with unique shapes and designs. Excellent resource for play dates and party fun for craft projects, while allowing for the development of hand skills - in particular thumb/index web space development, wrist stability and intrinsic muscle movement. Also could be used as a part of a program to develop sequencing and language skills by following patterns instructions.

Jar is 23cm high and has a 14cm diameter.

Disney 2010 FamilyFun Toy of the Year (T.O.Y.) Award Winner

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Manufacturer recommends for ages 4 years plus.

Stretch them, bend them, connect them, talk or blow through them. Any way you use them you are guaranteed to have fun while working on auditory skills, vocabulary, social skills and much more. Let your imagination soar to create endless ideas for their use. Use them to create telephones to enable auditory feedback with language, visually track marbles through the tube, motor plan directions as you bend them around obstacles or try to send an object around curves - all the while developing bilateral coordination and receiving auditory and tactile feedback. Each corrugated plastic tube is 8 inches in length and can be stretched to 30 inches.

Other additions to the Pop Toob range include Spirometer mouthpieces regular and small, Pop Tube Flex Funnel and balls.

Stop chasing those balls all over the place by adding a Flex Funnel onto the end of a Pop Toob.

Enables more refined development of visual tracking and controlled respiration skills as children blow the balls up, keep them afloat and then catch them again or work on the power blow by blowing them up and away.

See the other items in the Pop Toob range.

Stretch them, bend them, connect them, talk or blow through them. Any way you use them you are guaranteed to have fun while working on auditory skills, vocabulary, social skills and much more. Let your imagination soar to create endless ideas for their use. Each corrugated plastic tube is 8 inches in length and can be stretched to 30inches. The Pop Toob Kit comes with 1 Pop Toob, 2 balls, 1 Ark Spirometer mouthpiece (3/8 inch round-for increased level of difficulty), 1 flat regular Spirometer mouthpiece. To minimise the amount of running after flying balls, try adding a Pop Toob Flex Funnel. Additional mouthpieces and Pop Toobs also sold separately.

Head popping fun! Squeeze the turtle to make his head pop out.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 years plus

Squeeze the head of these very colourful sea creature keyrings and their eyes pop out! Four assorted designs. Great for use on keychain lanyards.

Fun addition to any squeeze or fiddle kit, providing a heavy work finger squeeze, or keep it on your keys to provide the kids with a calming fiddle when you need it most.

Squeeze the head of the penguin and their eyes pop out! Great for use on keychain lanyards.

Fun addition to any squeeze or fiddle kit, providing a heavy work hand squeeze, or keep in your hand bag to provide the kids with a calming fiddle when you need it most.

Squeeze the pirate head and their eyes pop out! Great for use on keychain lanyards.

Fun addition to any squeeze or fiddle kit, providing a heavy work finger squeeze, or keep it on your keys to provide the kids with a calming fiddle when you need it most.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Squeeze the animals and the soccer ball pops out! Assorted designs. Great for use on keychain lanyards.

Fun addition to any squeeze or fiddle kit, providing a heavy work finger squeeze, or keep it on your keys to provide the kids with a calming fiddle when you need it most.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

This is one of the most unique and therapeutically appropriate eating utensils! Made of plastic, the popcorn fork has three prongs much like a pencil grasp with the reward of picking up food or small objects. So easy to squeeze. Can pick up popcorn, beads, cotton balls, cereal, etc.

WARNING: Unsuitable for children under 3 years. Use under adult supervision.

Squeeze the shark and the little fish escapes! Great for use on keychain lanyards.

Fun addition to any squeeze or fiddle kit, providing a heavy work finger squeeze, or keep it on your keys to provide the kids with a calming fiddle when you need it most. The squeeze between thumb and finger also works the muscles of the thumb/index web space to increase the stability.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unstuiable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 years plus.

These cute collectable marker mates are your best pals and with washable, non-toxic ink and large safety caps, they will be a favourite with Mums and Dads too! Little hands can grip the chunky barrel and scribble up a storm, with the width of the marker encouraging the grasp with the thumb and first two fingers which helps to begin the development of a tripod grasp. In addition the width and therefore the amount of support provided between the thumb and the index finger means that the thumb/index web space is supported to enable it to begin to develop stability without significant stress. Long lasting ink reservoir and sturdy tips that can withstand rough treatment.

Includes 6 different friends to play and draw.

Manufacturer recommends unsuitable for children under 3 years.

