Christmas is only a week away! If you are looking for some last minute gifts for your children, here are some of our favorites that are “OT” approved by our occupational therapists. We have broken up the items by skills targeted. All of these can be bought on amazon or you can email Tenika at tenika@littlelegendstherapy.com for direct links. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Gross Motor
- Popper guns
- Nerf Bows and Arrows
- Ezy-roller
- Stepping stones
- Mini Trampoline
- Yoga cards/dice (Yogarilla)
- Snap Circuits
Fine motor
- Legos
- Diamond dots
- Perler beads
- Tweezers and scoops for “messy hands activities”
- Puzzles
- Beads for bracelets
- Stickers and sticker books
- Magic Track
- Train track
- Bounce off
- Lite Brite
Visual motor and perceptual skills
- Puzzles
- Magna-Tiles
- Coogam
- Craft kits
- Shapes Puzzle
- Gravity Maze
Sensory
- Calm down tent
- Aura borealis light plug in
- Slime
- Water beads
- Kinetic Sand
- Huggie sock
- Swings
- Noise canceling headphones
- Crash pads
- Weighted blankets (no more than 10% of your child’s body weight)
- Weighted stuffed animals
- Lava lamp
Executive Functioning
- Pop the pig (0-4 years old)
- Don’t break the Ice (0-4 years old)
- Sneaky, Snacky, Squirrel (0-4 years old)
- Keys to the castle
- Race to the treasure
- Sleeping Queens
- Skippity
- Leaps and Ledges
- Skip Bo
- Blink
- Max the Cat
- Concept kids
- Skor
- Marble maze
- Gravity Maze (10 years old+)
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