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To help provide you with some fun and educational recommendations for holiday gifts, we asked our therapists for their favorite learning toys. Most of these items are widely available, affordable, and work on a variety of skills. These are our Top 20. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nToy\/product name<\/strong><\/td>\nSkill(s) it works on<\/strong><\/td>\nAge designed for<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/td>\nBuckle Bug<\/p>\n

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Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, color recognition, cognitive skills<\/td>\n12 mos. +<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\nSuper Sorting Pie<\/p>\n

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Tripod grasp, color recognition, numbers\/counting, patterns, visual processing<\/td>\n3 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\nToy Cookie Set<\/p>\n

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Social skills, fine motor skills, sequencing, core vocabulary, pretend play, following directions<\/td>\n3 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nSpike the Hedgehog<\/td>\nFine motor skills, visual processing skills, color recognition<\/td>\n18 mos.+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>\n <\/p>\n

Squigz<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

Sensory, fine motor skills, bilateral coordination, visual motor skills, color recognition, balance<\/td>\n3 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>\nBubble Storm Bubble Gun<\/td>\nLanguage (requesting more, directing actions, describing), fine motor skills (popping bubbles), visual motor skills<\/td>\n2 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/td>\nSticker Sheets<\/td>\nFine motor skills, Language skills (prepositions, nouns, language expansion), following directions<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

2 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>\n\u00a0\u201cThirst Quencher\u201d<\/p>\n

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Following directions, pretend play, language skills (prepositions, asking questions, language expansion)<\/td>\n3 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/td>\nPop-Up Pirate<\/td>\nTurn taking, social skills, following directions, language skills<\/td>\n3 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/td>\n\u00a0Playhouse\/farm\/ship<\/td>\nPretend play, following directions, language skills (prepositions, receptive communication, language expansion)<\/td>\n2 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/td>\nPrefilled Easter eggs<\/td>\nFine motor, following directions, early language skills<\/td>\n1 year+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.<\/td>\nPlaydoh set with cookie cutters<\/td>\nFollowing directions, sensory play, language skills (language expansion, requesting), fine motor skills<\/td>\n3 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.<\/td>\nSorting and Nesting Blocks<\/td>\nFollowing directions, categories and sorting, language expansion<\/td>\n2 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.<\/td>\n\u201cI Spy Find it Dig in Game\u201d<\/td>\nVisual motor skills, visual perceptual skills, turn taking, fine motor skills, attention, direction following, language skills<\/td>\n5 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.<\/td>\nDot markers<\/td>\nFine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, color recognition, gradation of movement<\/td>\n3 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.<\/td>\nPush Pop Bubble Fidget Toy<\/td>\nSensory, fine motor skills<\/td>\n1 year+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.<\/td>\n\u201cDon\u2019t Break the Ice\u201d<\/td>\nFine motor skills, gradation of movement, turn-taking, social skills, following directions<\/td>\n3 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.<\/td>\n\u201cHoneybee Tree \u201cor \u201cKerPlunk\u201d<\/td>\nFine motor skills, gradation of movement, turn-taking, social skills, following directions<\/td>\n3 years+<\/p>\n

5 years+<\/p>\n

respectively<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

19.<\/td>\n\u201cCount Your Chickens\u201d<\/p>\n

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Following directions, taking turns, cooperative play, counting, social skills<\/td>\n3 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.<\/td>\nWooden Velcro Cutting Food Set<\/p>\n

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Bimanual coordination, pretend play, fun food play<\/td>\n3 years+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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