Threading with a stiff thread makes children more successful with threading but also encourages the development of the small muscles of the hand (intrinsic muscles) as the children are encouraged to push the thread through the lacing hole rather than putting the bead or object over the lace. This lace is thin enough to fit through a large variety of objects while being stiff enough to encourage finger movement.

2 metres each of purple, blue glitter, fluro pink and yellow.

Lot's of fun at home or the clinic. Use the claw to pick up toys or clothes, while on suspended equipment or lots of other fun games. At the same time your child will be working away from their body thereby building up shoulder stability for fine motor tasks, building hand strength and developing motor planning and eye hand coordination skills. Being an activity that requires heavy work to the muscles of the body can also become a fun part of a sensory diet.

Add wheels to your box creations!

Reuseable wheel kit includes 4 wheels and brackets, wingnuts and bolts, string and handle. All you need to add is the box.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3-7 years.

The players have to find out the correct combination of colour and shape among different wooden pieces. The two dice show which colour the player needs to find to thread it on his caterpillar. The first to put six wooden pieces on his caterpillar wins the game.

Nice simple game to develop visual motor, motor planning (sequencing) and bilateral fine motor skills and as with all board games where turn taking is involved a nice opening for the development of social skills. The variety of shapes and colours in the pieces also provides for language opportunities.

Includes 4 x caterpillars, 42 x wooden shapes, 1 x colour die and 1 x symbol die.

For 1-4 players aged 3 years plus.

Easy Grip scissors have a connecting plastic handle and are suitable for left and right handed use.

These specialised scissors provide opportunity for cutting for those children who have difficulty grasping regular scissors and require a whole hand action in order to be successful with scissors.

Scissors measure 13cm long with blunt blade measuring 6cm.

Finger hole is small allowing for the insertion of only one finger (middle finger most appropriate). This grasp helps to promote the development of division of the hand, an important pre writing hand development position.

Colors may vary.

Scissors measure 13cm long with blunt blade measuring 6cm.

Finger hole is small allowing for the insertion of only one finger (middle finger most appropriate). This grasp helps to promote the development of division of the hand, an important pre writing hand development position.

Colors may vary.

Scissors measures 13cm long with a 5cm blunt blade. Spring feature assists the child in developing open/close pattern required for more mature scissors skills.

These Japanese scissors are known for the quality of steel and strength of plastic body for robust use.

These little shaving brushes provide both a nice addition to the art experiences box for painting but also if children are encouraged to grasp with thumb, index and middle fingers on the moulded end provide a nice way to encourage and develop the tripod grasp.

For children with sensory defensiveness tools such as these for painting with also enable them to participate in an art activity that they may otherwise have avoided due to fear of discomfort of the tactile experience with finger or other hand painting.

What a unique and engaging way to develop thumb/index web space stability. Position index and middle fingers on the positioning bars of the pinwheels body while pumping the control bar in and out. The spinning action sends up sparks and provides a nice level of resistance to develop web space stability to assist with handwriting skill development.

Item may differ from that pictured.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

What a unique and engaging way to develop thumb/index web space stability. Position index and middle fingers on the positioning bars of the pinwheels body while pumping the control bar in and out. The spinning action sends up sparks and provides a nice level of resistance to develop web space stability to assist with handwriting skill development.

Item may differ from that pictured.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

This fast paced design copy game for 2-5 players (or solo play) will get your eyes moving and fingers dancing! Shake the ball holder box to redistribute the 20 colored balls into the 25 available spaces. (Each shake produces a new game board) Players then race to place colored disks in their foam boards exactly the way they appear in the box.

The colorful, pleasing materials makes this a highly motivating tool for building organization, design copy, speed of response, concentration and visual skills. Encouraging the children to hold the pieces inside the palm and bringing them out one at a time will also assist with the development of division of the hand and intrinsic hand muscle development both of which are required for more mature handwriting and fine motor manipulation skills for tasks such as doing up and undoing buttons.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 4 years and over.

This huge spiral designer set includes frame, 3 stencil wheels and 4 coloured pieces of chunky sidewalk chalk and chalk holder. It's a giant spirograph!! Working on the ground gives the opportunity to develop core and shoulder stability, breaking the side walk chalk into 2.5 cm pieces (along with the tactile feedback of working on the concrete) helps to develop tripod grasp and division of the two sides of the hand while the actions required to operate the giant spirograph helps to develop motor planning skills.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 4 years plus.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Squap Game is a fun catch ball game for use inside and outdoors!

Simply lay the ball in the orange Squap bat and open Squap as fast as you can. Then the ball is catapulted from the Squap bat. The ball is then caught by your opponent by closing the Squap bat at the right moment.

