An OT, SLP, and a PT are serving up gift recommendations for your kids this year. See what they have in store for them.
Stumped about what to get your kids this year? Our therapists are serving up a list of their favorite toys.
Gifts Ideas From an OT
Cara Weber, Occupational Therapist, OTR/L
Don't Break the Ice Game
If you are looking for a fun way to target executive functioning, sequencing, hand strengthening, visual motor integration, and turn-taking, this game is the game for you. See who will be the first to make the penguin fall into the icy water!
Pancake Pile-Up
Honestly, this is one of my favorite games to play with kids! This activity can help with visual perception and visual scanning, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor integration!
My First Book Busy Farm
These books are filled with different textures and items for babies and toddlers to interact and play with such as different fabrics, zippers, buckles, and character pieces! These types of books offer a sensory experience while also working on fine motor skills and pretend play. And look how cute the backpack is to carry it all!
VTech Busy Learners Activity Cube
Each side of the cube has different buttons/ pulleys/rollers which promotes baby to want to utilize all 6 sides! It can also help with bilateral gross motor coordination, fine motor pinch and grasp, learning cause and effect, learning animal sounds, numbers, letters, assist with upright sitting balance and challenge use of arms to play while on tummy. This will be on Zaydens wish list this year!
Gift Ideas From an SLP
Libby Boot, Speech-Language Pathologist, MA, CCC-SLP
Melissa & Doug Wooden Scoop and Serve Ice Cream Counter
This is a great pretend play toy. With this toy, pretend play, sequencing, inferencing, problem-solving, and shared play ideas could be targeted. And who doesnât love ice cream!