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Occupational Therapy Games & Activity List 2019-2020

Compiled by Stacey Szklut MS, OTR/L & South Shore Therapies Staff

Children learn through play and active exploration. The suggestions below may be helpful in choosing appropriate toys for holidays and other special times. They include sensory based activities to provide organizing sensation and encourage the development of body awareness, as well as games to promote eye- hand coordination, visual perception and planning. Approximate ages or skill levels have been given to help guide your choices. Many items can be purchased at toy stores or through the catalogues listed. Ask your occupational therapist for help in deciding which games or toys are the best choices for your child.

Games to Develop Coordination, Problem Solving and Visual Perception:

Younger Ages (3-6 years) Older Kids (7 and up)

Acorn Soup Acuity Ants in the Pants Amazing Labyrinth Game Avalanche Fruit Stand Backseat Drawing Barbecue Party Batik Busytown (by Richard Scarry) Battleship Cat in the Hat I Can Do That! Blink Charades for Kids Blokus Cootie Bounce Off Crazy Cereal Brain vs Brain Puzzle Game (Young Explorers) Crocodile Hop Burger Mania Disney Jr Super Stretchy Game Cheese Louise Don’t Break the Ice / Conniption Don’t Spill the Beans Cover Your Tracks (Thinkfun) Dream Cakes Crab Stack Cranium Cadoo Elephant Balancing Game Crowded Waters Feed the Woozle Cubeez Frankie’s Food Truck Fiasco Doodle Dice Gobblet Gobblers Doodle Quest Gumball Grab (Lakeshore) Get the Picture Dot-to-Dot Race Hit the Hat Go Go Gelato Honey Bee Tree Guess Who Hang On Harvey I Spy Bingo and Memory Games IQ Fit Journey Through Time Eye Found it! Game Loopin’ Chewie/Loopin’ Louie Kerplunk/ Tumble Monkeying Around Laser Chess (Thinkfun) Mr. Mouth Laser Maze/ Laser Maze Jr. Pancake Pile-Up Mastermind Pick a Brick Mousetrap Pop the Pig Operation Pop up Pirate Perfection Poppa’s Pizza Topple Pictureka! Q-Bitz Jr Q-Bitz Race to the Roof Qwirkle Shelby’s Snack Shack Robot Face Race Silly Street Roller Coaster Challenge Skippity Rush Hour/ Rush Hour Jr Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Screwball Scramble Sorting Shapes Cupcakes Set Jr./ Set Spot It Jr Sequence Sturdy Birdy Shadows in the Forest (Thinkfun) Thin Ice Simon Very Hungry Caterpillar Game Slamwich When Pigs Fly (Young Explorers) Spot it! Yeti in my Spaghetti Stick Six Zimbbos Topple For Sensory Motor Development and Coordination:

Provides Organizing Sensory Input More Skilled Coordination Needed

Blo-pens Air Kicks Boots Body Sox Air Pogo Bop Bag Air Kicks Pogo Jumper Chewy Tubes and Chewelry Balance Board/Monkey Balance Board Crash Pads/ Hot Dog Cuddler (Fun & Function/ Southpaw) Balance Stilts Cuddle Loop Bilibo Seat Delta Sand/Moon Sand/Kinetic Sand/Floof Bungee Jumper Foof Chair Large Beanbag/ Yogibo Disc Swing Folding Trampoline Door Pong Gorilla Gym EZ Steppers Gymnic Rody Horse Flying Turtle/ Roller Racer Horse Tire Swing Fun Ride Zip Line Huggle Pod (Hearthsong) Hop 66/ Hop Ball /Hop-a-Roo/ Hippity Hop ball Inside Out Balls Inflatable Hop ‘n Go Horses/Unicorns (HearthSong) Jigglers (Abilitations) Jump Ropes Jump-o-lene Krazy Car/ Radio Flyer Cyclone Kablooey Blocks (Young Explorers) Lightning Pedal Go-Kart/ Sirocco Pedal Go-Kart Kick Bag Moon Bounce Shoes/ Bouncy Shoes (HearthSong) Massagers for Kids Night Riderz Series Zipline My First Trampoline Plasma Car Play Tents Pogo Stick Rock & Bounce Pony/ Rocking Horse Razor Scooters Sand Digger Rope Ladder Scooter Boards Sit & Spin Sensory Stepperz Skip It Socker Boppers Slackline (Beginners is suggested for most of our kids) Spring Horse/ Snail Rocker Sleds & Snow Tubes/ Fold and Stow Snow Scooter Ultimate Fort Builder (Lakeshore Learning) Sports Boxing Child Punching Bag Water Beads Sumo Bumper Bopper Weighted Wearables/Blankets (Grandpa’s Garden, Fun & Function) Super Skipper Whistles Twister Yoga Dice Game/ Yoga Spinner Game Wheel Walker (HearthSong)

Activities that Develop Eye-Hand Coordination and Visual-Spatial Planning:

Visual Control/ Eye-Hand Coordination: Constructional Creating and Building Activities:

Air Puck Hockey Block Buddies Bathtime Fishing Fun Create a Track –Snap Track Set Beamo Flying Disc Design & Drill Activity Center Bounce-Off E-Z Build & Play Bucket Blast Game Set Gearations Deluxe Archery Set with Target Gears! Gears! Gears! Motorized Building Set Flip Flop Faces (Discovery Toys) Georello Giant Bowling Game Gravity Maze Hopscotch Mat I Can Build It! Vehicle Set (Lakeshore Learning) Hyper Dash Extreme K’nex/ Legos/ Duplos/ Quatro Bucket Jarts Light Stax Kids Croquet Lincoln Logs/ Frontier Logs Ladder Toss/ Ladder Golf Magz Construction Set Monster Velcro Mitts Magnatiles Basketball Magnetic Mosaics Ogosport/ Mini Ogodisks Make N‘ Break Challenge/ Make N‘ Break Junior Rack ‘n’ Roll Bowl Marbleworks Remote Control Cars and Toys Potholder Loom Kit Ring Toss Game/ Rubber Horseshoes Rainbow Loom Safety Dart Board Remote Control Gear-Bot (Lakeshore Learning) Shufflezone Playmobil Activities that Develop Eye-Hand Coordination and Visual-Spatial Planning (continued):

Visual Control/ Eye-Hand Coordination: Constructional Creating and Building Activities:

Sky Spin/ Whistling Whirler (Discovery Toys) Pop Goes the Jewelry Party Spikeball Snap-Bots Super Swingball Snap Circuits Suspend Game Squigz Toss Across Take Apart Dino Toys Trapp Ball Zip Track (Discovery Toys) Zoom Ball Zoob

To Support Fine Motor Development and Writing:

Pre-Writing Skills (Ages 3-5) Drawing & Writing Skills (Ages 6 and older)

Aquadoodle Mats and Pens Arts & Crafts Projects Art Kits (crayons, crayon rocks, paints, etc.)/ Easels Boogie Board Magic Sketch Block Sets Color-in Tattoos Brush on Washable Painters Doodle Coloring Books Button Art (Alex Toys) Etch-a-Sketch Colorforms Big Wall Playset LED Smart Kid Projector Cool Tool Activity Set Knot a Quilt Kit Create and design Drill Kit (Lakeshore Learning) Kwik Stix Crayola Beginnings Color Me a Song Letter Treasure Hunt Crayola Color Explosion Glow Board Magna Doodle/ Doodle Pro Crazy Car Maze Puzzle Maze and Dot to Dot Books Dot Art/ Dot Markers Peel & Stick Collage Boards Dressing Dolls/ Woodkins Pictionary Froggy Feeding Fun Puzzlemania Lacing Cards Scratch Magic/ Scratch Art Learn to Print Practice Books (Lakeshore Learning) Sensational Sequin Art Easel Kit (Young Explorers) Lite Brite Shrinky Dinks Magnetic Pattern Block Set Spin Art Pig Popper Playdoh/ Silly Putty/ Theraputty Stain Glass Coloring Book Playful Patterns (Discovery Toys) Suncatcher Kit Squiggle Writer Pen Thinking Putty Puzzle Squigz Whirly Wheel Velcro Cutting Foods Wikki Stix Activity Set Water Wow Window Art Willy’s Wiggly Web Window Decorating Paints/ Window Markers Zoo Sticks / Fish Sticks/ Farm Sticks 1, 2 Tie My Shoe

Below is a list of local toy stores that carry many of the toys on this list and allow you the opportunity to see the toys before purchasing. Many items can also be purchased through the catalogues cited or Amazon. When an item is not readily found through a google search the catalog name is listed after it. Buttonwood Books and Toys (Store in Cohasset) (781) 383-2665 www.buttonwoodbooksandtoys.com Harbor Light Toy Company (Store in Scituate) (781) 544-4468 Rock Paper Scissors (Store in Duxbury) (781) 452-7376 www.rockpaperscissorsdux.com The Toy Box (Store in Hanover) (781) 871-3650 www.thetoyboxhanover.com The Village Toy Shop (Store in Easton and Canton) (781) 821-9374 www.villagetoy.com Back to Basics (800) 356-5360 www.basictoys.com Constructive Playthings (800) 832-0572 www.constplay.com Discovery Toys (800) 341-8697 http://www.discoverytoys.net/shop-now/ Fun and Function (800) 231-6329 https://funandfunction.com/ Grandpa’s Garden (877)373-4328 http://www.grampasgarden.com/ Hearth Song (800) 325-2502 www.hearthsong.com Highlights (800) 422-6202 www.highlights.com Leaps and Bounds (800) 477-2189 www.onestepahead.com Live and Learn Toys (443) 394-8501 www.liveandlearn.com/shop Mindware (800) 999-0398 www.mindware.com Sensational Beginnings (800) 444-2147 www.sensationalbeginnings.com Southpaw Enterprises (800) 228-1698 https://www.southpaw.com/ Therapro (800) 257-5376 www.theraproducts.com Toys To Grow On (800) 987-4454 www.ttgo.com Young Explorers (800) 239-7577 www.YoungExplorers.com