You can learn some cool play shots like - behind the back shot, over the shoulder shot, turn around and jump shot! You can play the Squap Game on your own against the wall or with a friend.

A great way to encourage active play and develop hand eye co-ordination as well as developing wrist, forearm, shoulder and thumb/index web space stability of the hand, all ready for handwriting and fine motor self care tasks.

Each set includes two Squap mitts and two balls.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 6 years plus.

WARNING: Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small balls.

Moulded rubber 'spider web' ball. Squeeze it, bounce it, throw it, roll it, grab it. Low bounce ball retains its memory and provides some erratic bounce characteristics, making it fun for all ages and skill levels. Great for bowling type games as a fiddle toy to help kids regulate or as a smaller easy catch ball. Colours may vary.

Moulded rubber 'spider web' ball. Squeeze it, bounce it, throw it, roll it, grab it. Low bounce ball retains its memory and provides some erratic bounce characteristics, making it fun for all ages and skill levels. Great for bowling type games as a fiddle toy to help kids regulate or as a smaller easy catch ball. Colours may vary.

Moulded rubber 'spider web' ball. Squeeze it, bounce it, throw it, roll it, grab it. Low bounce ball retains its memory and provides some erratic bounce characteristics, making it fun for all ages and skill levels. Great for bowling type games as a fiddle toy to help kids regulate or as a smaller easy catch ball. Colours may vary.

Squeeze this monster shaped stress ball and you're in for a fun surprise: its eyeball pops out!
The Cyclops Squeeze Ball is great for creepy fun and awesome stress relief as it needs a nice hard squeeze to get the eye to pop out.

Use it as a squeeze ball for general hand based proprioceptive input or have the kids position it in their hand with their thumb on the opposite side to their fingers so that the squeeze action helps to develop the strength of the thumb/index web space.

Assorted colours and designs.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 years plus.

Perfectly sized for little hands these balls are the perfect fidget. With durable exterior holds the balls with the smallest amount of gel, which leads to the wonderful movement and texture experience. As a bonus kids use even more intrinsic muscles to find the three polar friends found in each of the balls. Mama Penguin leaves a hint that Baby Penguin is nearby. Finding the clear ice cube can be a real challenge! Each interior has different sized fill that promotes language opportunities. Kids just love them. Adults appreciate their durability. 7cm in size. Set of three.

Squeeze the pods to make the little peas pop out. The middle one has an expression on it.

Colours will vary

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts and small balls.

This SqueezeNfind hand toy keeps your kids busy for a long time searching for the numerous small objects hidden amongst the hundreds of plastic pellets. Their only view is through the clear plastic window. This visual-tactile challenge encourages fine-motor control, intrinsic hand strengthening, tactile processing and sensory integration skills.

A true test of your balancing skills! Players take turns adding their Stacrobat playing pieces to the growing tower. But be careful! You have to keep any stacrobats that you cause to tumble - no matter what the color! The first player to get all of their stacrobats onto the tower wins!

Positioning of the pieces encourages the development of wrist stability and add to that the need to work with the hand away from the stability of the trunk and you have a game to also helps in the development of shoulder stability.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 5-99 for 1-4 players.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

These Durable thick plastic stencils are easy to clean and measure 90mm x 110mm.

These lower case stencils are the approved typeface of the Victorian, Western Australian and Northern Territory education departments.


Plastic stencils provide a way for children to reinforce letter formation using a range of sensory medium. Paint using finger paints, shaving cream or roll sausages of playdoh and lay them into the stencil shape or of course use them with more traditional pencil or texta. Using tactile and/or movement approaches to letter formation taps a greater range of nervous system inputs making it easier for the brain to retain the information.

Plastic stencils provide a way for children to reinforce letter formation using a range of sensory medium. Paint using finger paints, shaving cream or roll sausages of playdoh and lay them into the stencil shape or of course use them with more traditional pencil or texta. Using tactile and/or movement approaches to letter formation taps a greater range of nervous system inputs making it easier for the brain to retain the information.

Durable thick plastic stencils that can easily be cleaned (90mm x 110mm).

Approved typeface of the NSW State Education Department.


Plastic stencils provide a way for children to reinforce letter formation using a range of sensory medium. Paint using finger paints, shaving cream or roll sausages of playdoh and lay them into the stencil shape or of course use them with more traditional pencil or texta. Using tactile and/or movement approaches to letter formation taps a greater range of nervous system inputs making it easier for the brain to retain the information.

These Durable thick plastic stencils are easy to clean and measure 90mm x 110mm.

These lower case stencils are the approved typeface of the Queensland education departments.


Plastic stencils provide a way for children to reinforce letter formation using a range of sensory medium. Paint using finger paints, shaving cream or roll sausages of playdoh and lay them into the stencil shape or of course use them with more traditional pencil or texta. Using tactile and/or movement approaches to letter formation taps a greater range of nervous system inputs making it easier for the brain to retain the information.

These Durable thick plastic stencils are easy to clean and measure 90mm x 110mm.

These lower case stencils are the approved typeface of the South Australian education departments.

Plastic stencils provide a way for children to reinforce letter formation using a range of sensory medium. Paint using finger paints, shaving cream or roll sausages of playdoh and lay them into the stencil shape or of course use them with more traditional pencil or texta. Using tactile and/or movement approaches to letter formation taps a greater range of nervous system inputs making it easier for the brain to retain the information.

These Durable thick plastic stencils are easy to clean and measure 90mm x 110mm.

These lower case stencils are the approved typeface of the Tasmanian education departments.


Plastic stencils provide a way for children to reinforce letter formation using a range of sensory medium. Paint using finger paints, shaving cream or roll sausages of playdoh and lay them into the stencil shape or of course use them with more traditional pencil or texta. Using tactile and/or movement approaches to letter formation taps a greater range of nervous system inputs making it easier for the brain to retain the information.

These Durable thick plastic stencils are easy to clean and measure 90mm x 110mm.

Plastic stencils provide a way for children to reinforce letter formation using a range of sensory medium. Paint using finger paints, shaving cream or roll sausages of playdoh and lay them into the stencil shape or of course use them with more traditional pencil or texta. Using tactile and/or movement approaches to letter formation taps a greater range of nervous system inputs making it easier for the brain to retain the information.

Set of 6 sturdy plastic stencils measuring 130 x 160 mm including apple, cherry, pear, pineapple, strawberry and banana.

Tracing, or in this case drawing around a stencil, is a simple way for kids to develop their visual motor skills, while also giving them the joy of seeing a picture that they have created long before they will developmentally have the skills to draw it free hand themselves. The additional skill of learning to stabilize the stencil with the supporting hand while tracing around the shape with the dominant hand, which is a necessary bilateral coordination skill later needed for handwriting, is a bonus.

Set of 6 sturdy plastic stencils measuring 130 x 160 mm including spider, ant, bee, grasshopper, beetle and dragonfly.

Tracing, or in this case drawing around a stencil, is a simple way for kids to develop their visual motor skills, while also giving them the joy of seeing a picture that they have created long before they will developmentally have the skills to draw it free hand. The additional skill of learning to stabilize the stencil with the supporting hand while tracing around the shape with the dominant hand, which is a necessary bilateral coordination skill later needed for handwriting, is a bonus.

Peel, stick, and follow the numbers to add colour and sparkle to your monkey!

A lovely art activity to develop bilateral coordination and fine motor skills (pincer grasp and thumb stability) and following the pattern helps to develop visual motor and visual perceptual skills.

Includes 1 sheet plus sticky foam and jewel pieces.

Stretch them, twist them, throw and catch them.

Includes 5 snakes.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Use your thumbs and fingers to push these poppers inside out then wait until they pop up into the air.

Fun way to develop wrist stability, thumb/index web space stability, fine motor planning and finger/thumb strength not to mention that little burst of alertness as they give you a fright when they pop up into the air.

WARNING: Choking hazard
Use under adult supervision. Unsuitable for children under 3 years.

Use your thumbs and fingers to push these poppers inside out then wait until they pop up into the air.

Fun way to develop wrist stability, thumb/index web space stability, fine motor planning and finger/thumb strength not to mention that little burst of alertness as they give you a fright when they pop up into the air.

Includes 5 poppers in a range of colours and designs.

WARNING: Choking hazard
Use under adult supervision. Unsuitable for children under 3 years.

Create your own Quercetti marble runs with this exciting construction set. Reproduce the models pictured on the box or enjoy experimenting with your own designs. Quercetti Super Marble Run has interlocking chutes, straight or curved rails, bridges, columns and spinning-wheels that can be combined in infinite variations for long-lasting fun.

Use visual spatial and planning/sequencing skills to build up the marble run and then use visual tracking skills to follow the marbles down the run. As marbles are small pieces combine this fun activity with translation in and out of the palm to develop the small (intrinsic) muscles of the hand or combine them with zoo or fish sticks to put the marbles in, providing development of index/thumb web space development.

Manufacturer recommends ages 4 plus

This delicious sorting set is a fun way to reinforce early math skills. The jumbo tweezers help little hands develop fine motor skills (division of the two sides of the hand and thumb/index web space stability) too! All in a format that lets children play it as a math game or activity or as part of imaginative play.

Pie shaped sorting tray and pie crust lid that holds coloured fruit counters for children to sort, count and learn early math skills and concepts. Includes 60 fruit counters, activity cards and guide.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus

WARNING: Choking hazard. Contains small parts and small balls.

30cm disks.

A Parents Choice Award winner, the Super Sports Disk is designed for active play and endless fun for all ages. Lightweight with a soft ball, it can be adapted to any game. Play solo or with a friend, throw and catch like a flying disk, adapts team sports like volleyball and tennis and awesome fun with water balloons.

Having a board such as this that requires the child to hold it away from their board in order to succeed helps to develop shoulder stability while having to grade the amount of muscle pressure used helps to develop the motor planning and proprioceptive processing necessary for visual motor tasks such as ball sports.

Includes 2 x 30cm diameter disks and 1 ball.

Manufacturer recommends unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Try and get the golf ball onto the tee, it's infuriatingly difficult but you will never want to PUTT it down!

Great toy for occupying time in small places while helping develop wrist, forearm and shoulder stability.

WARNING: Manufacturer recommends: Do not shake the item vigorously. Do not squeeze the plastic dome as it may break the seal. The item contains water. Do not drink. Check this item regularly for signs of wear or damage and dispose if water leakage appears. For ages 3 years plus.

BULK tub.

Comes in plastic storage container.
Includes 3 of our insects which can also be purchased separately for exploration in the putty.

Theraputty provides opportunity for exercises to strengthen intrinsic hand muscles as part of a home, school or clinic program. Stretch it, poke it, pull it or hide objects for little fingers to find.

WARNING: Choking hazard. Use under adult supervision.

BULK tub.

Comes in a plastic storage container. Includes 3 of our insects which can also be purchased separately for exploration in the putty.

Theraputty provides opportunity for exercises to strengthen intrinsic hand muscles as part of a home, school or clinic program. Stretch it, poke it, pull it or hide objects for little fingers to find.

WARNING: Choking hazard. Use under adult supervision.

Comes in a plastic storage container. Includes 3 of our insects which can also be purchased separately for exploration in the putty.

Theraputty provides opportunity for exercises to strengthen intrinsic hand muscles as part of a home, school or clinic program. Use Tan Super Soft for people with very low muscle tone or young fingers. Stretch it, poke it, pull it or hide objects for little fingers to find.

WARNING: Choking hazard. Use under adult supervision.

Comes in a plastic storage container. Includes 3 of our insects which can also be purchased separately for exploration in the putty.

Theraputty provides opportunity for exercises to strengthen intrinsic hand muscles as part of a home, school or clinic program. Use Yellow Soft for people with low muscle tone or young fingers. Stretch it, poke it, pull it or hide objects for little fingers to find.

WARNING: Choking hazard. Use under adult supervision.

Mould it, stretch it, shatter it, bounce it, snap it. The faster you interact with Thinking Putty the more brittle it becomes.

Hide small objects such as our insects in the putty. Exploration of the putty and peeling away to find the pieces provides a novel fun way to develop the intrinsic muscles of the hand (small muscles inside the hand that provide all the intricate movements we use when writing or manipulating small objects)

Supplied in a small tub enabling kids to carry it easily with them to use as a sensory diet tool when they are required to be in small spaces such as in the car, in a waiting room or at a restaurant.

Thinking putty is non toxic and has no gooey residue.

WARNING: Unsuitable for children under 3 years. Manufacturer recommends for ages 6 years plus.

Styles of this game will vary.

The ultimate balancing game. Spin the spinner and remove a disk. Careful or you'll lose your balance. An exciting game of steady nerves and perfect balance. Be careful which disk you remove or you will tip it.

The tool to remove the discs is ideally suited to assist in grasp development and the style in which it must be used positions the wrist to assist in the development of wrist stability. Add to that the need to work with the hand away from the stability of the trunk and you have a game to also help in the development of shoulder stability.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 5 years plus for 2-4 players.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Wind up the first top and release it to spin then wind up the others and one by one place them on top of each other to make the tower.

Having to control movements of the hand away from the support of the body, which is required to be successful in this activity helps to develop stability at the shoulder, forearm and wrist. In addition the wind up and release actions help in the development of bilateral coordination (as each hand needs to perform a different action) and hand skills (thumb/index web space stability).

Shake your puzzle box, turn over a pattern card, and go! Tricky Fingers is a favourite toy of many professionals because of its compact nature, its simplicity, and the breath of skills it can help improve. Children take a pattern card, then use their fingertips in holes in the bottom of the tray to maneuver the 16 enclosed, colourful marbles to match the image on the pattern card. Playing with Tricky Fingers will help develop fine, bilateral, and perceptual motor skills. It will also help children improve their problem solving abilities, eye-hand coordination, and task persistence. Tricky Fingers included 2 self-contained (so the marbles won't roll away) hand held compartments with 16 colorful marbles in each, and 14 full-colour pattern cards. (Marbles are not able to be removed). Manufacturer recommends Ages 7 years and up.

This game of skill will drive you bananas. Drop the monkeys through the hole in the top of the clear plastic "tree" after placing sticks of each colour through all the holes. Each player rolls the coloured die and pulls out a stick of the same colour. It's important to choose carefully, because you keep the monkeys that fall through the tree when you remove your stick. The player with the least number of plastic monkey pieces wins the game.

Manufacturer recommends for 2 to 4 players, ages 5 years plus.

A classic family game with smaller blocks for smaller hands. Contains 51 wooden blocks measuring 6cm x 2cm x 1.2cm.

Remove a block from the tower and place it on the top. Be careful not to be the one to make the tower fall! The controlled motor movement required helps with the development of shoulder, forearm and wrist stability - all skills necessary for handwriting and as with any board game provides an opening for the development of social skills turn taking.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus.

Get both sides of the brain working. It takes 2 hands to fidget with a Twidget!

Offering the best of what fidgets can offer including strengthening of hands and fingers, coordinating body sides, encouraging sequencing, soothing and intriguing visual input, captivating moving texture and a slight sound which encourages rhythmicity.

Made from tough latex free vinyl and is super durable.

Comes with a short keychain for attaching to any convenient place.

WARNING: Choking hazard. Twidget is extremely durable but is not puncture proof so CANNOT be chewed or swallowed. Contains small balls and is unsuitable for children under 3 years. Use under adult supervision.

Squish, turn, rattle and roll this early children's toy. Wooden beads are strung together with elastic so that even little hands can get some deep pressure and improved strength.

Manufacturer recommends for ages from 3 months

This vibrating pen comes with one ink pen but can also be used with your own pens, pencils and felt tipped pens. Great for providing additional sensory input to reinforce shape and letter formation.

Also provides a source of vibration for children to use on their faces. If placed on the bones around the ear or jaw provides vestibular or movement stimulation as it vibrates the fluid within the inner ear. Great way to get movement input without leaving your seat. Ensure you remove the pen nib prior to using it in this manner.

Also remove the pen nib and cover the end with an infadent and you have an additional method of providing vibrating stimulation inside the mouth.

Durable, soft outer shell ball weighted ball which fits into the palm of the hand. These balls do not bounce or roll away when dropped. Can be used to develop greater stability in wrists and forearms or to provide greater proprioceptive feedback during through and catch activities for children with sensory processing difficulties.

Purchase is for 1 ball only

Make your own personal wobbly acrobat dip and dive, jiggle and jive! Squeeze the wooden poles to make him do his tricks. As you squeeze you get the opportunity to develop skills in open/close pattern development (motor planning) such as that required to use scissors. Also helps develop thumb/index web space stability.

WARNING: Choking hazard. Manufacturer recommends unsuitable for children under 3 years. Use under adult supervision.

Wikki Stix are a one of a kind creatable. Wikki Stix are made of a unique, patented wax and yarn. They stick to each other and most smooth surfaces with just fingertip pressure. Easy to change and re-position. They are safe, non-toxic, no sharp parts; endlessly re-usable. Ideal for ages 3 and up.

Wikki Stix do not melt, stain, freeze, dry out or stiffen, and do not need to be kept in any special container. Any residue which might occur can be quickly wiped away with a dry cloth or paper towel.

This bulk Wikki Stix pack provides a unique hands on teaching tool. It comes with 192 Wikki Stix in no frills packaging and classroom and craft project ideas leaflets

A 36-page Wikki Stix Manipulatives Resource Book for Hands-on Learning initially for school teachers but full of ideas of things to with Wikki Stix!

Wikki Stix are a one of a kind creatable. Wikki Stix are made of a unique, patented wax and yarn. They stick to each other and most smooth surfaces with just fingertip pressure. Easy to change and re-position. Wikki Stix will not break or tear apart but can easily be cut with scissors.

Wikki Stix do not melt, stain, freeze, dry out or stiffen, and do not need to be kept in any special container. Any residue which might occur can be quickly wiped away with a dry cloth or paper towel. They are made from non-toxic food grade wax and are latex, gluten and peanut free.

This pack of Wikki Stix comes in six hot neon colours. Each pack contains 48 Wikki Stix in 8 inch length plus illustrations and play ideas on the back.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus

Wikki Stix are a one of a kind creatable. Wikki Stix are made of a unique, patented wax and yarn. They stick to each other and most smooth surfaces with just fingertip pressure. Easy to change and re-position. Wikki Stix will not break or tear apart but can easily be cut with scissors.

Wikki Stix do not melt, stain, freeze, dry out or stiffen, and do not need to be kept in any special container. Any residue which might occur can be quickly wiped away with a dry cloth or paper towel. They are made from non-toxic food grade wax and are latex, gluten and peanut free.

This pack of Wikki Stix comes in a range of primary colours plus black and white. Each pack contains 48 Wikki Stix in 8 inch length plus illustrations and play ideas on the back.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus

Wikki Stix are a one of a kind creatable. Wikki Stix are made of a unique, patented wax and yarn. They stick to each other and most smooth surfaces with just fingertip pressure. Easy to change and re-position. Wikki Stix will not break or tear apart but can easily be cut with scissors.

Wikki Stix do not melt, stain, freeze, dry out or stiffen, and do not need to be kept in any special container. Any residue which might occur can be quickly wiped away with a dry cloth or paper towel. They are made from non-toxic food grade wax and are latex, gluten and peanut free.

This pack contains 24 Wikki Stix in 6 colours, 8 inches in length in a neat box with instruction/ideas sheet.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus

Wind up the little engines and let them go. If they drive near the table edge, they turn around and go in another direction!

Great for developing fine motor thumb/index web space stability and supination/pronation control.

Wind him up and this fun little guy walks along on his hands.

Great for developing fine motor thumb/index web space stability and supination/pronation control.

WARNING: Choking Hazard. Unsuitable for children under 3 years.

Cute hopping penguin covered in soft tentacles. Wind it up and watch it hop around.

9cm high.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Wind up this cute, larger than life caterpillar and it "inches" along.

Great for developing fine motor thumb/index web space stability and supination/pronation control.

Wobble your way to hours of family fun! It looks easy but it's harder than you think. The object of the game is to get the ball to roll into the right holes. Place discs with your fingers or remove disc with the stick (included) from the edge of the board. The Wobble board never stops moving. The ball rolls backwards and forwards. Wobble is always different, always fun and surprising!

A unique game to get you thinking - directionality, physics of weight and gravity. Not just cognitive though - the need to place the discs in just the right place and without touching the board means you have to work with your arm away from the body and wrist stable - perfect for developing shoulder and wrist stability, as well as using the stick to knock the discs off the board encourages a tripod grasp.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 6-99 for solo or up to 4 players.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

I can do it myself! Few things will give your child more satisfaction than mastering shoe lacing and tying skills. This wooden, high-top sneaker will make practising fun and help your child reach this developmental milestone step by step - practice the threading, the sequencing, the motor planning of tying bow and in an easier format that trying to coordinate it on their own body first.

Manufacturer recommends for ages 3 years plus.

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Unsuitable for children under 3 years due to small parts.

Handy, portable writing surface and storage unit to assist children to achieve more appropriate wrist and finger/thumb positioning when they are experiencing reduced shoulder and neck stability. The angled surface reduces the amount of support or stability the shoulders, trunk and neck have to provide in order for the hands to be positioned and function most effectively.

The board has a bottom lip to enable it's use with paper/writing books and it can also be used with erasable whiteboard markers directly onto the surface.

Includes underneath storage and supplied with a spare hinge.

For kids who just can't tie, tying shoes is just a quick pull with this unique loop system and high-impact lightweight plastic cordlock. No more tying, retying, double knots or frazzled dirty laces to mess with. Just slip on your shoe and Yankz! You're ready for action. Each set contains a white and a black pair of Yankz shoelaces.

ARKs Z-Vibe is a vibratory tool. Mainly used for oral motor stimulation and sensory input it can also be used outside the mouth on the cheeks, lips and neck. Z-Vibe and it's various tips provide a vast range of sensory stimulation, although it is only the size of a ball point pen! Buy as many tips as you need separately. Constructed of a durable aluminum textured handle and sturdy medical grade plastics, it is latex FREE. Extra tips of various shapes provide gentle vibrations to stimulate the gums, palate, lips, cheeks, and tongue. This is NOT a chew toy and it is recommended to be used under the supervision of a speech pathologist or occupational therapist. It is recommended that a new tip be used for each individual, checking periodically for replacement.

The ARK Z-Vibe handle holds the vibrating motor, powered by an AAAA battery. The battery is generally not available in stores, however can be purchased from this site. Each Z-Vibe comes with one Probe Tip (blue) and an AAAA battery.

ARK Z-Vibe replacement AAAA battery, specially designed for the Vibes. Usually lasts quite a while but should you need a replacement do order some extras here!

Sold on a per piece basis. Also available as battery and spare parts kit with replacement springs.

Z-VIBE, DOUBLE Z-VIBE OR TRANQUILLE PEN/PENCIL SET REQUIRED TO USE THIS ITEM.

Buy this kit and save yourself time looking for the spring that you lost when you dropped the Z-Vibe. The kit comes with everything you need to make your unit brand new! A new battery, motor assembly,(2) compression springs, and(2) dust caps. .

Double ended Z-vibe allows you to vary the degree of vibration while still maintaining the durable and practical components of the standard z-vibe. The second end allows you to change the type of stimulation without having to change heads. One end vibrates in less intensity, allowing you to use it with children who are even more sensitive.

Each double Z-Vibe come with a AAAA battery, one blue probe tip and safety cap to use if one end not in use. Although all tips are easily sanitized ARK recommends each client has their own tip.

Use the double Z-Vibe with not only two different oral motor tips but also try it with the pen tip and chew tip. This provides for children who need the additional tactile vibration input to increase attention and awareness when writing, but also providing some oral motor chew and vibration to assist in attention/arousal control when thinking and listening.

Caution: These products should only be used by a professional therapist or by a caregiver trained in their use and should be supervised at all times.

Z-VIBE, DOUBLE Z-VIBE OR TRANQUILLE PEN/PENCIL SET REQUIRED TO USE THIS ITEM.

Pen tips to add to the z vibe allows you to draw or write while the hand receives gentle tactile vibration. Provide a relaxing input and draw attention to the hand to assist with the development of handwriting skills. Try on the double z vibe with the chew tip on the end to provide additional options to help maintain attention to task.

Z-VIBE, DOUBLE Z-VIBE OR TRANQUILLE PEN/PENCIL SET REQUIRED TO USE THIS ITEM.

A set of 5 replacement black pen tips for the Z-Vibe or Tran-Quille pen set. A more economical option for children who use the Tran-Quille for frequent writing rather than just incidental writing and drawing.

Z-VIBE, DOUBLE Z-VIBE OR TRANQUILLE PEN/PENCIL SET REQUIRED TO USE THIS ITEM.

ARKs Pocket Pencil Kit for the Z-Vibe or the Double Z-Vibe. Great for teaching writing skills. You can feel the tactile vibration of the Z-Vibe but it doesn't effect the writing! The vibration not only increases attention and awareness of hands but allows for muscle relaxation during writing. The kit comes in a handy Pocket Pack. Included in the kit are (6) pencils, (1) pencil sharpener, and a pencil adapter that easily screws into the Z-Vibe (or Double Z-Vibe).

Combine ARK's Pen Tip Set and Bite-N-Chew Tips with the Double ended Z-Vibe and you get the Tran-Quille Pen, a great way to work on writing skills. The soothing vibrations are felt in the hand providing additional tactile feedback, but do not affect the actual writing and with good tactile feedback being essential for smooth coordinated use of the small muscles of the hands (intrinsics), those necessary for mature writing this provides a unique way to develop handwriting skills when tactile processing is reduced. The chewable "eraser" end is fun to chew on and the combination of vibration and proprioceptive input through chewing can provide modulating input to regulate the level of arousal helping with attention, and can be replaced easily with another tip. Set includes: 5 Assorted Pen Tips, 5 Bite-N-Chew Tips, and 1 Double Ended Z-Vibe.

Caution: These products should only be used by a professional therapist or by a caregiver trained in their use and should be supervised at all times.

This set is similar to the Tran-Quill Pen Set but with pencils instead. Set includes: 5 pencils, 5 Bite-N-Chew Tips, 1 pencil sharpener, 1 pencil adapter, and 1 Double Ended Zibe. The pencil adapter screws into the DnZ-Vibe like every other tip, and the pencils fit nicely into the adapter. Also interchangeable with all other Z-Vibe attachments.

Caution: These products should only be used by a professional therapist or by a caregiver trained in their use and should be supervised at all times.